Foundations of nursing. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Foundations of nursing (Christensen)
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Kim Cooper, Kelly Gosnell.
• Editors: Cooper, Kim (Kim D.); Gosnell, Kelly
• Contents: Front cover; Inside front cover; IFC facing page; Dedication; Foundations of Nursing; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Contributors and Reviewers; LPN/LVN Advisory Board; To the Instructor; Organization and Standard Features; Table of Contents; Chapter Organization; Nursing Process; References and Suggested Readings; LPN Threads; Teaching and Learning Package; For Students; For Instructors; To the Student; Reading and Review Tools; Additional Learning Resources; Chapter Features; Table of Contents; Unit I Fundamentals of Nursing; 1 The Evolution of Nursing; Objectives; Key Terms. The History of Nursing and Nursing EducationCare of the Sick during Early Civilization; Nursing Education in the Nineteenth Century; Florence Nightingale (1820-1910); Nursing From Occupation to Profession; Development of Nursing Education in the United States; Changes in Nursing during the Twentieth Century; Licensing; World War I; World War II; Contemporary Nursing; Nursing Caps, Uniforms, and Pins; Significant Changes in Nursing for the Twenty-First Century; Demographic Changes; Women's Health Care Issues; Men in Nursing; Human Rights; Medically Underserved; Nursing Shortage. Development of Practical and Vocational NursingAttendant Nurses; Practical Nursing Programs; Organizational Influence; Program Credentialing; Contemporary Practical and Vocational Nursing Education; Career Advancement; Factors That Influenced Practical and Vocational Nursing; The Need for Trained Caregivers; World War I; The Self-Taught Practical Nurse; Duties of Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses; Position Paper of the American Nurses Association; Licensure for Practical and Vocational Nursing. Laws That Monitor the Licensed Practical Nurse and the Licensed Vocational NurseHealth Care Delivery Systems; Health Care System Defined; Wellness-Illness Continuum; Maslow's Model of Health and Illness; Health Promotion and Illness Prevention; Continuity of Care; Delivery of Patient Care; Participants in the Health Care System; Professional Health Care Specialists; Registered Nurses; Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses; Other Caregivers; Technologists, Medical Technicians, and Paraprofessionals; Economic Factors That Affect Health and Illness; Rising Health Care Costs. Increasing number of aging Americans. Advances in technology.; Health care insurance.; Malpractice insurance.; Changes in Delivery System; Social and Environmental Factors That Affect Health and Illness; Health Promotion; Patients' Rights; Health Care Providers' Rights; Interdisciplinary Approach to Health Care; Care Plan; Communication; Documentation; Nursing Care Models; Contemporary Practical and Vocational Nursing Care; Practical/Vocational Nursing Defined; Objectives and Characteristics of Practical/Vocational Nursing Education; Roles and Responsibilities.
• Edition: 7th edition
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier Mosby
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxv, 1337 pages)
• Subjects: 610.7306/93; Practical nursing; Nursing Care; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL -- Atlases; MEDICAL -- Essays; MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice; MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Osteopathy; Practical nursing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323293143
• Related ISBNs: 032329314X; 9780323100038; 0323100031
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.