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 | | Fundamentals of Nursing (Book with CD-ROM) by Patricia A. Potter, Anne Griffin Perry, Anne G. Perry ISBN-10: 9780323011419 ISBN-10: 0-323-01141-1 ISBN-13: 9780323011419 ISBN-13: 978-0-323-01141-9 Hardcover 2002-08-26 Mosby Publication Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Continuing its tradition of comprehensive coverage of fundamental nursing principles, precise step-by-step procedures, and five-step nursing process framework, the fifth edition of FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING is thoroughly revised and updated to address the latest changes in practice. New topics include community based nursing, alternative therapies, caring, and delegation. A new, innovative four-dimensional critical thinking model demonstrates the ongoing assimilation of knowledge and information comprising critical thinking and its relationship to the nursing process. | ||
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Worth it!! I needed this book for clinicals and saved half when I baught it off of amazon! Do it buy it!! | ||
Faculty, please read. Wow, what an awful book. I agree with most of what has been written about this book. I'm a 1st semester nursing student with a background in English and I'm more than a little disgusted by Elsevier's resources so far. I thought the HESI review book was bad, and this book is equally bad. Not only does it have grammar and spelling errors, but there are more substantive errors, too, that really take their toll on your confidence (and patience) while you're reading. There is a ton of filler information so it is nearly impossible to sift and sort out what might be important for each chapter. We're also using an Assessment book by the author Jarvis, and it is way, way ahead of this book in terms of quality control. And there are still errors in the answer key and the review questions are terribly written. The latest error I found tonight has me shaking my head: Page 1046, chapter 42 on Sleep: Bedtime Snacks "A dairy product snack such as warm milk or COCOA that contains L-tryptophan is often helpful in promoting sleep..." Next paragraph: "Encourage clients not to drink or ingest caffeine before bed time. Coffee, tea, cola, and CHOCOLATE act as stimulants, causing a person to stay awake or awaken throughout the night." Faculty, please please please think twice about adopting this book as part of your curriculum. Don't listen to the publisher's sales people. The online resources that accompany this book are EVEN WORSE, and are filled with mistakes. You'll spend so much time correcting mistakes from this series that you won't have time to teach Fundamentals. | ||
good explanations, some annoying grammar mistakes The book goes into great detail explaining individual nursing skills, but throughout the text you will find some run ons and grammar mistakes. Unfortunately, Potter & Perry were too cheap to hire a real editor, so they did all the editing themselves. | ||
Must have it! We used this book on our 1st nursing semester. Very helpful and still using it in our 3rd semester. | ||
awful book Whatever you do, do not buy this book! Like the other reviewer said it contains many, many errors. The book is also very boring and provides no encouragement to learn at all. All I have to say stay away from this book, it is not helpful at all. | ||