Fundamental nursing skills and concepts / Barbara Kuhn Timby.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 893-913) and index.

Chapter one Nursing Foundations -- Chapter two Nursing Process – Chapter three Laws and Ethics -- Chapter four Health and Illness -- Chapter five Homeostacis, Adaptation, and Stress -- Chapter six Culture and Ethnicity -- Chapter seven The Nurse-Client Relationship -- Chapter eight Client Teaching -- Chapter nine Recording and Reporting -- Chapter ten Asepsis -- Chapter eleven Admission, Discharge, Transfer, and Referrals -- Chapter twelve Vital Signs -- Chapter thirteen Physical Assessment -- Chapter fourteen Special Examination and Tests -- Chapter fifteen Nutrition -- Chapter sixteen Fluid and Chemical Balance -- Chapter seventeen Hygiene -- Chapter eighteen Comfort, Rest, and Sleep -- Chapter nineteen Safety -- Chapter twenty Pain Management -- Chapter twenty-one Oxygenation -- Chapter twenty-two Infection Control -- Chapter twenty-three Body Mechanics, Positioning, and Moving -- Chapter twenty-four Therapeutic Exercise -- Chapter twenty-five Mechanical Immobilization -- Chapter twenty-six Ambulatory Aids -- Chapter twenty-seven Perioperative Care -- Chapter twenty-eight Wound Care -- Chapter twenty-nine Gastrointestinal Intubation -- Chapter thirty Urinary Examination -- Chapter thirty-one Bowel Elimination -- Chapter thirty-two Oral Medications -- Chapter thirty-three Topical and Inhalant Medications -- Chapter thirty-four Parenteral Medications -- Chapter thirty-five Intravenous Medications -- Chapter thirty-six Airway Management -- Chapter thirty-seven Resuscitation -- Chapter thirty-eight End-of-Life Care

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