TEXTBOOK OF NURSING FOUNDATIONS

ISBN : 978-81-909385-2-5

• Introduction
• Nursing as a profession
• Admission and Discharge
• Communication and Nursing-Patient Relationship
• Critical Thinking and Nursing Process
• Documentation and Reporting
• Vital Signs
• Health Assessments
• Machinery, equipment and linen
• Providing safe and clean environment
• Hygiene
• Comfort and comfort devices
• Oxygenation
• Nutrition
• Fluid electrolyte and acid-base balance
• Elimination
• Coping and adaptation
• Infection control in clinical settings
• Administration of medication
• Meeting the needs of peri-operative patients
• Care of terminally ill patients
• Professional nursing concepts and practices