Applying nursing process : the foundation for clinical reasoning /
Alfaro-LeFevre, Rosalinda.
Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
c2014.
In the 8th edition, Applying Nursing Process continues to apply nursing process in ways that are relevant to the changes occurring in health care today. This text addresses nurses' increased responsibilities related to both independent and multidisciplinary care and helps readers develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning. Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre knows that the principles of the nursing process are the building blocks for all care models, and throughout the book she focuses on how to "think like a nurse." Important content and features in the 8th edition: developing Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies and Institute of Medicine (IOM) competencies; nurses' increased responsibilities related to medical, nursing, and other patient issues; how to set priorities and coordinate and delegate care safely and effectively; problem and risk identification--predicting and managing complications; how terminology is changing to facilitate electronic records and improve communication among care providers; clear examples and case studies to clarify information and demonstrate relevance of content; rationales highlighted throughout the text.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of nursing process, clinical reasoning, and nursing practice today -- Assessment -- Diagnosis -- Planning -- Implementation -- Evaluation,
In the 8th edition, Applying Nursing Process continues to apply nursing process in ways that are relevant to the changes occurring in health care today. This text addresses nurses' increased responsibilities related to both independent and multidisciplinary care and helps readers develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning. Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre knows that the principles of the nursing process are the building blocks for all care models, and throughout the book she focuses on how to "think like a nurse." Important content and features in the 8th edition: developing Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies and Institute of Medicine (IOM) competencies; nurses' increased responsibilities related to medical, nursing, and other patient issues; how to set priorities and coordinate and delegate care safely and effectively; problem and risk identification--predicting and managing complications; how terminology is changing to facilitate electronic records and improve communication among care providers; clear examples and case studies to clarify information and demonstrate relevance of content; rationales highlighted throughout the text.
Nursing
Nursing Process.