Concepts for Nursing Practice (with Pageburst Digital Book Access on VST), 1e Paperback - 2012

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Concepts for Nursing Practice is a groundbreaking new title by Jean Giddens, a leading expert on conceptual teaching and learning in nursing education. Offered as digtial book plus print copy package, Concepts for Nursing Practice uses a simplified, intuitive approach to connect concepts across the entire nursing curriculum, making this an ideal companion for Elsevier nursing textbooks. Fifty-three of the most important concepts, written by leading subject matter experts, are organized into three units. Unit One covers patient profile concepts, which are the concepts that lay the foundation for a patient-centered approach to nursing. Unit Two, the core of the content, emphasizes biophysical and psychosocial concepts that relate to individuals seeking health care. The focus of these concepts is on the health-and-illness continuum across the lifespan. Unit Three covers concepts related to professionalism and the whole of the healthcare system related to the delivery of health care, professional aspects of nursing, and health policy. This unit also covers the QSEN competencies. Original full-color illustrations and model cases depict the principles of each concept and show how concepts are related. A list of exemplars in each concept chapter convey the most common health conditions or situations pertaining to the concept.

Features: Exemplar Boxes

Description: Identifies priority exemplar content, covering the lifespan and all clinical settings. Exemplar content is extensive in number, and linked to high-quality content in Elsevier's leading textbooks, including medical-surgical, pediatric, maternity, geriatric, psychiatric, fundamentals, assessment, pathophysiology, pharmacology, community, and critical care exemplars, as appropriate for each concept.

Benefit: This interactive tool allows students to click on an exemplar in the exemplar box in his or here-book and quickly be directed to related content in their Pageburst library. Featured exemplars will help students assimilate concepts into practice, offer faculty flexibility in selecting exemplars suitable to the needs of their institution, and provide quick access to market-leading exemplar content.

Feature: 4-color design andall new concepts illustrations

Description: Original 4-color Concepts and additional Inter-related Concept figures are included in each concept description.

Benefit: Illustrate the principles of each concept and how concepts relate to one another, so that students can gain a better understanding of the relationship of individual concepts.

Feature: Clinical Nursing Skills boxes

Description: Identify related nursing procedures.

Benefit: Gives the student a better understanding of pertinent skills relevant to concepts.

Feature: Authoritative authorship

Description: Content is authored by Dr. Jean Giddens, a nationally-recognized concept-based curricula expert, with a team of expert contributors.

Benefit: Sets a new standard with the leading authorities of an emerging trend creating new world-class content.

Feature: 53 nursing concepts featured

Description: Comprehensive inclusion of all priority concepts that are key to nursing practice, all clearly defined and well illustrated.

Benefit: Explains in a focused yet comprehensive way all key concepts that are the building blocks for nursing practice and offers a menu approach to selecting concepts to cover in a curriculum.

Feature: Consistent format presentationfor Health and Illness concepts

Description: Concept format includes Concept Definition, Categories or Types, Populations at Risk/Individual Risk Factors, Physiologic Process and Consequences, Assessment, Clinical Management, Model Case, Exemplar Box, and References

Benefit: Presents a logical approach to understanding the principles of each concept in a consistent, learner-friendly format.

Features: Consistent format presentation for Patient Profile and Professional Nursing and Health Care concepts

Description: Concept format includes Concept Definition, Scope or Types/Categories/Uses of the Concept, Attributes/Criteria, Theoretical Links, Context to Nursing/Health Care, Interrelated Concepts, Model Case, Exemplar Box, and References.

Benefit: Presents a logical approach to understanding the principles of each concept in a consistent, learner-friendly format.

Feature: Local organization and progression of content

Description: Sections on patient-profile concepts; health and illness concepts; and professional nursing and health care concepts.

Benefit: Concepts presented in chapters by related themes and organized to progress from basic to advanced, provide a logical progression.