Includes index.

Contents: 1. Basic concepts in nursing: Health care delivery and evidence- based nursing practice -- Community-based nursing practice -- Critical thinking, ethical decision making, and nursing process -- Health education and health promotion -- Adult health and nutritional Assessment -- 2. Biophysical and psychosocial concepts in nursing practice: Individual and family homeostasis, stress and adaptation -- overview of transcultural nursing -- Overview of genetics and genomics in nursing --Chronic illness and disability -- Principles and practice of rehabilitation -- Health care of the other adult -- 3. Concept and challenges in patient management: Pain management -- Fluid and electrolytes: balance and disturbance -- Shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Oncologhy: nursing management cancer care -- End-of-life care --4. Perioperative concepts and nursing management: Perioperative nursing management -- Intraoperative nursing management -- postoperative nursing management -- 5. Gas exchange and respiratory function: 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 -- 6.Cardiovascular circulatory function: Assessment of cardiovascular function -- Management of patients with dysrhythmias and conduct problems -- Management of patients with coronary vascular disorders -- Management of patients with structural, infectious, and inflammatory cardiac disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with vascular disorders and problems of peripheral circulation -- Assessment and management of patients with hypertension -- 7. Hematologic function: Assessment of hematologic function and treatment modalities -- Management of patients with nonmalignant hematologic disorders -- Management of patients with hematologic neoplasms -- 8.Immulogic 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 -- 9. Musculoskeletal function: Assessment of musculoskeletal function -- Musculoskeletal care modalities -- Management of patients with musculoskeletal disorders -- Management of patients with musculoskeletal trauma -- 10. digestive and gastrointestinal function: Assessment of digestive and gastrointestinal function -- 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 -- 11. Metabolic and endocrine function: Assessment and management of patients with hepatic disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with biliary disorder -- Assessment and management of patients with diabetes -- Assessment and Management of patients with endocrine disorders -- 12. Kidney and urinary function: Assessment of kidney and urinary function -- Management of patients with kidney disorders -- Management patients with urinary disorders -- 13. Reproductive function: Assessment and management of female physiologic processes -- Management of patients with female reproductive disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with breast disorders -- Assessment and management of problem related to male reproductive processes -- 14. Integumentary function: assessment of integumentary function -- Management of patients with dermatologic problem -- Management of patients with burn injury -- 15. Sensory function; Assessment and management of patients with eye and vision disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with hearing balance disorders -- 16. 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 or degenerative neurologic disorders -- 17. Acute community-based challenges: Management of patients with infectious diseases -- Emergency nursing -- Terrorism, mass casualty, and disaster nursing --