Kozier & Erb's fundamentals of nursing : concepts, process, and practice / Audrey Berman, Phd, RN, Professor, Dean, Nursing, Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, California, Shirlee J. Snyder, EdD, RN, former Dean and Professor, Nursing, Nevada State College, Henderson, Nevada, and Geralyn Frandsen, EdD, RN, Professor of Nursing, Maryville University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical and contemporary nursing practice -- Evidence-based practice and research in nursing -- Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks -- Legal aspects of nursing -- Values, ethics, and advocacy -- Health care delivery systems -- Community nursing and care continuity -- Home care -- Electronic health records and information technology -- Critical thinking and clinical reasoning -- Assessing -- Diagnosing -- Planning -- Implementing and evaluating -- Documenting and reporting -- Health promotion -- Health, wellness, and illness -- Culturally responsive nursing care -- 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 older adults -- 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.