Planning Nursing Care
Chapter 18 Planning Nursing Care Objectives • Explain the relationship of planning to assessment and nursing diagnosis. • Discuss criteria used in priority setting. • Describe goal setting. • Discuss the difference between a…
The Experience of Loss, Death, and Grief
Chapter 36 The Experience of Loss, Death, and Grief Objectives • Identify the nurse’s role when caring for patients who are experiencing loss, grief, or death. • Describe the types of loss…
Conception Through Adolescence
Chapter 12 Conception Through Adolescence Objectives • Discuss common physiological and psychosocial health concerns during the transition of the child from intrauterine to extrauterine life. • Describe characteristics of physical growth of…
Spiritual Health
Chapter 35 Spiritual Health Objectives • Discuss the influence of spiritual practices on the health status of patients. • Describe the relationship among faith, hope, and spiritual well-being. • Compare and contrast the…
Evaluation
Chapter 20 Evaluation Objectives • Discuss the relationship between critical thinking and evaluation. • Describe the standards of professional nursing practice for evaluation. • Explain the relationship among goals of care, expected outcomes,…
Patient Education
Chapter 25 Patient Education Objectives • Identify the appropriate topics that address a patient’s health education needs. • Describe the similarities and differences between teaching and learning. • Identify the role of the…
Care of Surgical Patients
Chapter 50 Care of Surgical Patients Objectives • Explain the concept of perioperative nursing care. • Differentiate among classifications of surgery and types of anesthesia. • Describe the assessment data to collect for…
Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 5 Evidence-Based Practice Objectives • Discuss the benefits of evidence-based practice. • Describe the five steps of evidence-based practice. • Develop a PICOT question. • Explain the levels of evidence available in the…
Nursing Diagnosis
Chapter 17 Nursing Diagnosis Objectives • Discuss the purposes of using nursing diagnosis in practice. • Differentiate among a nursing diagnosis, medical diagnosis, and collaborative problem. • Discuss the relationship of critical thinking…
Nursing Assessment
Chapter 16 Nursing Assessment Objectives • Discuss the relationship between critical thinking and nursing assessment. • Explain the process of data collection. • Differentiate between subjective and objective data. • Describe the methods of…
