Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Historical and contemporary nursing practice -- Evidence-based practice and research in nursing -- Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks -- Legal aspects of nursing -- Values, ethics, and advocacy -- Health care delivery systems -- Community nursing and care continuity -- Home care -- Electronic health records and information technology -- Critical thinking and nursing practice -- Assessing -- Diagnosing -- Planning -- Implementing and evaluating -- Documenting and reporting -- Health promotion -- Health, wellness, and illness -- Culturally responsive nursing care -- Complementary and alternative healing modalities -- Concepts of growth and development -- Promoting health from conception through adolescence -- Promoting health in young and middle-aged adults -- Promoting health in older adults -- Promoting family health -- Caring -- Communicating -- Teaching -- Leading, managing, and delegating -- Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Asepsis -- Safety -- Hygiene -- Diagnostic testing -- Medications -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Perioperative nursing -- Sensory perception -- Self-concept -- Sexuality -- Spirituality -- Stress and coping -- Loss, grieving, and death -- Activity and exercise -- Sleep -- Pain management -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Fecal elimination -- Oxygenation -- Circulation -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance -- Appendix A: Answers to test your knowledge -- Appendix B: Student resources website -- Appendix C: Student resources website.