num_pages: 1869
description: Now in full color, this comprehensive Eighth Edition nursing text continues to meet the needs of practical/vocational nursing curriculum as one coherent source. Broad coverage includes anatomy and physiology; nursing process, growth and development; nursing skills; and, pharmacology. A solid foundation is also provided for medical-surgical, maternity, pediatric, and psychiatric-mental health nursing. Step-by-step procedures are formatted in two-column presentation with rationale and numerous illustrations to show clearly all aspects of nursing procedures. Appendixes provide English-Spanish healthcare phrases, key abbreviations and acronyms, and more. Other new features include a section on study skills and home health care mentioned throughout the text. 
  Now with three multimedia CD-ROMs
:an audio pronunciation CD-ROM a clinical simulation of wound care of the diabetic patient a 
  bonus CD-ROM
 containing a simulated NCLEX-PN exam; a clinical simulation on whistleblowing; a full video on treatment of pressure ulcers; and six animations—cell cycle, congestive heart failure, hypertension, immune response, nerve synapse, and stroke
language: English
title: Textbook of Basic Nursing [with Bonus CD-ROM]
titlecomplete: Textbook of Basic Nursing [with Bonus CD-ROM]
ratings_count: 31
publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins