The Basics 8th Edition by Kaplan Nursing, ISBN-13: 978-1506262901

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Health Assessment

Section 1: Health History

Section 2: Physical Assessment

Section 3: Mental Status Assessment

Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Nursing

Section 1: Normal Mobility

Section 2: Altered Functions Related to Immobility

Section 3: Safety

Section 4: Altered Functions Related to Pain

Section 5: Protection from Communicable Diseases

Section 6: Maintenance of Skin Integrity

Section 7: Perioperative Care

Chapter 3: Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

Section 1: Fluid Regulation

Section 2: Electrolyte Imbalances

Section 3: Nursing Measures for Intravenous Therapy

Chapter 4: The Cardiovascular System

Section 1: The Cardiovascular System Overview

Section 2: Alterations in Cardiac Output

Section 3: Vascular Alterations: Hypertension

Section 4: Selected Disorders of Tissue Perfusion

Section 5: Vascular Disorders

Chapter 5: The Respiratory System

Section 1: The Respiratory System Overview

Section 2: Alterations in Airway Clearance and Breathing Patterns

Chapter 6: Hematological and Immune Disorders

Section 1: Overview of Hematology

Section 2: Disorders of the Blood

Section 3: The Immune System

Chapter 7: The Gastrointestinal System

Section 1: Concepts Basic to Nutrition

Section 2: Alterations in Metabolism

Section 3: Selected Disorders

Section 4: Accessory Organs of Digestion (Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas)

Section 5: The Lower Intestinal Tract

Chapter 8: The Endocrine System

Section 1: The Endocrine System Overview

Section 2: Endocrine Disorders

Chapter 9: The Renal and Urological Systems

Section 1: The Urinary System Overview

Section 2: Urinary Function

Section 3: Selected Disorders

Chapter 10: The Musculoskeletal System

Section 1: Alterations in Musculoskeletal Function

Chapter 11: Sensory and Neurological Function

Section 1: Sensation and Perception Functions

Section 2: Alterations in Vision

Section 3: Alterations in Hearing

Chapter 12: Oncology

Section 1: Cancer

Section 2: Leukemia

Section 3: Skin Cancer

Section 4: Intracranial Tumors

Section 5: Pancreatic Tumors

Section 6: Carcinoma of the Larynx

Chapter 13: Maternity and Gynecological Nursing

Section 1: The Reproductive System

Section 2: Childbearing—Antepartal Care

Section 3: Labor and Delivery

Section 4: Postpartum

Section 5: The Neonate

Section 6: Childbearing—Maternal Complications

Section 7: Childbearing—Neonatal Complications

Chapter 14: Pediatric Nursing

Section 1: Growth and Development

Section 2: Pediatric Assessment/Wellness

Section 3: Alterations in Pediatric Health

Chapter 15: Psychosocial Integrity

Section 1: Basic Concepts

Section 2: Anxiety

Section 3: Situational Crises

Section 4: Depressive Disorders

Section 5: Bipolar Disorder

Section 6: Altered Thought Processes

Section 7: Social Interactions

Section 8: Abuse

Chapter 16: Pharmacology

Section 1: Listing of Medications

Chapter 17: Terminology

Section 1: Nursing Abbreviations

Section 2: Medication Terminology

Section 3: Terminology Used for Documentation

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