Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning, Volume I (2nd Edition)

Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning, Volume I (2nd Edition)

<p style="margin:0px;"><strong>NOTE:</strong>This product does not include an Access code.<strong><br /></strong></p> <p style="margin:0px;"><strong><br /></strong></p> <p style="margin:0px;"><strong>The state-of-the-art concept-based, student-centered introduction to nursing: first of three volumes, focused on 21 indispensable biophysical concepts.</strong></p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"></p> <p style="margin:0px;">Today, nurses must be able to transfer their knowledge to new situations, and stay current with new disorders, treatments, and evidence-based practice. <strong> <em>Nursing: A Concept—Based Approach to Learning, Volume I, Second Edition </em> </strong>will help them achieve all these goals. Its concept-based approach requires students to participate actively, assume more responsibility for their knowledge, integrate concepts, apply information, and use clinical reasoning. Instead of memorizing thousands of alterations, students gain in-depth knowledge of selected alterations, and learn how to apply that knowledge as new challenges and client presentations come their way. The first of two volumes, this fully-updated Volume I focuses on 21 crucial biophysical concepts: acid-base balance; cellular regulation; comfort; digestion; elimination; fluids/electrolytes; health, wellness, and illness; immunity; infection; inflammation; intracranial regulation; metabolism; mobility; nutrition; oxygenation; perfusion; perioperative care; sensory perception; sexuality; thermoregulation, and tissue integrity. These concepts are illuminated with nearly 100 exemplars covering the entire lifespan.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"><br /></p> <p style="margin:0px;"><br /></p> <p style="margin:0px;"></p> <strong>CONSISTENT PEDAGOGY FOR IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE RETENTION:</strong> The textbook series has an updated concept-level template that presents each concept and exemplar in the same manner:<br />Each <strong>CONCEPT</strong> follows the following template: <br />Normal Presentation - Developmental Considerations - Alterations - Related Concepts - Physical Assessment - Diagnostic Tests - Interventions & Therapies<br />Each <strong>EXEMPLAR </strong>follows the following template: <br />Overview - Pathophysiology and Etiology - Clinical Manifestations and Therapies - Nursing Process - Nursing Care Plan  - Relate and Reflect <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"></p> <p style="margin:0px;"><strong>Teaching and Learning Experience</strong></p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"></p> <p style="margin:0px;">This concept-based, student-centered text will help nurses master the essential biophysical concepts of nursing, and apply critical thinking to deepen and extend this knowledge throughout their nursing careers.</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Concept-based approach helps students synthesize today's most important nursing concepts, and extend their knowledge as new evidence and standards of practice arise: </strong>Replaces rote memorization with a deeper understanding of the most crucial concepts, supported with exceptionally relevant and useful examples, and the critical thinking skills needed to extend them </li> <li> <strong>Up-to-date, thorough coverage of the 21 most crucial biophysical concepts every nurse should understand</strong>: Shows how core concepts recur throughout multiple body systems and alterations, providing a foundation for students to extend their learning throughout their careers </li> <li> <strong>Multiple pedagogical features to promote more effective learning: </strong>State-of-the-art teaching features make key concepts more accessible and intuitively understandable</li> <li> <strong>NEW!</strong> The cover of the textbook no longer references North Carolina which reflects the more nationally-focused approach in the second edition</li> <li> <strong>NEW!</strong> More equal distribution of content between volumes 1 and 2 so that there is no longer such a significant difference in the sizes of each volume. Reproduction and psycho-social concepts are now printed in volume 2. </li> <li> <div></div> <br /> </li> <li> <strong>NEW! </strong>"Concepts Related To”  tables appear in each module and demonstrate for students how concepts are integrated. </li> <li> <strong>NEW!</strong> Case Studies appear in each module. Modules in Parts I — III contain a three-part longitudinal case study to help students apply the content. </li> <li> <strong>NEW!</strong> Community-Based Care features are designed to show how nurses can help their clients manage their care in the community. <br /> </li> <li> <strong>THREE (3) NEW CONCEPTS: </strong> </li> <li> <br /> <ul> <li> <div style="mso-line-spacing:">NUTRITION</div> </li> <li> <div style="mso-line-spacing:">PERIOPERATIVE CARE</div> <div></div> </li> <li> <div> <div>DIGESTION, includes the following exemplars:</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div>–Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease <div style="mso-line-spacing:">–Hepatitis</div> <div style="mso-line-spacing:">–Malabsorption Disorders</div> <div style="mso-line-spacing:">–Pancreatitis</div> <div style="mso-line-spacing:">–Pyloric Stenosis</div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong>SIX (6) NEW EXEMPLARS: </strong> <br /> </li> <li> <div align="left">Diabetes in Children (in METABOLISM Concept)</div> <div> <div style="mso-line-spacing:">Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood (In the MOOD AND AFFECT Concept)</div> <div style="mso-line-spacing:">The Nursing Plan of Care and Prioritizing Care (In CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING Concept)</div> <div style="mso-line-spacing:">Groups and Group Communication (in the COMMUNICATION Concept)</div> <div style="mso-line-spacing:"> Just Culture in the module on Legal Issues</div> <div style="mso-line-spacing:">Safety Considerations Across the Life Span and Workplace Safety (in SAFETY Concept)</div> </div> </li> </ul>