Nursing Fundamentals: Resource Guide

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Unit I Foundations of Nursing Practice

I: Introduction to Nursing

II: Professional Formation

III: Nursing Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice

IV: Health, Wellness, and Health Disparities

V: Health of the Individual, Family, Community, and Environment

VI: Culturally Respectful Care

VII: Values, Ethics, and Advocacy

VIII: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice

IX: Health Care Delivery System

X: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Care Coordination

XI: Communication

XII: Teacher and Counselor

XIII: Leadership, Managing, and Delegating 

Unit II The Nursing Process and Person-Centered Care

I: Clinical Reasoning and Person-Centered Care

II: ADPIE: Assessing

III: ADPIE: Diagnosing

IV: ADPIE: Planning

V: ADPIE: Implementing

VI: ADPIE: Evaluating

VII: Informatics and Health Care Technologies

Unit III Developmentally Appropriate Care

I: Developmental Concepts

II: Conception Through Young Adulthood

III: Middle and Older Adulthood

Unit IV Basic Actions to Nursing Care

I: Asepsis and Infection Control

II: Vital Signs

III: Head-to-Toe Assessment

IV: Medications

Unit V Promoting Healthy Physiologic Responses

I: Skin Integrity and Wound Care

II: Activity

III: Rest and Sleep

IV: Nutrition

V: Urinary Elimination

VI: Bowel Elimination

VII: Oxygenation and Perfusion

VIII: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance

Unit VI Promoting Healthy Psychosocial Responses

I: Self-Concept

II: Stress and Adaptation

III: Loss, Grief, and Dying

IV: Sensory Functioning

V: Sexuality

VI: Spirituality