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Davis Advantage for Basic Nursing

Thinking, Doing, and Caring

by Leslie S. Treas, Karen L. Barnett, Mable H. Smith

3rd Edition

Publisher: F. A. Davis Company

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Book Details

Print ISBN9781719642071
eText ISBN9781719647533
PublisherF. A. Davis Company
Publishing Year2021
Edition3rd Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages1776

Davis Advantage for Basic Nursing: Thinking, Doing, and Caring, 3rd Edition, by Leslie S. Treas, Karen L. Barnett, and Mable H. Smith, is an introductory textbook published by F. A. Davis Company. Written for nursing students in foundational courses, this text establishes essential principles of clinical reasoning, patient advocacy, and evidence-based practice.

The content covers key clinical operations, including measuring vital signs, performing physical assessment, maintaining asepsis and infection prevention, and executing safe medication administration. It also examines human responses to health and illness, stress and adaptation, psychosocial health, and care delivery in multicultural healthcare environments.

To assist learners in understanding clinical workflows, the 3rd edition combines the steps of the nursing process into a single chapter that demonstrates how individual stages connect. The textbook also incorporates the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) to assist both nursing instructors and introductory nursing students.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action

  2. Chapter 2: Clinical Judgment

  3. Chapter 3: The Steps of the Nursing Process

  4. Chapter 4: Evidence-Based Practice: Theory & Research

  5. Chapter 5: Life Span: Infancy Through Middle Adulthood

  6. Chapter 6: Life Span: Older Adults

  7. Chapter 7: Experiencing Health & Illness

  8. Chapter 8: Stress & Adaptation

  9. Chapter 9: Psychosocial Health & Illness

  10. Chapter 10: Family Health

  11. Chapter 11: Caring in Multicultural Healthcare Environments

  12. Chapter 12: Spirituality

  13. Chapter 13: Experiencing Loss

  14. Chapter 14: Promoting Health

  15. Chapter 15: Communication & Therapeutic Relationships

  16. Chapter 16: Patient Education

  17. Chapter 17: Documenting & Reporting

  18. Chapter 18: Measuring Vital Signs

  19. Chapter 19: Physical Assessment

  20. Chapter 20: Promoting Asepsis & Preventing Infection

  21. Chapter 21: Safety

  22. Chapter 22: Facilitating Hygiene

  23. Chapter 23: Administering Medication

  24. Chapter 24: Nutrition

  25. Chapter 25: Urinary Elimination

  26. Chapter 26: Bowel Elimination

  27. Chapter 27: Sensation, Perception, & Response

  28. Chapter 28: Pain

  29. Chapter 29: Physical Activity & Immobility

  30. Chapter 30: Sexual Health

  31. Chapter 31: Sleep & Rest

  32. Chapter 32: Skin Integrity & Wound Healing

  33. Chapter 33: Oxygenation

  34. Chapter 34: Circulation & Perfusion

  35. Chapter 35: Hydration & Homeostasis

  36. Chapter 36: Caring for the Surgical Patient

  37. Chapter 37: Community & Home Health Nursing

  38. Chapter 38: Nursing Informatics

  39. Chapter 39: Legal Accountability

  40. Chapter 40: Leading and Managing (Online Only in the eBook on Davis Advantage)

  41. Chapter 41: Ethics and Values (Online Only in the eBook on Davis Advantage)

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