This text is the updated tenth edition of one of the most revered text for nursing foundations— Kozier and Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing—a gold standard that helps students embark on their careers in nursing.
For years, this impeccable text set the foundation for nursing excellence with its clear and approachable writing style. The book prepare readers to become effective nurses with its balanced coverage of the key concepts of contemporary nursing, as well as the latest nursing evidence, standards and competencies. The new QSEN competencies, incorporated in this edition, draw connections to actual nursing practice and help students develop their clinical-reasoning abilities and to learn and maintain safety and quality in their provision of nursing care. This edition also includes legal aspects of nursing in India; Standards of care; and code of ethics and code of professional conduct for nurses in India. Health care delivery, community nursing care and home care in the Indian scenario, First aid and Biomedical waste management have also been discussed in detail.
Features New and enhanced features:
QSEN linkages: QSEN competencies addresses the gap between nursing education and practice
Culturally Responsive Care: Highlights diversity and special considerations in nursing care
Evidence-Based Practice: Focuses evidence-informed practice to highlight relevant research and its implications for nursing care
Home Care Assessment: Focuses on educating the client, family and community to recognize what is needed for care at home
Men in nursing: Includes increased information about men in nursing from a historical and current perspective
Safety Alerts: Correlate to the Patient Safety Goals and identify other crucial safety issues.
Hallmark Pedagogy:
Nursing care plans - Self-care alerts
Clinical alerts - Concept maps
Drug capsule boxes - Practice guidelines
Chapter highlights - Test your knowledge
Clinical manifestation boxes - Critical thinking checkpoints
Applying critical thinking- questions - Meeting the standards- end of unit activities
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments