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MENTALS OF NURSING
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A Guide to Critical Thinking and Clinical Judgment
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Table of Contents:
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1. Introduction
o OverviewnofnNextnGenerationnNCLEXn(NGN)
o PurposenofntheneBook
o HowntonUsenThisneBooknfornEffectivenStudy
o KeynConceptsninnFundamentalsnofnNursing
2. Chaptern1:nNursingnAssessmentnandnPatientnSafety
o CasenStudy:nDiabeticnKetoacidosisn(DKA)nManagement
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nWarfarinnSafetynPrecautions
o HighlightnText:nFallnPreventionnStrategies
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nIdentifyingnPostoperativenComplications
o Matrix/Grid:nIsolationnPrecautionsnandnClientnConditions
3. Chaptern2:nFluidnandnElectrolytenBalance
o CasenStudy:nDehydrationnandnRehydrationnTherapy
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nManagingnFluidnVolumenExcess
o HighlightnText:nIdentifyingnSignsnofnHypokalemia
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nAssessingnFluidnVolumenStatus
o Matrix/Grid:nElectrolytenImbalancesnandnNursingnInterventions
4. Chaptern3:nCardiovascularnNursingnCare
o CasenStudy:nHypertensivenCrisisnManagement
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nNursingnInterventionsnfornHeartnFailure
o HighlightnText:nMedicationnAdherenceninnHypertension
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nReducingnCardiacnWorkloadnPost-MI
o Matrix/Grid:nCardiovascularnConditionsnandnNursingnInterventions
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,5. Chaptern4:nRespiratorynManagement
o CasenStudy:nCOPDnExacerbationnandnOxygennTherapy
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nCarenPlannfornClientsnwithnPneumonia
o HighlightnText:nPropernUsenofnMetered-DosenInhalersn(MDIs)
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nIdentifyingnRespiratorynTherapynComplications
o Matrix/Grid:nRespiratorynTherapiesnandnNursingnInterventions
6. Chaptern5:nGastrointestinalnandnNutritionalnNursing
o CasenStudy:nAcutenPancreatitisnManagement
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nDietarynModificationsnfornGout
o HighlightnText:nGERDnLifestylenModifications
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nIronnSupplementationninnAnemia
o Matrix/Grid:nGInConditionsnandnDietarynInterventions
7. Chaptern6:nPainnManagementnandnNeurologicalnNursing
o CasenStudy:nAcutenPainnManagementnPost-Surgery
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nNon-PharmacologicalnPainnManagement
o HighlightnText:nManagingnChronicnBacknPain
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nNeurologicalnAssessmentnfornStroke
o Matrix/Grid:nNeurologicalnConditionsnandnNursingnInterventions
8. Chaptern7:nEndocrinenandnMetabolicnDisorders
o CasenStudy:nHyperthyroidismnandnSymptomnManagement
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nDietarynRecommendationsnfornDiabetes
o HighlightnText:nRecognizingnHypoglycemia
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nNursingnInterventionsnfornHyperglycemia
o Matrix/Grid:nEndocrinenDisordersnandnNursingnCare
9. Chaptern8:nSkinnandnWoundnCare
o CasenStudy:nPressurenUlcernPreventionnandnManagement
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nEczemanSkinnCarenInstructions
o HighlightnText:nWoundnCarenfornDiabeticnUlcers
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nRecognizingnWoundnInfection
o Matrix/Grid:nTypesnofnWoundsnandnAppropriatenCare
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, 10. Chaptern9:nRenalnandnUrinarynNursingnCare
o CasenStudy:nChronicnKidneynDiseasenandnFluidnManagement
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nUTInPreventionnStrategies
o HighlightnText:nCarenfornClientsnwithnIndwellingnCatheters
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nManagingnUrinarynRetention
o Matrix/Grid:nUrinarynDisordersnandnNursingnInterventions
11. Chaptern10:nMobility,nSafety,nandnPatientnEducation
o CasenStudy:nFallnRisknAssessmentnandnPrevention
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nMobilitynInterventionsnfornOldernAdults
o HighlightnText:nSafenUsenofnMobilitynAids
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nPostoperativenMobilitynandnSafety
o Matrix/Grid:nMobilitynConditionsnandnSafetynInterventions
12. Chaptern11:nPostoperativenandnPerioperativenNursingnCare
o CasenStudy:nPainnManagementnAfternAbdominalnSurgery
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nPreoperativenTeachingnPoints
o HighlightnText:nPostoperativenComplicationsnandnEarlynSigns
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nMonitoringnPostoperativenPatients
o Matrix/Grid:nSurgicalnInterventionsnandnNursingnCare
13. Chaptern12:nPharmacologyninnNursingnPractice
o CasenStudy:nSafenAdministrationnofnOpioidnAnalgesics
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nNursingnResponsibilitiesnwithnAnticoagulants
o HighlightnText:nUnderstandingnMedicationnInteractions
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nManagingnSidenEffectsnofnAntihypertensives
o Matrix/Grid:nDrugnClassificationsnandnNursingnImplications
14. Chaptern13:nPsychosocialnIntegritynandnPatient-CenterednCare
o CasenStudy:nTherapeuticnCommunicationnwithnAnxiousnClients
o ExtendednMultiplenResponse:nAddressingnPatientnCopingnMechanisms
o HighlightnText:nEducatingnClientsnonnMentalnHealthnResources
o Clozen(Drop-Down):nManagingnClientsnwithnBehavioralnHealthnConditions
o Matrix/Grid:nPsychosocialnNursingnInterventionsnandnPatientnOutcomes
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