Includes index and appendix.

Contents:Unit 1: Basic concepts in nursing: Health care delivery and evidence-based nursing practice -- Community-based nursing practice -- Critical thinking, ethical decision making and the nursing process -- Health education and promotion -- Adult health and nutritional assessment -- Individual and family homeostasis, stress, and adaptation -- Overview of transcultural nursing -- Overview of genetics and genomics in nursing -- Chronic illness and disability -- Principles and practices of rehabilitation -- Health care of the older adult -- Pain management -- Fluid and electrolytes: balance and disturbance -- Shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Oncology: nursing management in cancer care -- End-of-life care -- Preoperative nursing management -- Intraoperative nursing management -- Postoperative nursing management -- Assessment of respiratory function -- Respiratory care modalities -- Management of patients with upper respiratory tract disorders -- Management of patients with chest and lower respiratory tract disorders -- Management of patients with chronic pulmonary disease -- Cardiovascular and circulatory function: Assessment of cardiovascular function -- Management of patients with dysrhythmia and conduction problems -- Management of patients with coronary vascular disorder -- Management of patients with structural, infectious and inflammatory cardiac disorder -- Management of patients with complications from heart disease -- Assessment and management of patients with complications from heart disease. -- Assessment and management of patients with vascular disorders and problems of peripheral circulation -- Assessment and management of patients with hypertension -- Hematologic function: Assessment of hematologic function and treatment modalities -- Management of patients with nonmalignant hematologic disorders -- Management of patients with hematologic neoplasms -- Immunologic function: Assessment of immune function -- Management of patients with immunodeficiency disorders -- Management of patients with HIV infection and AIDS -- Assessment and management of patients with allergic disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with rheumatic disorders -- Musculoskeletal function: Assessment of musculoskeletal function -- Musculoskeletal care modalities -- Management of patients with musculoskeletal trauma -- Digestive and gastrointestinal function -- Assessment of digestive and gastrointestinal function -- Digestive and gastrointestinal treatment modalities -- management of patients with oral and esophageal disorders -- Management of patients with gastric and duodenal disorders -- Management of patients with intestinal and rectal disorders -- Metabolic and endocrine function: Assessment and management of patients with hepatic disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with biliary disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with diabetes -- Assessment and management of patients with endocrine disorders -- Kidney and urinary function: Assessment of kidney and urinary function -- Management of patients with kidney disorders -- Management of patients with urinary disorders -- Reproductive function: Assessment and management of female physiologic processes - Management of patients with female reproductive disorder - Assessment and management of patients with breast disorders - Assessment and management of problems related to male reproductive processes - Integumentary function: Assessment of integumentary function - Management of patients with dermatologic problems - Management of patients with burn injury - Sensory function: Assessment and management of patients with eye and vision disorders -- : Assessment and management of patients with hearing and balance disorders - Neurologic function - Assessment of neurologic function -- Management of patients with neurologic dysfunction -- Management of patients with cerebrovascular disorders -- Management of patients with neurologic trauma -- Management of patients with neurologic infections, autoimmune disorders, and neuropathies -- Management of patients with oncologic and degenerative neurologic disorders - Acute community-based challenges: Management of patients with infectious diseases - Emergency nursing - Terrorism, mass casualty, and disaster nursing.