Mosby's comprehensive review of practical nursing for the NCLEX-PN examination. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Comprehensive review of practical nursing for the NCLEX-PN(R) examination
• Other Names: Eyles, Mary O
• Contents: 1. Preparing for the licensure examination. Why review? -- Effective study and use of this text -- Item formats -- Test-taking skills -- The NCLEX-PN examination -- A special note to foreign candidates -- 2. Nursing concepts, the nursing process, and trends in nursing. Health and illness -- Variables influencing health beliefs and practices -- Trends in nursing -- Trends in delivery of health care -- Factors influencing health and illness -- Concepts basic to nursing -- Nursing process -- Measures to meet oxygen needs -- Measures to meet fluid needs -- Measures to meet nutritional needs -- Measures to meet urinary elimination needs -- Measures to meet bowel elimination needs -- Measures to meet rest and sleep needs -- Measures to meet activity and exercise needs -- Measures to meet pain relief needs -- Measures to meet safety and hygiene needs -- Other therapeutic nursing measures -- Measures for eye, ear, and throat disorders -- Measures for gastrointestinal disorders -- Measures for vaginal care -- Measures for patients undergoing surgery -- Measures related to radiation therapy -- Measures concerning patient's departure -- Caring for the dying -- 3. Pharmcology. Pharmacology and the nursing process -- Sources of drugs -- Drug names -- Drug legislation -- Principles of drug action -- Pharmacokinetics -- Administering medications -- Pediatric drug administration -- Central nervous system -- Autonomic nervous system -- Respiratory system -- Cardiovascular system -- Gastrointestinal system -- Endocrine system -- Female reproductive system -- Male reproductive system -- Eye -- Drugs used to control muscle tone -- Diabetes mellitus -- Urinary system -- Immune system -- Neoplastic diseases -- Nutrients, fluids, and electrolytes -- 4. Nutrition. Health promotion -- Definitions commonly used in nutrition -- Abbreviations -- Principles of nutrition -- Nutritional guidelines -- Food management -- Common types of food poisoning -- Nutrition throughout the life cycle -- Diet therapy -- Diets for specific conditions -- 5. Medical-surgical nursing. Anatomy and physiology: an overview -- Musculoskeletal system -- Musculoskeletal conditions and disorders -- Respiratory system -- Respiratory conditions and disorders -- Cardiovascular, peripheral, and hematological systems -- Cardiovascular conditions and disorders -- Peripheral vascular conditions and disorders -- Hematological conditions and disorders -- Gastrointestinal system -- Gastrointestinal conditions and disorders -- Neurological system -- Neurological conditions and disorders -- Endocrine system -- Endocrine system conditions and disorders -- Renal (urinary) system -- Renal (urinary) system conditions and disorders -- Male reproductive system -- Male genitourinary system conditions and disorders -- Female reproductive system -- Female reproductive system conditions and disorders -- Integumentary system -- Integumentary system conditions and disorders -- Sensory systems. 6. Mental health nursing. Holism -- Mental health continuum -- Nursing role -- Personality development -- Ego defense mechanisms -- Anxiety disturbances and resources -- Affective disorders -- Eating disorders -- Personality disorders -- Physically based mental disorders -- Death and dying -- Grieving -- Crisis intervention -- Crisis of rape or incest -- Suicide prevention -- Suicide intervention -- Treatment modalities -- Legal and ethical considerations in patient care -- Patients' rights -- Care and treatment of patients -- 7. Maternity nursing. Evolution of modern obstetrics -- Definitions commonly used in obstetrics -- Trends -- Procedures to diagnose maternal and fetal problems -- Anatomy and physiology of reproduction -- Physiology of the fetus -- Normal antepartum (prenatal) -- Abnormal antepartum -- Normal intrapartum (labor and delivery) -- Abnormal intrapartum -- Normal postpartum -- Abnormal postpartum -- Normal newborn -- Abnormal newborn -- Family planning -- 8. Pediatric nursing. Assessment of child and family -- Infancy (ages 4 weeks to 1 year) -- Toddlerhood (ages 1 to 3 years) -- Preschool age (ages 3 to 5 years) -- School age (ages 6 to 12 years) -- Adolescence (ages 13 to 19 years) -- Battered child syndrome -- Poisonings -- Hospitalization and the child -- 9. Nursing care of the aging adult. Government resources for the older adult -- Legislation affecting the older adult -- Nursing roles and the care of the older adult -- Theories of aging -- Role changes -- Alterations in lifestyle -- Social isolation -- Healthy older adult -- Special considerations -- Neurological system (selected disorders) -- Psychological changes (normal aging process) -- Psychological disorders (abnormal) -- Rehabilitation/maintenance of cognitive function -- Bladder retraining: urinary incontinence -- Bowel retraining: fecal incontinence -- 10. Emergency preparedness. Basic life support -- Hemorrhage -- Shock -- Anaphylactic reaction -- Head injuries -- Eye injuries -- Spinal cord injuries -- Soft-tissue neck injuries -- Chest injuries -- Intraabdominal injuries -- Burns -- Wounds -- Musculoskeletal injuries -- Hyperthermia -- Cold injuries -- Poisoning -- Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycemia -- Drowning -- Drug abuse -- Acute alcoholism -- Sexual assault -- Disaster -- Appendices. A. Standards of practice and educational competencies of graduates of practical/vocational nursing programs -- B. Communicable diseases and infections of childhood.
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Mo : Elsevier Mosby
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 617 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 610.73076; Practical nursing -- Examinations, questions, etc; National Council Licensure Examination for Practical/Vocational Nurses -- Study guides; Nursing, Practical; National Council Licensure Examination for Practical/Vocational Nurses; Practical nursing; Examination Questions; Outlines; Electronic books; Examinations; Study guides
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323069410
• Related ISBNs: 032306941X; 9780323069403; 0323069401
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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