Fundamentals of Nursing

SECTION 1: THE CONTEXT OF NURSING PRACTICE Unit 1: The Social Context of Nursing 1. The Nursing Profession 2. Legal and Ethical Context of Practice 3. Cultural Context of Practice 4. The Health Care Delivery System Unit 2: A Framework for Nursing Practice 5. Caring and Clinical Judgment 6. Client Assessment: Nursing History 7. Assessing Vital Signs 8. Physical Assessment 9. Nursing Diagnosis 10. Planning, Intervening, and Evaluating 11. Documenting Care Unit 3: The Tools of Practice 12. The Nurse-Client Relationship 13. Client Teaching 14. Managing Client Care 15. Nursing Research Unit 4: The Well Client Across the Life Span 16. Infancy Through Adolescence 17. The Young, Middle, and Older Adult SECTION 2: NURSING CARE FOR FUNCTIONAL HEALTH Unit 5: Health Perception-Health Management Pattern 18. Health Perception 19. Health Maintenance: Lifestyle Management 20. Health Maintenance: Medication Management 21. Health Protection: Risk for Infection 22. Health Protection: Risk for Injury Unit 6: Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern 23. Promoting Healthy Nutrition 24. Restoring Nutrition 25. Maintaining Fluid and Electrolyte Balance 26. Promoting Wound Healing 27. Managing Body Temperature Unit 7: Elimination Pattern 28. Managing Bowel Elimination 29. Managing Urinary Elimination Unit 8: Activity-Exercise Pattern 30. Managing Self Care Deficit 31. Restoring Physical Mobility 32. Preventing Disuse Syndrome 33. Supporting Respiratory Function 34. Supporting Cardiovascular Function Unit 9: Sleep-Rest Pattern 35. Managing Sleep and Rest Unit 10: Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern 36. Managing Pain 37. Supporting Sensory/Perceptual Function 38. Supporting Verbal Communication 39. Managing Confusion Unit 11: Self-Perception-Self-Concept Pattern 40. Promoting Self-Concept 41. Managing Anxiety 42. Managing Vulnerability Unit 12: Role-Relationship Pattern 43. Managing Functional Limitations 44. Managing Loss Unit 13: Sexuality-Reproductive Pattern 45. Maintaining Sexual Health Unit 14: Coping--Stress-Tolerance Pattern 46. Supporting Stress Tolerance and Coping 47. Supporting Family Coping Unit 15: Value-Belief Pattern 48. Supporting Spirituality Unit 16: The Surgical Client 49. The Surgical Client Appendices