Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing, Volumes 1-3 + Skills in Clinical Nursing + Critical Conversations for Patient Safety

• VOLUME 1
• Unit 1 The Nature of Nursing 
• 1 Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice 
• 2. Nurse Education, Research and Evidence-Based Practice
• 3 Nursing Theories and Conceptual Frameworks
• 4 Legal Aspects of Nursing
• 5 Values, Ethics and Advocacy
• Unit 2 Contemporary Health Care
• 6 Health Care Delivery Systems
• 7 Community Health Nursing
• 8 Home Care
• 9 Regional & Remote Nursing
• 10 Health Information and Communication Technology
• Unit 3 The Nursing Process
• 11 Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process
• 12 Assessing
• 13 Diagnosing
• 14 Planning
• 15 Implementing and Evaluating
• 16 Documenting and Reporting
• Unit 4 Health Beliefs and Practices
• 17 Health Promotion
• 18 Health, Wellness and Illness
• 19 Cultures and Nursing
• 20 Complementary and Alternative Therapies
• Unit 5 Lifespan Development
• 21 Concepts of Growth and Development
• 22 Promoting Health from Conception through to Adolescence
• 23 Promoting Health in Young and Middle-Aged Adults
• 24 Promoting Health in Older Adults
• 25 Promoting Family Health

• VOLUME 2
• Unit 6 Integral Aspects of Nursing
• 26 Caring
• 27 Communicating
• 28 Teaching & Learning
• 29 Leading, Managing and Delegating
• Unit 7 Assessing Health
• 30 Vital Signs
• 31 Health Assessment
• 32. Infection Prevention and Control
• 33.Safety
• 34. Hygiene
• 35 Diagnostic Testing
• 36 Medications
• 37 Skin Integrity and Wound Care
• 38 Perioperative Nursing

• VOLUME 3
• Unit 9 Promoting Psychological Health
• 39 Sensory Perception
• 40 Self-Concept
• 41 Sexuality
• 42 Spirituality
• 43 Stress and Coping
• 44 Loss, Grieving and Death
• 45 Mental Health Nursing
• 46 Disability
• Unit 10 Promoting Physiological Health
• 47 Activity and Exercise
• 48 Sleep
• 49 Pain Management
• 50 Nutrition
• 51 Urinary Elimination
• 52 Faecal Elimination
• 53 Oxygenation
• 54 Circulation
• 55 Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid–Base Balance

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• Unit 1 Infection Control
• Section 1.1 Introduction
• Section 1.2 Hand hygiene
• Section 1.3 Using personal protective equipment
• Section 1.4 Standard and transmission-based precautions
• Section 1.5 Gowning and gloving
• Section 1.6 Aseptic technique
• Unit 2 Safe patient moving
• Section 2.1 Introduction
• Section 2.2 Mobility and falls risk assessment
• Section 2.3 Helping a person out of bed
• Section 2.4 Assisting with mobilization
• Section 2.5 Turning or moving a dependent person
• Section 2.6 Using a lifting device
• Unit 3 Health Assessment
• Section 3.1 Introduction
• Section3.2 Examination Techniques
• Section 3.3 Assessing Vital Signs
• Section 3.4 Primary Survey
• Section 3.5 Secondary Survey
• Section 3.6 Diagnostic Testing
• Unit 4 Hygiene Care
• Section 4.1 Introduction
• Section 4.2 Bed-bathing a dependent person
• Section 4.3 Assisting with showering
• Section 4.4 Oral car 
• Unit 5 Skin and Wound Care
• Section 5.1 Introduction
• Section 5.2 Pressure injury assessment
• Section 5.3 Wound assessment
• Section 5.4 Simple wound dressing
• Section 5.5 Wound irrigation
• Section 5.6 Wound packing and/or removal of pack
• Section 5.7 Wound drainage care
• Section 5.8 Staples/sutures/clip removal 
• Unit 6 Medication administration
• Section 6.1 Introduction
• Section 6.2 Oral medication administration
• Section 6.3 Topical medication administration
• Section 6.4 Medication administration via enteral tubes
• Section 6.5 Rectal medication administration
• Section 6.6 Subcutaneous medication administration
• Section 6.7 Intramuscular medication administration
• Section 6.8 Intravenous medication administration (bolus and burette)
• Unit 7 Pain Management
• Section 7.1 Introduction
• Section 7.2 Pain assessment
• Section 7.3 Patient controlled analgesia
• Section 7.4 Non-pharmacological pain management
• Unit 8 Perioperative Nursing Skills
• Section 8.1 Introduction
• Section 8.2 Preparing a person for surgery
• Section 8.3 Post-operative care
• Unit 9 Gastrointestinal nursing skills
• Section 9.1 Introduction 
• Section 9.2 Abdominal assessment
• Section 9.3 Assisting with feeding 
• Section 9.4 Nasogastric tube insertion and removal 
• Section 9.5 Enteral feeds 
• Section 9.6 Changing a stoma appliance 
• Section 9.7 Administration of an enema
• Unit 10 Genitourinary nursing skill
• Section 10.1 Introduction
• Section 10.2 Urinary assessment
• Section 10.3 Urinary elimination
• Section 10.4 Catheter management
• Unit 11 Cardiovascular nursing skills
• Section 11.1 Introduction
• Section 11.2 Cardiovascular assessment
• Section 11.3 Taking a 12 lead electrocardiograph
• Section 11.4 Cardiac monitoring 
• Section 11.5 Basic life support
• Section 11.6 Advanced life support
• Section 11.7 Venipuncture 
• Section 11.8 Managing intravenous lines 
• Section 11.9 Administering intravenous fluid therapy 
• Section 11.10 Administering blood component therapy 
• Section 11.11 Managing central lines
• Unit 12 Respiratory nursing
• Section 12.1 Introduction
• Section 12.2 Respiratory assessment
• Section 12.3 Deep breathing and coughing exercises
• Section 12.4 Incentive spirometry
• Section 12.5 Providing oxygen
• Section 12.6 Use of a nebulizer
• Section 12.7 Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning
• Section 12.8 Tracheostomy care
• Unit 13 Neurological nursing skills
• Section 13.1 Introduction
• Section 13.2 Neurological assessment
• Section 13.3 Neurovascular assessment
• Unit 14 Mental health nursing skills
• Section 14.1 Introduction
• Section 14.2 Mental health assessment
• Section 14.3 Caring for a person having Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

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Critical Conversations for Patient Safety: An Essential Guide for Healthcare Students

• Section 1 Communication and patient safety
• Chapter 1: The relationship between communication and patient safety
• Chapter 2 An introduction to communication skills
• Chapter 3: Key attributes of patient-safe communication
• Chapter 4: Why do patients complain about how health professionals communicate?
• Chapter 5: An historical and cultural overview of health professionals’ evolving team dynamics
• Section 2: Improving interprofessional communication to promote patient safety and wellbeing
• Chapter 6: Interpersonal communication for interprofessional collaboration
• Chapter 7: Clinical handover
• Chapter 8: Open disclosure
• Chapter 9: Discharge planning and continuity of care
• Chapter 10: Communicating to promote medication safety
• Section 3: Improving therapeutic communication to promote patient safety and wellbeing
• Chapter 11: Key attributes of therapeutic communication
• Chapter 12: Communicating with older people
• Chapter 13: Communicating with children and families
• Chapter 14: Communicating with people who have a mental health problem
• Chapter 15: Communicating with people who have communication impairment
• Chapter 16: Communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• Chapter 17: Communicating with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Chapter 18: Communicating with people about their spiritual needs
• Chapter 19: Communicating with people who are angry or aggressive
• Chapter 20: Communicating about end-of-life care and decisions
• Section 4: Workforce issues and patient safety
• Chapter 21: When whistle-blowing seems like the only option
• Chapter 22: Creating safe healthcare organisations

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