• Fundamental review section has been added to the end of each section in units I and II. This includes boxes, tables or figures that summarize important concepts that should be understood before performing a skill.
• Hand hygiene icons alert you to this crucial step that is the best way to prevent the spread of microorganisms.
• Patient Identification icons alert you to this crucial step ensuring the right patient receives the intervention and helping prevent errors.
• Integrated Case Studeis provide Basic, Intermediate, and Advance Patient Scenarios that require students to think critically.
• Illustrate specific actions within a skill through the use of more than 1000 four-color photographs and illustrations.
• Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each section link back to the opening case scenarios.
• Documentation guidelines direct students and graduate nurses in accurate documentation of the skill and their findings.
• Emphasize unexpected situations that the nurse may encounter, along with related interventions for how to respond to these unexpected situations.
• Skill variations provide clear, start-to-finish instructions for variations in equipment or technique
• Section on Actions Basic to Nursing Care introduces the foundational skills used by nurses: measuring vital signs, assessing health, promoting safety, maintaining asepsis, administering medication, and caring for surgical patients.
• Infant, Child, and Older Adult Considerations as well as Home Health and Special Considerations appear throughout to explain the varying needs of patients across the life-span and in various settings.
• New interactive flowcharts: Now, complex algorithms and protocols are transformed from static images into dynamic step-by-step decision support tools. See how this innovative feature can quickly and easily walk you through even the most intricate decision models.
• Built-in Medical Calculators: Provide instant access from within topics to FLACC Behavioral Scale, Fall Risk category, Glasgow Coma Scale, IV Drop Rate Formula and Temperature!
• Full Images: Images that bring the content to life.
• Table Viewer: View tables easily and conveniently by rows and columns on the small screen.

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