Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to Nursing and Professional Formation -- Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice -- Health, Wellness, and Health Disparities -- Health of the Individual, Family, Community, and Environment -- Culturally Respectful Care -- Values, Ethics, and Advocacy -- Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice -- Communication -- Teaching and Counseling -- Leadership, Managing, and Delegating -- Health Care Delivery System -- Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Care Coordination Across Settings -- Blended Competencies, Clinical Reasoning, and Processes of Person-Centered Care -- Clinical Judgment -- Assessing -- Diagnosing -- Outcome Identification and Planning -- Implementing -- Evaluating -- Documenting and Reporting -- Informatics and Health Care Technologies -- Developmental Concepts -- Conception Through Young Adulthood -- Middle and Older Adulthood -- Asepsis and Infection Control -- Vital Signs -- Health Assessment -- Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness -- Complementary and Alternative Therapies -- Medications -- Perioperative Nursing -- Hygiene -- Skin Integrity and Wound Care -- Activity -- Rest and Sleep -- Comfort -- Nutrition -- Urinary Elimination -- Bowel Elimination -- Oxygenation and Perfusion -- Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance -- Self-Concept -- Stress and Adaptation -- Loss, Grief, and Dying -- Sensory Functioning -- Sexuality -- Spirituality

"The preferred nursing fundamentals resources for generations of nursing students and educators, Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Person-Centered Nursing Care, 10th Edition, equips beginning nursing students with a holistic, case-based perspective on nursing practice and emphasizes the clinical reasoning and decision-making essential to their success in today's competitive healthcare environment. Promoting nursing as an evolving art and science directed to human health and well-being, this bestselling text is designed to instill in students the highest level of scientific knowledge and technical skill while cultivating the blended competencies crucial to responsible patient-centered care in a wide variety of care settings. Updates throughout this 10th Edition reflect a growing emphasis on clinical judgment and NCLEX® readiness, training students to think like nurses and respond confidently and effectively to clinical challenges. Ample clinical examples, pedagogy, illustrations, and online learning tools and assessments engage students and distill need-to-know information, complemented by a suite of integrated teaching and learning resources that create a seamless, superior learning experience for every student"-- Provided by publisher.