The Book Foundations of Adult Health Nursing is written by Lois White, Gena Duncan, Wendy Baumle. Essentials of Adult Health Nursing, Third Edition, covers common medical/surgical conditions typically encountered by practical/vocational nurses. An overview of anatomy and physiology is provided at the beginning of each chapter on body systems. Each condition is presented and followed by medical-surgical management topics, including pharmacological, dietary, activity and nursing management aspects. The nursing process is presented in great detail and incorporates current NANDA-I diagnoses and NIC/NOC references.
In addition, it identifies subjective and objective data with health history questions, possible nursing diagnoses, goals/outcomes, interventions, and evaluation. Each chapter contains a sample care plan. The student has the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and develop critical thinking skills by completing the case studies included in many of the chapters. New customer case studies have been added throughout. The student has the opportunity to assess knowledge and critical thinking of essential nursing concepts by answering NCLEX®-style review questions at the end of each chapter.
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About the Author
Lois Elain Wacker White earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Springfield, Illinois; an Associate of Science degree from Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas; a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Texas A & I University—Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas; a Master of Science in Education from Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Administration—University of Texas Community College, Austin, Texas. She has taught at Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas, in both the Associate Degree in Nursing program and the Vocational Nursing program. For 14 years, she was also chair of the Department of Vocational Nursing Education. Dr. White has taught nursing fundamentals, mental health, mental illness, medical-surgical nursing, and maternal/pediatric nursing. His professional career has also included 15 years of clinical practice. Dr. White has served on the Nursing Education Advisory Committee of the Texas Board of State Nurse Examiners and the Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners, which developed the competencies expected of graduates for each level of nursing.
Gena Duncan has worked as a registered nurse for 36 years in clinical, community health, and educational settings. This has equipped Ms. Duncan with a wide range of nursing experiences and varied skills to meet the educational needs of today’s students. She has an MSEd and MSN. During her professional career, Ms. Duncan has served as a staff nurse, assistant chief nurse for a medical-surgical unit, continuing education instructor, associate professor in an LPN program, and director of an associate degree nursing program. She has taught LPN, ADN, BSN and MSN nursing students. As a faculty member, she taught many nursing courses and served on a state curriculum committee for a state university. As the director of an associate degree nursing program, she was instrumental in initiating and obtaining state board approval of an LPN-RN nursing program. His master’s research thesis was entitled “An investigation of the learning styles of practical and high school students”. The results of the study are published in the Journal of Nursing Education. She is the co-author of two textbooks, a medical-surgical textbook and a transition text for LPN to RN students. He has been an active member of Sigma Theta Tau.
Wendy Baumle is currently a Nursing Instructor at James A. Rhodes State College in Ohio. She has spent 19 years as a clinician, educator, school district health coordinator, and academic. Ms. Baumle has taught nursing fundamentals, medical-surgical nursing, pediatrics, obstetrics, pharmacology, anatomy and physiology, and health care ethics in practical nursing and associate degree programs. He previously taught at Lutheran College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, at Northwest State Community College, Archbold, Ohio, and at James. A. Rhodes State College in Lima, Ohio. Ms. Baumle earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, and her Master of Nursing from the Ohio College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio. Ms. Baumle is a member of several professional nursing organizations, including Sigma Theta Tau, the American Nurses Association, the National League for Nursing, and the Ohio Nurses Association.
Overview of Foundations of Adult Health Nursing
NURSING FUNDAMENTALS FOR ADULT HEALTH 3RD EDITION is a comprehensive, easy-to-use resource for the medical-surgical nursing field of study. Completely up-to-date, this resource follows the Nursing Process format. The clinical content includes Nursing Management sections for each disorder, emphasizing the nurse’s role in providing competent client care. In addition, the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) and the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) have been identified in each Nursing Care Plan. All nursing diagnoses have been updated with the latest NANDA definitions and classifications. An important new section on Rehabilitation, Home Health, Long-Term Care, and Hospice has been added that defines the role of the nurse, explains legal issues, and discusses appropriate client assessments and interventions in each healthcare setting. Each section contains a case study with critical thinking questions designed to help the reader through the nursing process and develop a personalized plan of care for the client in the setting. Abundant special features, NCLEX-style questions, and the new StudyWARE CD-ROM loaded make this an engaging and easy-to-use resource.
Description:
| Book Name | Foundations of Adult Health Nursing |
| Author of Book | Lois White, Gena Duncan, Wendy Baumle |
| Edition | 3rd |
| Language | English |
| Format | |
| Category | Nursing Books |
