CHAPTER 3 The Nurse-Patient Relationship and Guidelines for Conducting a Clinical Interview The foundation of nursing practice is the ability of the nurse to engage in interpersonal interactions in a…
CHAPTER 2 Maximizing Communication Skills Communication and interviewing techniques are acquired skills. Nurses learn to increase their ability to use communication and interviewing skills through practice and supervision. Communication is…
APPENDIX A References American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Facts for families. No. 33 2012. Conduct disorder.. www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/facts_for_families/33_conduct_disorder.pdf Accessed 23.08.13. American heritage medical dictionary. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin; 2007….
CHAPTER 1 The Nursing Process and Assessment Standards of Care MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS VS. NURSING DIAGNOSES Medical Diagnosis: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) The Diagnostic and Statistical…
CHAPTER 13 Care for Patients with Special Needs Section One Providing Nutritional Support Hospitalized patients are at high risk for developing protein-energy malnutrition. Studies have shown that 40%-50% of hospitalized…
CHAPTER 1 General Concepts in Caring for Medical-Surgical Patients Section One Perioperative Care Nursing Diagnoses and Interventions Deficient knowledge related to surgical procedure, preoperative routine, and postoperative care Desired outcome…
CHAPTER 12 Cancer Care Overview/Pathophysiology The term cancer refers to several disease entities, all of which have in common the proliferation of abnormal cells. To various degrees, these cells have…
CHAPTER 11 Immunologic Disorders Section One Transfusion Reactions Overview/Pathophysiology Transfusion reactions can occur when mismatched blood or blood products (whole blood, fresh or frozen RBCs, washed RBCs, leukocyte-reduced RBCs, platelets,…
CHAPTER 9 Musculoskeletal Disorders Section One Arthritic Disorders Arthritic disorders are among the most common disorders causing pain and disability in individuals over the age of 15 yr in the United…
CHAPTER 4 Renal-Urinary Disorders Section One Renal Disorders Glomerulonephritis Overview/Pathophysiology Glomerulonephritis (GN) refers to inflammation of and subsequent damage to the renal glomerular capillaries that lead to leakage of protein…
