This updated 9th Edition further enhances students’ clinical capabilities with new Unfolding Patient Stories that challenge students to think critically about commonly encountered patient scenarios. More than 850 online NCLEX®-style review questions, as well as NCLEX®-style review questions in the book, reinforce students’ test-taking confidence. New Critical Thinking Using QSEN Competencies features provide essential practice for applying concepts to clinical situations.
- NEW! Unfolding Patient Stories, written by the National League for Nursing, foster valuable reflection on commonly encountered clinical scenarios.
- UPDATED! Additional NCLEX® Review questions reinforce students’ exam readiness.
- NEW! Critical Thinking Using QSEN Competencies features include thought-provoking questions to boost students’ clinical reasoning and problem-solving capabilities.
- NEW!Revised organization of the Table of Contents reflects an updated focus on foundational nursing concepts
- and competencies.
- Case Scenarios at the beginning of each chapter encourage students to think holistically about common clinical situations.
- Richly illustrated concept maps help visual learners apply the nursing process and think critically about the chapter-opening case scenarios.
- PICO (patient/problem, intervention, comparison, outcome) displays guide students through a structured, evidence-based approach to finding answers to clinical challenges related to the chapter-opening case scenarios.
- Collaborating with the Healthcare Team displays familiarize students with the SBAR technique for effective interpersonal communication.
- Therapeutic Dialogues emphasize close listening and enhance students’ patient communication capabilities.
- Concept Mastery Alerts clarify potentially confusing topics as identified by Lippincott’s Adaptive Learning powered by PrepU.
- Apply Your Critical Thinking features encourage deep thinking on concepts and situations, with detailed answers in an appendix identifying areas for further review.
- Ethical-Legal Issues equip students to think critically about complex situations they may encounter.
- Plan of Care features help students apply available knowledge and evidence-based research to create effective care plans.
- Outcome-Based Teaching Plans guide students to specific patient education outcomes.
- NANDA-I Tables clearly outline the relationship between nursing diagnosis, outcomes and interventions.
- Safety Alerts highlight specific considerations for safe practice.
- Evidence-Based Bundles to Improve Patient Care recommend sets of evidenced-base practices to reliably improve patient outcomes.
- Key Terms lists familiarize students with essential vocabulary in each chapter.
- Learning Objectives alert students to the most important chapter concepts.
