About this Book

"The textbook contains all the theoretical and conceptual material typically present in a fundamentals text, presented in a clinically focused, user-friendly manner, and incorporating many examples. And because this basic, fundamental content will be used throughout the nurse's career, we believe it is-or should be-the most important course students take. We want them to say, "Everything I need to know, I learned in fundamentals-all I needed to know about how to think, what to do, and how to care" (at a basic level). You will see those themes integrated throughout each chapter"--