Includes Index

Introduction to nursing --
Theory, research, and evidence-based practice --
Health, illness, and disparities --
Health of the individual, family, and community --
Cultural diversity --
Values, ethics, and advocacy --
Legal dimensions of nursing practice --
The health care delivery system --
Care coordination and continuity in health care settings and the community --
Blended competencies, clinical reasoning, and processes of person-centered care --
Assessing --
Diagnosing --
Outcome identification and planning --
Implementing --
Evaluating --
Documenting, reporting, conferring and using informatics --
Developmental concepts --
Conception through young adult --
The aging adult --
Communicator --
Teacher and counselor --
Nurse leader, manager, and care coordinator --
Asepsis and infection control --
Vital signs --
Health assessment --
Safety, security, and emergency preparedness --
Complementary and alternative therapies --
Medications --
Perioperative nursing --
Hygiene --
Skin integrity and wound care --
Activity --
Rest and sleep --
Comfort and pain management --
Nutrition --
Urinary elimination --
Bowel elimination --
Oxygenation and perfusion --
Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance --
Self-concept --
Stress and adaptation --
Loss, grief, and dying --
Sensory functioning --
Sexuality --
Spirituality --
Appendix A : Guidelines for delegation decision making --
Appendix B : Equivalents --
Appendix C : Normal adult laboratory values.