Textbook for RN Semester 1.

Nursing today -- The health care delivery system -- Community-based nursing practice -- Theoretical foundations of nursing practice -- Evidence-based practice -- Health and wellness -- Caring in nursing practice -- Caring for patients with chronic illness -- Cultural competence -- Family dynamics -- Developmental theories -- Conception through adolescence -- Young and middle adults -- Older adults -- Critical thinking in nursing practice -- Nursing assessment -- Nursing diagnosis -- Planning nursing care -- Implementing nursing care -- Evaluation -- Managing patient care -- Ethics and values -- Legal implications in nursing practice -- Communication -- Patient education -- Informatics and documentation -- Patient safety and quality -- Infection prevention and control -- Vital signs --Health assessment and physical examination -- Medication administration -- Complementary therapies and integrative health -- Self-concept -- Sexuality -- Spiritual health -- Loss and grief -- Stress and coping -- Activity and exercise -- Immobility -- Hygiene -- Oxygenation -- Fluid, electrolyte, acid-base balance -- Sleep -- Pain management -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Sensory alterations -- Perioperative nursing care.