Study guide for Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of nursing : concepts, process, and practice / Michelle Buchman, Deborah Rushing

Historical and contemporary nursing practice -- Nursing education, research, and evidence-based practice -- Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks -- Legal aspects of nursing -- Values, ethics, and advocacy -- Health care delivery systems -- Community nursing and care continuity -- Home care -- Nursing informatics -- Critical thinking and the nursing process -- Assessing -- Diagnosing -- Planning -- Implementing and evaluating -- Documenting and reporting -- Health promotion -- Health, wellness, and illness -- Culture and heritage -- 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 elders -- 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