Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing, Volumes 1-3 + Skills in Clinical Nursing + Nursing Student's Clinical Survival Guide

• 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)

• 24-HOUR CLOCK
• Protecting yourself and the patient
• Standard precautions
• Additional precautions
• Hand hygiene
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Body fluids exposure
• Moving patients safely
• Falls prevention
• Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention
• Signs of stroke
• MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
• Five rights and more
• Tips in preventing medication errors
• Safety tips with oral medications
• Safety tips with injections
• Medication administration and student nurses
• Abbreviations used in medication administration
• Checks for medications and intravenous fluids at shift changeover
• Medication orders
• Metric system and symbols
• Drug calculations/formulas
• Drug name endings and related information
• Drugs and antidotes
• OXYGEN CONCENTRATION DELIVERY FLUID BALANCE
• Measurements useful for fluid balance charts
• Tips with fluid balance charts
• Classification of urine output
• Types of IV fluids
• Drip rates
• Intravenous site checks
• Body weight method for calculating daily maintenance fluids
• VITAL SIGNS
• Vital signs: Normal ranges
• Early warning systems
• QUICK HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT PAIN ASSESSMENT
• Common sites of referred pain from various body organs
• LANDMARKS TO IDENTIFY ABDOMINAL AREAS
• The nine abdominal regions
• The four abdominal quadrants
• BLOOD VALUES
• NORMAL VALUES IN A URINALYSIS
• MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT
• RESUSCITATION
• Cardiac rhythms
• Recognition of deterioration
• CPR
• Basic life support flow chart
• Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest flow chart
• Adult cardiorespiratory arrest flow chart
• Choking flow chart
• WOUND CARE
• Factors that inhibit healing
• Wound types
• Phases of wound healing
• Wound assessment
• Pressure injuries
• Stages of pressure injuries
• Pressure injury risk assessment tools
• Pressure injury prevention
• Wound dressings
• Some wound-care products
• Calculation of ankle/brachial pressure index (ABPI)
• Skin tears
• NURSING PROCESS DOCUMENTATION
• Practice guidelines
• Writing with SOAPIE
• CLINICAL HANDOVER
• ISBAR
• Tips for verbal shift-to-shift handovers for students
• CHECKLIST TO BE COMPLETED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SHIFT
• USEFUL WEBSITES
• GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS