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Nursing fundamentals and clinical skills, pharmacology and nutrition, and medical-surgical, maternal-newborn, psychiatric and population health nursing.

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Introduction to the Nursing Profession: Evolution, Theories, and Practice (Health Professional Version)

The evolution of nursing is a dynamic journey that spans centuries, marked by transformative shifts in practice, education, and the professional identity of nurses. These shifts follow the historical progression of nursing and nursing theories, revealing the foundations that have shaped the field.

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Clinical nursing skills

Clinical nursing skills is a course for nursing students in the practice of whole-patient care. Its chapters run from patient interviews, health histories and infection prevention to hygiene, wound care and specimen collection, medication and IV administration, vital signs and the assessment of each body system.

Concepts of Comprehensive Clinical Care

General Assessment and Special Considerations

Medication Management

Health Assessment and Promotion

Fundamentals of nursing

Fundamentals of nursing is a course for nursing students on the profession's evolution, theories and practice. Its chapters cover communication, the nursing process from assessment to evaluation, vital signs, infection control, physiological and psychosocial care, and health promotion across the life span.

Foundation of Nursing and the Healthcare Environment

Fundamental Aspects to Nursing Care

The Process of Nursing Care

Complex Thinking in Nursing Care

Physiological Aspects of Nursing Care

Psychosocial Aspects of Nursing Practice

Health Promotion Across the Life Span

Maternal newborn nursing

Maternal-newborn and women's health nursing is a course for nursing students on caring for women and families from fertility to a newborn's first days. Its chapters cover family planning, women's health through the lifespan, prenatal care and testing, labor and birth, postpartum care and newborn assessment.

Introduction to Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing

Women's Health Through the Lifespan

Care During Pregnancy

Care During Labor and Birth

Care During the Postpartum Period

Newborn Care

Medical-surgical nursing

Medical-surgical nursing is one of the largest nursing specialties, caring for adults of all ages. A course for nursing students, its chapters cover care across the body systems, care before, during and after surgery, shock and sepsis, emergency and palliative care, and NCLEX preparation.

Introduction and Foundations of Medical-Surgical Nursing

Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice

General Assessment Considerations

Nursing Management and Considerations

Care of the Surgical Patient

Special Considerations and Concepts

Putting It All Together

Unfolding Case Study and NCLEX Preparation (Health Professional Version)

Nutrition for nurses

Nutrition for nurses, a course for nursing students, starts from the idea that good nutrition is fundamental to health at any age. It covers macronutrients, micronutrients and digestion, then clinical judgment and special nutritional needs in neurological, endocrine, heart, lung, kidney and digestive health.

Nutrition Basics for Nurses

Nutrition and Neurological Wellness

Nutrition and Endocrine Wellness

Nutrition and Hematological Wellness

Nutrition and Cardiovascular Wellness

Nutrition and Pulmonary Wellness

Nutrition and Renal Wellness

Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Wellness

Nutrition and Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Wellness

Pharmacology for nurses

Pharmacology for nurses gives nursing students the understanding of drugs a nurse needs to provide safe and effective care. Organized by body system, it covers drug administration and ethics, anti-infective and cancer drugs, psychiatric and pain drugs, heart, respiratory and diabetes drugs, and drugs for the eyes, ears and skin.

Introduction to Pharmacology for Nurses

Homeostasis

Immune System

Nervous System and Drugs for Mental Well-Being

Cardiovascular System

Respiratory System

Endocrine System

Digestive System

Renal and Urinary Systems

Reproductive System

Sensory and Dermatologic Systems

Population health for nurses

Population health for nurses is a course for nursing students on keeping communities and populations healthy. It covers public and community health, social determinants and health disparities, epidemiology, pandemics and environmental health, culturally congruent care, disaster management and the nurse's role as advocate.

Preserving the Health of Populations and Communities

Issues and Challenges of Population Health

Population-Based Practice and the Tenets of Public Health

Merging Public Health Principles with the Nursing Process

Culturally Congruent Care

Caring for Populations and Communities

The Nurse’s Role as Advocate and Leader

Psychiatric-mental health nursing

Psychiatric-mental health nursing gives nursing students a foundation in mental health, a critical part of every person's overall health. Its chapters cover theories and therapies, therapeutic relationships, and disorders from mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders to eating, personality and substance use disorders.

Theories, Practice, and Trends

Therapeutic Considerations in Mental Health

Client Rights and Legal Issues

Psychiatric Nursing Practice

Psychiatric Nursing Practice for Special Populations

Mental Health Care in the Community

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