Fundamentals of Nursing Study Guide

What's inside

• Start Herehow to use the guide, a study plan for all six topics and ten mnemonics on one page (ADOPIE, ABCs, PES, SMART, ISBARR, DAR, SOAPIE, RACE, PASS, PQRSTU)
• Nursing processthe six-step cycle drawn as a diagram, subjective vs objective data, types of assessment, the four types of nursing diagnoses and how to write the statement, SMART outcomes, independent, dependent and collaborative interventions, evaluation, and setting priorities with Maslow's hierarchy and the ABCs
• Communicationphases of the nurse-client relationship, therapeutic techniques with example phrases, communication blocks and what to say instead, ISBARR reports, bedside handoffs and documentation rules (DAR, SOAPIE, charting by exception)
• Patient safetysafety goals, universal fall precautions and fall risk factors, the room check before you leave, culture of safety, RACE and PASS, and restraint basics
• Infection controlthe chain of infection as a diagram, standard precautions, the CDC hand hygiene moments, contact, droplet and airborne precautions, putting on and taking off PPE in the CDC order with step-by-step figures, asepsis and the stages of infection
• Vital signstechnique steps for temperature routes, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturation and manual blood pressure, plus PQRSTU pain questions (technique only, no numbers)
• Mobility and skineight client positions drawn as pictograms, effects of immobility, safe client handling, pressure injury sites and stages, and the Braden Scale risk factors
• Label itthe nursing process, Maslow's hierarchy, the chain of infection, pressure injury sites and the eight positions, as blank diagrams to fill in
• Review32 fill-in-the-blank quick checks, Therapeutic or Not?, Which Precaution?, Put It in Order, Spell It Out (mnemonics), a mastery tracker and notes
• Answer key behind a divider at the back for every practice page and diagram
• START-HERE guide with printing and tablet tips