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9780443278310: Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0443278318 ISBN 13: 9780443278310
Publisher: Elsevier, 2025

Synopsis

Make this portable pocket reference your constant companion in the clinical setting! The Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition, includes the hard-to-remember facts, lab values, and abbreviations that are essential to providing optimal nursing care. Organized by the major concepts and principles of a nursing fundamentals course, this text features a quick-access format with summary tables and bulleted lists. The Clinical Companion makes retrieving, reviewing, and retaining clinical facts and figures easier than ever!

  • NEW! Completely updated content reflects the latest care standards throughout
  • ENHANCED! Content on seizures, bleeding or hemorrhage, choking, confused patients, alcohol withdrawal, syncope, and medication is now easier to find in the Emergent Clinical Situations chapter
  • Clinical Judgment chapter guides you through how to develop and apply clinical judgment skills in the clinical setting
  • Body system assessment chapters help you learn to take a systematic and thorough approach to health assessment
  • Detailed information on drug calculations, safety, compatibilities, conversions, administration, and more help you prevent medication errors and ensure safe practice
  • Current guidelines for pressure ulcer prevention and care can now be referenced quickly while on the job
  • Health care terminology section provides you with a better understanding of clinical terms as they are encountered
  • Tabular, list, and outline content formats make information easy to find and review
  • Small, portable size makes this resource easy to carry around during clinical practice
Completely updated with the latest care standards throughout.

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About the Authors

Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN is a Former Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri.

Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN is a Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois.

Patricia Stockert, RN, BSN, MS, PhD is the President of the College, Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, Peoria, Illinois.

Amy Hall, RN, BSN, MS, PhD, CNE, Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Wendy R. Ostendorf, Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA,

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Publisher
Elsevier
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0443278318
ISBN 13 
9780443278310
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
400