Fundamentals of Nursing: Active Learning for Collaborative Practice

by Barbara L Yoost MSN RN CNE ANEF, Lynne R Crawford MSN MBA RN CNE

There’s a new fundamentals text in town. One that centers on simple language, active learning, and a fresh new way to help you truly understand, apply, and retain important nursing information and concepts. Introducing the brand new Fundamentals of Nursing text from Yoost and Crawford. Written in a warm and conversational style, this innovative text starts by guiding you towards a basic understanding of the nursing profession and then logically progresses through the nursing process and into the safe and systematic methods of applying care. Each chapter features realistic case studies and critical thinking exercises woven throughout the content to help you continually apply what you’ve learned to actual patient care. Conceptual care maps further your ability to make clinical judgments and synthesize knowledge as you develop plans of care after analyzing and clustering related patient assessment data. All of this paired with a wealth of student-friendly learning features and clinically-focused content offers up a fundamentally different ― and quite effective ― way for you to easily master the fundamentals of nursing.

1216 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2013

Reviews

[Bobbi Jo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was very educational. It suffered from occasional lapses in editing but for a book so massive it did ok. I learned what nursing is and it's so much more than I thought and it's wonderful. Thanks, Fundamentals of Nursing!