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Make this clinical companion your best friend at the point of care! When you need hard-to-remember clinical information, rely on Yoost’s Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition, for quick access to thousands of facts, lab values, assessment guidelines, abbreviations with definitions, and more. Bulleted lists and summary tables make it easy to look up the details essential to providing safe, patient-centered care. This handbook is more than just a condensed version of the text - it’s a portable tool that will enhance your clinical judgment. It’s an indispensable nursing reference for class, lab, and clinicals! Clinical Judgment in Nursing chapter helps you learn how to develop and apply clinical judgment skills in the clinical setting. Chapters on body system assessment help you learn a systematic and thorough approach to health assessment. Thousands of basic facts and figures, standard lab values, care guidelines and more provide the information frequently needed in a reference for clinical practice. Detailed information on medication safety includes dosage calculations, compatibilities, conversions, administration, and more, helping you prevent medication errors and ensuring safe practice. Updated guidelines for pressure injury prevention and care may be referenced quickly while on the job. Concise outlines, bulleted lists, and summary tables allow easy, at-a-glance lookup and review. Section on health care terminology acts as a quick medical terminology refresher and helps you understand clinical terms as they are encountered. Compact, portable size makes this handbook easy to carry during clinical practice. NEW! Updated content reflects changes to the Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition textbook and evidence-based practice, including the most current information on infection control standards, oxygenation, care-giver fatigue, community care, and more. NEW! New and updated photos and illustrations present current skills and represent the diversity of nurses and patients.

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Author:   Barbara L. Yoost (Emerita Faculty, Kent State University College of Nursing, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Churchill Livingstone
Edition:   4th edition
ISBN:  

9780443348990

ISBN 10:   0443348995
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   26 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1. Nursing, Theory, and Professional Practice 2. Values, Beliefs, and Caring 3. Communication 4. Clinical Judgment in Nursing 5. Introduction to the Nursing Process 6. Assessment 7. Data Analysis/Nursing Diagnosis 8. Planning 9. Implementation and Evaluation 10. Documentation, Electronic Health Records, and Reporting 11. Ethical and Legal Considerations 12. Leadership and Management 13. Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research 14. Health Literacy and Patient Education 15. Nursing Informatics 16. Health and Wellness 17. Human Development: Conception Through Adolescence 18. Human Development: Young Adult Through Older Adult 19. Vital Signs 20. Health History and Physical Assessment 21. Ethnicity and Cultural Assessment 22. Spiritual Health 23. Public Health, Community-Based, and Home Health Care 24. Human Sexuality 25. Safety 26. Asepsis and Infection Control 27. Hygiene and Personal Care 28. Activity, Immobility, and Safe Movement 29. Skin Integrity and Wound Care 30. Nutrition 31. Cognitive and Sensory Alterations 32. Stress and Coping 33. Sleep 34. Diagnostic Testing 35. Medication Administration 36. Pain Management 37. Perioperative Nursing Care 38. Oxygenation and Tissue Perfusion 39. Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance 40. Bowel Elimination 41. Urinary Elimination 42. Death and Loss

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