Includes index

in English

Unit 1: Nursing perspectives: past, present and future -- Chapter 1: Evolution of nursing education and theory -- Chapter 2: Research and evidence-based practice -- Chapter 3: Health care delivery -- Unit 2: Nursing process: the standard of care -- Chapter 4: Critical thinking, decision making and the nursing process -- Chapter 5: Assessment -- Chapter 6: Problem identification -- Chapter 7: Planning -- Chapter 8: Implementation -- Chapter 9: Evaluation -- Unit 3: Professional accountability -- Chapter 10. Leadership and delegation -- Chapter 11. Legal ethical responsibilities -- Chapter 12. Documentation and informatics -- Unit 4: Promoting health -- Chapter 13. Nursing, healing and caring -- Chapter 14. Communication -- Chapter 15. Health and wellness promotion -- chapter 16. Family and community health -- Chapter 17. The life cycle -- Chapter 18. Paediatric care -- Chapter 19. The older adult -- Chapter 20. Palliative care -- Chapter 21. Cultural diversity -- Chapter 22. Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander health -- Chapter 23. Rural and remote health -- Chapter 24. Health care education -- Unit 5: Responding tp basic psychosocial needs -- Chapter 25. Self-concept -- Chapter 26. Stress, anxiety, adaptation and change -- Chapter 27. Spirituality -- Chapter 28. Loss and grief -- Chapter 29. Mental health -- Unit 6: Responding to basic physiological needs -- Chapter 30. Vital signs -- Chapter 31. Physical assessment -- Chapter 32. Safety, infection control and hygiene -- Chapter 33. Medication administration -- Chapter 34. Traditional and complimentary therapies -- Chapter 35. Oxygenation -- Chapter 36. Fluids and electrolytes -- Chapter 37. Nutrition -- Chapter 38. Pain management, comfort and sleep -- Chapter 39. Mobility -- Chapter 40. Skin integrity and wound healing -- Chapter 41. Sensation, perception and cognition -- Chapter 42. Elimination -- Chapter 43. Perioperative nursing care

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