Includes bibliographical references and index.

The changing face of healthcare -- Community-based nursing and continuity of care -- The profession of nursing -- Nursing theory and conceptual frameworks -- Values -- Ethical and legal concerns -- Nurse leader and manager -- Nursing research: evidence-based care -- Nursing process: foundation for practice -- Nursing assessment -- Nursing diagnosis -- Outcome identification and planning -- Implementation and evaluation -- Critical thinking -- Communication of the nursing process: documenting and reporting -- Health and wellness -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Lifespan development -- The older adult -- Individual, family, and community -- Culture and ethnicity -- Communication: the nurse-client relationship -- Client education -- Home care management -- Health assessment of human function -- Vital sign assessment -- Asepsis and infection control -- Medication administration -- Intravenous therapy -- Perioperative nursing -- Safety -- Health maintenance -- Self-care and hygiene -- Mobility and body mechanics -- Oxygenation: respiratory function -- Oxygenation: cardiovascular function -- Fluid, electrolyte and acid-based balance -- Nutrition -- Skin integrity and wound healing -- The body's defense against infection -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Sleep and rest -- Pain perception and management -- Sensory perception -- Cognitive processes -- Self-concept -- Families and their relationships -- Loss and grieving -- Stress, coping, and adaptation -- Human sexuality -- Spiritual health.