Study Guide for Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 9th Edition

Reinforce your understanding of LPN/LVN fundamentals and medical-surgical nursing! Corresponding to the chapters in Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 9th Edition, this study guide provides a variety of exercises to help you review, practice, and apply nursing concepts and skills, and care for patients with common disorders. Review questions make it easier to achieve the objectives from the textbook, and critical thinking activities help you develop clinical judgment skills. Now with Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-stylesss case studies and questions, this guide helps you prepare for the NCLEX-PN® examination.

• Review questions in every chapter test your retention of key concepts, with answers and rationales in the book and on the Evolve companion website; at least four of these questions are alternate format.
• Reflective Learning helps you use clinical reasoning to think about your clinical and simulation experiences.
• UNIQUE! Caring for Patients with Chronic Illness chapter helps you address the unique health care needs of patients who deal with chronic illness.
• UNIQUE! Interprofessional collaboration and cooperation are emphasized.
• UNIQUE! Building Competency boxes summarize QSEN competencies, each with a clinical situation followed by several open-ended questions designed to help you understand and apply these core competencies.
• Evidence-Based Practice chapter shows how nursing research helps in determining best practices.
• Over 50 nursing skills include illustrated, step-by-step instructions in a two-column format — with rationales for each step.
• Over 30 procedural guidelines provide streamlined, step-by-step instructions for performing basic skills.
• UNIQUE! Critical Thinking Models in each clinical chapter show how to apply the nursing process, clinical judgment, and critical thinking to make sound clinical decisions.
• In-text case studies include clinical application questions and exercises, allowing you to practice using care plans and concept maps.
• UPDATED 1,100-question test bank includes multiple-choice and alternate item questions at all difficulty levels.
• Focus on safety and quality in the Patient Safety and Quality chapter shows how these concepts apply to nursing practice, and includes a skill on fall prevention in healthcare settings.
• Nursing Assessment Questions boxes help you learn to effectively phrase questions for patients.
• Cultural Aspects of Care boxes summarize cultural considerations and provide practical guidelines on meeting patients’ cultural needs and preferences.
• Patient Teaching boxes promote effective patient education by first identifying outcomes, then developing strategies on how to teach and evaluate compliance.
• Focus on Older Adult boxes highlight key aspects of nursing assessment and care of elderly adults.
• Planning sections help you plan and prioritize comprehensive patient care, with coverage of Goals and Outcomes, Setting Priorities, and Teamwork and Collaboration.
• Practical study tools on Evolve include 50 video clips of nursing skills, 80 skills checklists, a concept map creator, printable key points, answers to the questions in the book, an audio glossary, and more.