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Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing

  • 12th Edition - March 4, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Patricia A. Potter, Anne G. Perry, Patricia A. Stockert, Amy Hall, Wendy R. Ostendorf
  • Language: English

Make this portable pocket reference your constant companion in the clinical setting! The Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition, includes the hard-t… Read more

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Description

Make this portable pocket reference your constant companion in the clinical setting! The Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition, includes the hard-to-remember facts, lab values, and abbreviations that are essential to providing optimal nursing care. Organized by the major concepts and principles of a nursing fundamentals course, this text features a quick-access format with summary tables and bulleted lists. The Clinical Companion makes retrieving, reviewing, and retaining clinical facts and figures easier than ever!

Key features

  • NEW! Completely updated content reflects the latest care standards throughout
  • ENHANCED! Content on seizures, bleeding or hemorrhage, choking, confused patients, alcohol withdrawal, syncope, and medication is now easier to find in the Emergent Clinical Situations chapter
  • Clinical Judgment chapter guides you through how to develop and apply clinical judgment skills in the clinical setting
  • Body system assessment chapters help you learn to take a systematic and thorough approach to health assessment
  • Detailed information on drug calculations, safety, compatibilities, conversions, administration, and more help you prevent medication errors and ensure safe practice
  • Current guidelines for pressure ulcer prevention and care can now be referenced quickly while on the job
  • Health care terminology section provides you with a better understanding of clinical terms as they are encountered
  • Tabular, list, and outline content formats make information easy to find and review
  • Small, portable size makes this resource easy to carry around during clinical practice

Readership

Nursing students in 2-year and 4-year programs

Table of contents

1. Medical, Nursing, and Health Professions Terminology

2. Communication

3. Interprofessional Collaboration and Delegation

4. Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process

5. Documentation

6. Patient Interview

7. Vital Signs

8. Physical Assessment

9. Pain Assessment

10. Skin, Hair, and Nail Assessment

11. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Assessment (HEENT)

12. Respiratory Assessment

13. Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Assessment

14. Musculoskeletal Assessment

15. Neurological Assessment

16. Abdominal Assessment

17. Breast and Genital Assessment

18. Safety

19. Equivalents and Dosage Calculation

20. Medication Administration

21. Infection Control

22. Mobility and Positioning

23. Personal Care

24. Wound Care

25. Oxygen Administration

26. Nutrition and Diets

27. Diagnostic Testing and Procedures

28. Preoperative and Postoperative Care

29. Emergent Clinical Situations

30. Death and Dying

Product details

  • Edition: 12
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 1, 2025
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Patricia A. Potter

Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN is a Former Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri.
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly, Director of Research, Patient Care Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Anne G. Perry

Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN is a Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA

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Patricia A. Stockert

Patricia Stockert, RN, BSN, MS, PhD is the President of the College, Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, Peoria, Illinois.
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly, President, College of Nursing, Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, Peoria, Illinois, USA

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Amy Hall

Amy Hall, RN, BSN, MS, PhD, CNE, Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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Wendy R. Ostendorf

Wendy R. Ostendorf, Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA,
Affiliations and expertise
Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA