Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing: Study Guide

UNIT 1 Social Context of Nursing 1. The Nursing Profession 2. The Legal and Ethical Context of Practice 3. The 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 7. Assessing Vital Signs 8. Physical Assessment 9. Making a Nursing Diagnosis 10. Planning, Intervening and Evaluating Care 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 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 Nutritional Deficiency 25. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance 26. Skin Integrity and Wound Healing 27. Body Temperature UNIT 7 Elimination Pattern 28. Bowel Elimination 29. Urinary Elimination UNIT 8 Activity Exercise Pattern 30. Hygiene 31. Physical Mobility 32. Disuse Syndrome 33. Respiratory Function 34. Cardiovascular Function UNIT 9 Sleep Rest Pattern 35. Sleep and Rest UNIT 10 Cognitive Perceptual Pattern 36. Pain 37. Sensory/Perceptual Function 38. Impaired Verbal Communication 39. Confusion UNIT 11 Self-Perception Self-Concept Pattern 40. Self-Concept 41. Anxiety 42. Vulnerability UNIT 12 Role Relationship Pattern 43. Functional Limitations 44. Loss UNIT 13 Sexuality Reproduction Pattern 45. Sexual Function UNIT 14 Coping Stress Tolerance Pattern 46. Coping-Stress Tolerance 47. Family Coping UNIT 15 Value Belief Pattern 48. Spirituality UNIT 16 The Surgical Client 49. The Surgical Client ANSWER KEY PERFORMANCE CHECKLISTS