Contents: Supporting the patient through the health care system - - Clinical judgment in nursing practice - - Communication and collaboration - - Admitting, transfer, and discharge - - Documentation and informatics - - Vital signs and physical assessment - - Vital signs - - Health assessment - - Special procedures - - Specimen collection - - Diagnostic procedures - - Infection control - - Medical asepsis - - Sterile technique - - Activity and mobility - - Safe patient handling and mobility - - Exercise, mobility, and immobilization devices - - Support surfaces and special beds - - Safety and comfort - - Patient safety - - Disaster preparedness - - Pain management - - End-of-life care - - Hygiene - - Personal hygiene and bed making - - Care of the eye and ear - - Medications - - Safe medication preparation - - Nonparenteral medications - - Parenteral medications - - Oxygenation - - Oxygen therapy - - Airway management - - Cardiac care - - Closed chest drainage systems - - Emergency measures for life support - - Fluid balance - - Intravenous and vascular access therapy - - Blood therapy - - Nutrition - - Oral nutrition - - Enteral nutrition - - Parenteral nutrition - - Elimination - - Urinary elimination - - Bowel elimination and gastric intubation - - Ostomy care - - Care of the surgical patient - - Preoperative and postoperative care - - Intraoperative care - - Dressings and wound care - - Wound care and irrigation - - Pressure injury prevention and care - - Dressings, bandages, and binders - - Home care - - Home care safety - - Home care teaching - - Terminology/combining forms: prefixes and suffixes answers to clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX examination�style questions answers to next-generation NCLEX (NGN)�style unfolding case studies