Product Review

• Explores the full-spectrum nursing model of thinking, doing, and caring and reinforces the model with critical-thinking questions in every chapter.


• Follows a multi-cultural, multi-generational, Asian-American family case study that brings nursing theory to life.


• Presents additional case studies in each chapter that explain the nurse’s role in today’s complex healthcare system.


• Promotes critical thinking with headers presented as questions.


• Uses informational learning boxes to break complex topics into manageable sections, perfect for chapter review now and exam prep later.


• Poses critical-thinking questions that challenge you to “think like nurse’ and  prepare for professional practice.


• Presents illustrated, step-by-step procedures with rationales that deliver all the information you need for the skills lab or clinical.


• Promotes effective care planning with care plans and concept care maps as well as NANDA, NIC, and NOC.


• Describes the research evidence related to the chapter topic and encourages further study.


• Includes QSEN competencies throughout.