<p style="margin:0px;"> <b>The state-of-the-art concept-based, student-centered introduction to nursing: first of three volumes, focused on 21 indispensable biophysical concepts.</b> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Today, nurses must be able to transfer their knowledge to new situations, and stay current with new disorders, treatments, and evidence-based practice. <b> <i>Nursing: A Concept—Based Approach to Learning, Volume I, Second Edition </i> </b>will help them achieve all these goals. Its concept-based approach requires students to participate actively, assume more responsibility for their knowledge, integrate concepts, apply information, and use clinical reasoning. Instead of memorizing thousands of alterations, students gain in-depth knowledge of selected alterations, and learn how to apply that knowledge as new challenges and client presentations come their way. The first of two volumes, this fully-updated Volume I focuses on 21 crucial biophysical concepts: acid-base balance; cellular regulation; comfort; digestion; elimination; fluids/electrolytes; health, wellness, and illness; immunity; infection; inflammation; intracranial regulation; metabolism; mobility; nutrition; oxygenation; perfusion; perioperative care; sensory perception; sexuality; thermoregulation, and tissue integrity. These concepts are illuminated with nearly 100 exemplars covering the entire lifespan.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <b>CONSISTENT PEDAGOGY FOR IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE RETENTION:</b> The textbook series has an updated concept-level template that presents each concept and exemplar in the same manner:<br>Each <b>CONCEPT</b> follows the following template: <br>Normal Presentation - Developmental Considerations - Alterations - Related Concepts - Physical Assessment - Diagnostic Tests - Interventions & Therapies<br>Each <b>EXEMPLAR </b>follows the following template: <br>Overview - Pathophysiology and Etiology - Clinical Manifestations and Therapies - Nursing Process - Nursing Care Plan - Relate and Reflect <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <b>Teaching and Learning Experience</b> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">This concept-based, student-centered text will help nurses master the essential biophysical concepts of nursing, and apply critical thinking to deepen and extend this knowledge throughout their nursing careers. </p> <ul> <li> <b>Concept-based approach helps students synthesize today's most important nursing concepts, and extend their knowledge as new evidence and standards of practice arise: </b>Replaces rote memorization with a deeper understanding of the most crucial concepts, supported with exceptionally relevant and useful examples, and the critical thinking skills needed to extend them </li> <li> <b>Up-to-date, thorough coverage of the 21 most crucial biophysical concepts every nurse should understand</b>: Shows how core concepts recur throughout multiple body systems and alterations, providing a foundation for students to extend their learning throughout their careers </li> <li> <b>Multiple pedagogical features to promote more effective learning: </b>State-of-the-art teaching features make key concepts more accessible and intuitively understandable</li> <li> <b>NEW!</b> The cover of the textbook no longer references North Carolina which reflects the more nationally-focused approach in the second edition</li> <li> <b>NEW!</b> More equal distribution of content between volumes 1 and 2 so that there is no longer such a significant difference in the sizes of each volume. Reproduction and psycho-social concepts are now printed in volume 2. </li> <li> <div> </div> <br> </li> <li> <b>NEW! </b>"Concepts Related To” tables appear in each module and demonstrate for students how concepts are integrated. </li> <li> <b>NEW