I. Concepts in health care. 1. Health and wellness/ Bentler-Lampler -- 2. The health care delivery system/ Stockert -- 3. Community-based nursing practice/ Perry -- 4. Legal principles in nursing/ Durbin -- 5. Ethics/ Ecker -- 6. Evidence-based practice/ Potter -- II. Processes in nursing care. 7. Critical thinking/ Potter -- 8. Nursing process/ Potter -- 9. Informatics and documentation/ Waite -- 10. Communication/ Burger -- 11. Patient education/ Hall -- 12. Managing patient care/ Stockert -- III. Essentials for nursing practice. 13. Infection prevention and control/ Curchoe -- 14. Vital signs/ Fetzer -- 15. Health assessment and physical examination/ Ostendorf -- 16. Administering medications/ Hall -- 17. Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balances/ Ostendorf --

IV. Promoting psychosocial health. 18. Caring in nursing practice/ Potter -- 19. Cultural diversity/ LaMar -- 20. Spiritual health/ Hall -- 21. Growth and development/ Perry -- 22. Self-concept and sexuality/ Folse -- 23. Family context in nursing/ Perry -- 24. Stress and coping/ Baier -- 25. Loss and grief/ Yancey -- V. Promoting physical health. 26. Exercise and activity/ Wunderlich -- 27. Safety/ Constantinou -- 28. Hygiene/ Marshall -- 29. Oxygenation/ Pratt -- 30. Sleep/ Stockert -- 31. Pain management/ Wathen -- 32. Nutrition/ Stockert -- 33. Urinary elimination/ Wood -- 34. Bowel elimination/ Klingman -- 35. Immobility/ Tritak -- 36. Skin integrity and wound care/ Colwell -- 37. Sensory alterations/ Weberski -- 38. Surgical patient/ Schallom.