Fundamentals of Nursing, 2nd Edition by Barbara L Yoost

Fundamentals of Nursing, 2nd Version by Barbara L Yoost

1. ISBN-10

   0323508642
2. ISBN-13

   978-0323508643

3. The second edition of Yoost and Crawford’s Essentials of Nursing is here once again for an encore! The book that gained its reputation by focusing on simple language and engaging learning maintains its focus on aiding you in comprehending, applying, and retaining crucial nursing information and concepts. Through a friendly and conversational tone, this new second edition leads you towards a basic grasp of the nursing profession and then systematically progresses through the nursing process and the safe and structured methods of delivering care. Each chapter incorporates realistic and intricate case studies and exercises that prompt critical thinking woven throughout the material to help you consistently apply what you have learned to real patient care. A conceptual care mapping approach ― developed by Yoost and Crawford themselves ― enhances your ability to make clinical judgments and synthesize information as you formulate care plans after analyzing and clustering pertinent patient assessment data. All of this combined with a plethora of student-friendly learning features and clinically-focused content presents a fundamentally different ― and effective ― approach for you to easily master the essentials of nursing.

   • UNIQUE! The relaxed and affable writing style slows down the flow of information to allow readers time to thoughtfully analyze and master all fundamental concepts and skills.
   • UNIQUE! The progressive method of subject grouping brings together topics and ideas thematically, in the required sequence for readers to expand their knowledge.
   • UNIQUE! An objective-driven approach presents clearly defined, numbered objectives that correspond with all content and culminate in Objective Summaries.
   • UNIQUE! Engaging learning exercises are interspersed throughout each chapter to aid readers in applying chapter content to broader nursing concepts and realistic patient scenarios.
   • UNIQUE! The conceptual care mapping is instructed and utilized throughout the text alongside the Conceptual Care Map Creator.
   • UNIQUE! Emphasis on QSEN reinforces the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses competencies, including: patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.
   • Special feature boxes cover the areas of: diversity consideration, evidence-based practice, informatics, patient education, health literacy, health assessment questions, interprofessional collaboration and delegation, ethical and legal practice, home care considerations, safety practice alerts, QSEN, critical thinking exercises, and nursing care guidelines.

   • NEW! Interprofessional collaboration and delegation content is interspersed throughout the text along with new IPE activities that are integrated into the Evolve resources.
   • NEW & UNIQUE! Recap and exam questions linked to learning objectives follow a building-block style method that commences at lower Bloom’s taxonomy levels in early chapters and progresses to more advanced levels as readers acquire more knowledge.
   • NEW! Emphasis on assignment and delegation covers the distinctions between them and how and when they are suitable for an RN.
   • NEW! Content on complementary therapies has been incorporated throughout the text to reflect the changes to the NCLEX exam.
   • NEW! Additional information has been added in the areas of HCAHPS, Health Literacy, Patient Education, Substance Abuse, Zika, Ebola, and more.