Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Foreword to the First Edition -- 1. Nursing in health and illness -- 2. A model of living -- 3. A model for nursing -- 4. Maintaining a safe environment -- 5. Communicating -- 6. Breathing -- 7. Eating and drinking -- 8. Eliminating -- 9. Personal cleansing and dressing -- 10. Controlling body temperature -- 11. Mobilizing -- 12. Working and playing -- 13. Expressing sexuality -- 14. Sleeping -- 15. Dying -- Appendix 1: Example of a patient/client assessment form and nursing plan -- Index.
Abstract For beginning nursing students. While it does not cover all aspects of nursing knowledge and practice it encourages a logical mode of thinking about nursing in the framework of a model for nursing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.