Contents: Concepts in health care: Health and wellness -- The health care delivery system -- Legal principles in nursing -- Ethics -- Processes in nursing care: Critical thinking and nursing judgement -- Nursing process -- Documentation and reporting --Communication -- Client education -- Principles for nursing practice: Infection control -- Vital signs -- Health assessment and physical examination -- Administering medications -- Fluid, electrolyte,and acid-base balances -- Principles for caring: Caring in nursing practice -- Cultural diversity -- Spiritual health -- Growth and development -- Self-concept and sexuality -- Family context in nursing -- Stress and coping -- Loss and grief -- Managing client care -- Caring for client's basic human needs: Exercise and activity -- Safety -- Hygiene -- Oxygenation -- Sleep -- Promoting comfort -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- `Caring for clients' special needs: Immobility -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Sensory alterations -- Surgical client