Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Cooper Kim RN MSN Chair Nursing Department Program Ivy Tech State College Terre Haute Indiana

Build the nursing knowledge and skills you need to care for patients of all ages! Case studies provide practice with critical thinking and clinical judgment, and new Next Generation NCLEX(R)-format questions help you apply theory to practice. Combining two leading LPN/LVN textbooks into one volume, Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 9th Edition covers the fundamental skills and medical-surgical content essential to providing quality care for patients across the lifespan, including pediatric, maternity, adult, and older adult patients.

- Step-by-step instructions for more than 100 skills show clearly defined nursing actions along with the rationales for each. Clear, Written by nursing educators Kim Cooper and Kelly Gosnell, this text also helps you prepare for success on the NCLEX-PN(R) examination.