THE CLIENT AND THE HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT. Health and Wellness . The Health Care Delivery System . Community-Based Nursing Practice . Leadership, Delegation, and Quality Management . Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice . CARING THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN . Nursing Healing and Caring . Diversity in Caring . Caring in Families . Developmental Theories . Conception Through Adolescence . Young to Middle Adult . Older Adult . CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING PRACTICE . Critical Thinking and Nursing Judgment . Nursing Assessment . Nursing Diagnosis . Planning for Nursing Care . Implementing Nursing Care . PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IN NURSING PRACTICE . Professional Nursing Roles Professor Megan-Jane Johnstone . Legal Implications in Nursing Practice . Communication . Client Education . Documentation . Research as a Basis for Practice . PSYCHOSOCIAL BASIS FOR NURSNG PRACTICE . Self-Concept . Sexuality . Spiritual Health . Responding to Loss, Death, and Grieving . Stress and Adaptation . SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NURSING PRACTICE . Vital Signs . Health Assessment and Physical Exam . Infection Control . Medication Administration . Alternative Therapies . BASIC HUMAN NEEDS . Activity and Exercise . Safety . Hygiene . Oxygenation . Fluid, Electrolytes and Acid-base Balances . Sleep . Comfort . Nutrition . Urinary Elimination . Bowel Elimination CLIENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS . Immobility . Skin Integrity and Wound Care . Sensory Alterations . Surgical Client
