TY - BOOK AU - Timby, Barbara Kuhn AU - Dudek, Susan G. TI - Fundamental nursing skills and concepts. SN - 9781608317875 AV - RT41.T54 U1 - 610.73 dc23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Wolters Kluwer KW - Nursing care N1 - Includes index; Contents: Nursing foundation and nursing process -- Laws and ethics -- Health and Illness -- Homeostasis, adaptation and stress -- Culture and ethnicity -- The nurse- client relationship -- Client Teaching -- Recording and reporting -- Asepsis -- Admission, discharge, transfer and referrals -- Vital signs -- Physical assessment -- Special examination and tests -- Nutrition -- Fluid and chemical balance -- Hygiene -- Comfort, rest, and sleep -- Safety -- Pain management -- Oxygenation -- Infection control -- Body mechanics, positioning, and moving -- therapeutic exercise -- mechanical immobilization -- ambulatory aids -- Perioperartive care -- Wound care -- Gastrointestinal intubation -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Oral medications -- Tropical and inhalant medications -- Parenteral medications -- Intravenous medications -- Airway management -- Resuscitation -- End - of - life care ER -