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Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing

  • 4th Edition - January 6, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Barbara L. Yoost
  • Language: English

Get the review and practice you need to master the role of today’s nurse! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Yoost’s Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition, this… Read more

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Get the review and practice you need to master the role of today’s nurse! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Yoost’s Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition, this study guide provides a variety of exercises and activities to reinforce your understanding of nursing concepts and skills. Chapter reviews use engaging activities to make learning more meaningful, and review questions help you apply concepts to the practice setting. With questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX®, this study guide also prepares you for success on classroom and NCLEX examinations.

Key features

  • Chapter review questions include multiple-choice, matching, true/false, image labeling, crossword puzzles, word finds, and more, testing your comprehension of chapter objectives and making learning more fun
  • Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) single-episode case studies build on aspects of the textbook’s case studies, helping you think about content clinically and practice answering questions focused on the six clinical judgment skills integral to the NGN
  • Open-ended self-review questions help you meet the learning objectives, making study time more productive
  • Study Group Challenges provide questions, activities, and guidance to help make study group time productive and fun
  • Preliminary Readings refer you back to the related chapter in the textbook
  • Answers and detailed rationales for all of the questions are included in the back of the study guide

Readership

Nursing students in 2-year and 4-year programs

Table of contents

UNIT ONE NURSING BASICS

1. Nursing, Theory, and Professional Practice

2. Values, Beliefs, and Caring

3. Communication

4. Clinical Judgment in Nursing
UNIT TWO NURSING PROCESS

5. Introduction to the Nursing Process

6. Assessment

7. Nursing Diagnosis/Problem Identification

8. Planning

9. Implementation and Evaluation
UNIT THREE NURSING PRACTICE

10. Documentation, Electronic Health Records, and Reporting

11. Ethical and Legal Considerations

12. Leadership and Management

13. Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research

14. Health Literacy and Patient Education

15. Nursing Informatics

16. Health and Wellness
UNIT FOUR NURSING ASSESSMENT

17. Human Development: Conception Through Adolescence

18. Human Development: Young Adult Through Older Adult

19. Vital Signs

20. Health History and Physical Assessment

21. Culture

22. Spiritual Health

23. Public Health and Community Health

24. Human Sexuality
UNIT FIVE NURSING PRINCIPLES

25. Safety

26. Asepsis and Infection Control

27. Hygiene and Personal Care

28. Activity, Immobility, and Safe Movement

29. Skin Integrity and Wound Care

30. Nutrition

31. Cognitive and Sensory Alterations

32. Stress and Coping

33. Sleep
UNIT SIX NURSING CARE

34. Diagnostic Testing

35. Medication Administration

36. Pain Management

37. Perioperative Nursing Care

38. Oxygenation and Tissue Perfusion

39. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

40. Bowel Elimination

41. Urinary Elimination

42. Death and Loss

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 4, 2026
  • Language: English

About the author

BY

Barbara L. Yoost

Affiliations and expertise
Emerita Faculty, Kent State University College of Nursing, USA