Davis advantage for basic nursing: thinking, doing, and caring

Unit 1. How nurses think: Evolution of nursing thought & action

Clinical judgment

The steps of the nursing process

Evidence-based practice: theory & research

Unit 2. Factors affecting health: Life span: infancy through middle adulthood

Life span: older adults

Experiencing health & illness

Stress & adaptation

Psychosocial health & illness

Family health

Caring in multicultural healthcare environments

Spirituality

Experiencing loss

Unit 3. Essential nursing interventions: Promoting health

Communicating & therapeutic relationships

Patient education

Documenting & reporting

Measuring vital signs

Physical assessment

Promoting asepsis & preventing infection

Safety

Facilitating hygiene

Administering medications

Unit 4. Supporting physiological function: Nutrition

Urinary elimination

Bowel elimination

Sensation, perception, & response

Pain

Physical activity & immobility

Sexual health

Sleep & rest

Skin integrity & wound healing

Oxygenation

Circulation & perfusion

Hydration & homeostasis

Caring for the surgical patient

Unit 5. The context for nurses' work: Community & home health nursing

Nursing informatics

Legal accountability

DavisAdvantage: Leading & Managing

Ethics & values

Credits

Index.