xvi, 1616 pages : 28 cm KOZIER & ERB'S FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING, 9/e thoroughly addresses the key concepts of contemporary professional nursing, helping nurses grow and evolve to meet the demands of a dramatically changing health care system. The Ninth Edition's content has been systematically revised to reflect new evidence, and a stronger emphasis on aging, wellness, safety, and home- and community-based care. Its objectives have been updated and mapped to support QSEN Competencies, AACN Essentials, the NCLEX-RN(R) 2010 test plan, and the 2010 ANA Scope and Standards of Practice. Coverage includes: health promotion, disease prevention, holistic care, multiculturalism, nursing theories, informatics, research, ethics, advocacy, and many other topics. Designed for use with any nursing theory or conceptual framework, this edition contains several new pedagogical features, including new Safety and Self-Care alerts. -- Provided by publisher Includes bibliographical references and index Historical and contemporary nursing practice -- Evidence-based practice and research in nursing -- Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks -- Legal aspects of nursing -- Values, ethics, and advocacy -- Health care delivery systems -- Community nursing and care continuity -- Home care -- Electronic health records and information technology -- Critical thinking and nursing practice -- Assessing -- Diagnosing -- Planning -- Implementing and evaluating -- Documenting and reporting -- Health promotion -- Health, wellness, and illness -- Culturally responsive nursing care -- Complementary and alternative healing modalities -- Concepts of growth and development -- Promoting health from conception through adolescence -- Promoting health in young and middle-aged adults -- Promoting health in older adults -- Promoting family health -- Caring -- Communicating -- Teaching -- Leading, managing, and delegating -- Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Asepsis -- Safety -- Hygiene -- Diagnostic testing -- Medications -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Perioperative nursing -- Sensory perception -- Self-concept -- Sexuality -- Spirituality -- Stress and coping -- Loss, grieving, and death -- Activity and exercise -- Sleep -- Pain management -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Fecal elimination -- Oxygenation -- Circulation -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance -- Appendix A: Answers to test your knowledge -- Appendix B: Student resources website -- Appendix C: Student resources website