Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing
Active Learning for Collaborative Practice
- 4th Edition - December 12, 2025
- Latest edition
- Author: Barbara L. Yoost
- Language: English
Make this clinical companion your best friend at the point of care! When you need hard-to-remember clinical information, rely on Yoost’s Clinical Companion for Fundamen… Read more
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Description
Description
Make this clinical companion your best friend at the point of care! When you need hard-to-remember clinical information, rely on Yoost’s Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition, for quick access to thousands of facts, lab values, assessment guidelines, abbreviations with definitions, and more. Bulleted lists and summary tables make it easy to look up the details essential to providing safe, patient-centered care. This handbook is more than just a condensed version of the text — it’s a portable tool that will enhance your clinical judgment. It’s an indispensable nursing reference for class, lab, and clinicals!
Key features
Key features
- Clinical Judgment in Nursing chapter helps you learn how to develop and apply clinical judgment skills in the clinical setting
- Chapters on body system assessment help you learn a systematic and thorough approach to health assessment
- Thousands of basic facts and figures, standard lab values, care guidelines and more provide the information frequently needed in a reference for clinical practice
- Detailed information on medication safety includes dosage calculations, compatibilities, conversions, administration, and more, helping you prevent medication errors and ensuring safe practice
- Updated guidelines for pressure injury prevention and care may be referenced quickly while on the job
- Concise outlines, bulleted lists, and summary tables allow easy, at-a-glance lookup and review
- Section on health care terminology acts as a quick medical terminology refresher and helps you understand clinical terms as they are encountered
- Compact, portable size makes this handbook easy to carry during clinical practice
Readership
Readership
Nursing students in 2-year and 4-year programs
Table of contents
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
Index
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
Index
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: February 12, 2026
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
BY
Barbara L. Yoost
Affiliations and expertise
Emerita Faculty, Kent State University College of Nursing, USA