Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN is a Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois. Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN is a Former Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri. Wendy R. Ostendorf, Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Nancy Laplante is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

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• UNIT 1 Supporting the Patient Through the Health Care System1. Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice2. Communication and Collaboration3. Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge4. Documentation and InformaticsUNIT 2 Vital Signs and Physical Assessment5. Vital Signs6. Health AssessmentUNIT 3 Special Procedures7. Specimen Collection8. Diagnostic ProceduresUNIT 4 Infection Control9. Medical Asepsis10. Sterile TechniqueUNIT 5 Activity and Mobility11. Safe Patient Handling and Mobility12. Exercise, Mobility, and Immobilization Devices13. Support Surfaces and Special BedsUNIT 6 Safety and Comfort14. Patient Safety15. Disaster Preparedness16. Pain Management17. End-of-Life CareUNIT 7 Hygiene18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making19. Care of the Eye and EarUNIT 8 Medications20. Safe Medication Preparation21. Nonparenteral Medications22. Parenteral MedicationsUNIT 9 Oxygenation23. Oxygen Therapy24. Airway Management25. Cardiac Care26. Closed Chest Drainage Systems27. Emergency Measures for Life SupportUNIT 10 Fluid Balance28. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy29. Blood TherapyUNIT 11 Nutrition30. Oral Nutrition31. Enteral Nutrition32. Parenteral NutritionUNIT 12 Elimination33. Urinary Elimination34. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation35. Ostomy CareUNIT 13 Care of the Surgical Patient36. Preoperative and Postoperative Care37. Intraoperative CareUNIT 14 Dressings and Wound Care38. Wound Care and Irrigation39. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care40. Dressings, Bandages, and BindersUNIT 15 Home Care41. Home Care Safety42. Home Care TeachingAppendix A: Terminology/Combining Forms: Prefixes and SuffixesAnswers to Clinical Judgment and Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style QuestionsAnswers to Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN is a Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois. Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN is a Former Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri. Wendy R. Ostendorf, Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Nancy Laplante is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

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• UNIT 1 Supporting the Patient Through the Health Care System1. Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice2. Communication and Collaboration3. Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge4. Documentation and InformaticsUNIT 2 Vital Signs and Physical Assessment5. Vital Signs6. Health AssessmentUNIT 3 Special Procedures7. Specimen Collection8. Diagnostic ProceduresUNIT 4 Infection Control9. Medical Asepsis10. Sterile TechniqueUNIT 5 Activity and Mobility11. Safe Patient Handling and Mobility12. Exercise, Mobility, and Immobilization Devices13. Support Surfaces and Special BedsUNIT 6 Safety and Comfort14. Patient Safety15. Disaster Preparedness16. Pain Management17. End-of-Life CareUNIT 7 Hygiene18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making19. Care of the Eye and EarUNIT 8 Medications20. Safe Medication Preparation21. Nonparenteral Medications22. Parenteral MedicationsUNIT 9 Oxygenation23. Oxygen Therapy24. Airway Management25. Cardiac Care26. Closed Chest Drainage Systems27. Emergency Measures for Life SupportUNIT 10 Fluid Balance28. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy29. Blood TherapyUNIT 11 Nutrition30. Oral Nutrition31. Enteral Nutrition32. Parenteral NutritionUNIT 12 Elimination33. Urinary Elimination34. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation35. Ostomy CareUNIT 13 Care of the Surgical Patient36. Preoperative and Postoperative Care37. Intraoperative CareUNIT 14 Dressings and Wound Care38. Wound Care and Irrigation39. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care40. Dressings, Bandages, and BindersUNIT 15 Home Care41. Home Care Safety42. Home Care TeachingAppendix A: Terminology/Combining Forms: Prefixes and SuffixesAnswers to Clinical Judgment and Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style QuestionsAnswers to Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN is a Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois. Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN is a Former Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri. Wendy R. Ostendorf, Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Nancy Laplante is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

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• UNIT 1 Supporting the Patient Through the Health Care System1. Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice2. Communication and Collaboration3. Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge4. Documentation and InformaticsUNIT 2 Vital Signs and Physical Assessment5. Vital Signs6. Health AssessmentUNIT 3 Special Procedures7. Specimen Collection8. Diagnostic ProceduresUNIT 4 Infection Control9. Medical Asepsis10. Sterile TechniqueUNIT 5 Activity and Mobility11. Safe Patient Handling and Mobility12. Exercise, Mobility, and Immobilization Devices13. Support Surfaces and Special BedsUNIT 6 Safety and Comfort14. Patient Safety15. Disaster Preparedness16. Pain Management17. End-of-Life CareUNIT 7 Hygiene18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making19. Care of the Eye and EarUNIT 8 Medications20. Safe Medication Preparation21. Nonparenteral Medications22. Parenteral MedicationsUNIT 9 Oxygenation23. Oxygen Therapy24. Airway Management25. Cardiac Care26. Closed Chest Drainage Systems27. Emergency Measures for Life SupportUNIT 10 Fluid Balance28. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy29. Blood TherapyUNIT 11 Nutrition30. Oral Nutrition31. Enteral Nutrition32. Parenteral NutritionUNIT 12 Elimination33. Urinary Elimination34. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation35. Ostomy CareUNIT 13 Care of the Surgical Patient36. Preoperative and Postoperative Care37. Intraoperative CareUNIT 14 Dressings and Wound Care38. Wound Care and Irrigation39. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care40. Dressings, Bandages, and BindersUNIT 15 Home Care41. Home Care Safety42. Home Care TeachingAppendix A: Terminology/Combining Forms: Prefixes and SuffixesAnswers to Clinical Judgment and Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style QuestionsAnswers to Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies