Applying nursing process : a tool for critical thinking / Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alfaro-LeFevre, Rosalinda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Nursing.

Nursing Process.

Medical Subjects:

Nursing Process.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xxv, 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]

Summary:

Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre's "Sigma Theta Tau Best Pick" and "AJN Book of the Year" award-winning text is now in its Sixth Edition, with a new focus on using the nursing process as a tool for critical thinking. The greatly expanded critical thinking content equips nurses with crucial decision-making skills and reflects current ANA standards. This edition presents evidence-based Critical Thinking Indicators(TM) - behaviors that promote critical thinking- for each phase of the nursing process, plus tools to help nurses prioritize their approach at each phase. Other new features include expanded coverage of delegation, collaborative practice, and documentation, and key regulations for error prevention. A new design helps readers focus on what's most important.

Contents:

Nursing process overview

Assessment

Diagnosis

Planning

Implementation

Evaluation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247) and index.

ISBN:

0781753783

OCLC:

56413237