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Roper, Nancy.

The elements of nursing : a model for nursing based on a model of living / Nancy Roper, Winifred W. Logan, Alison J. Tierney. - 4th ed. - New York : Churchill Livingstone, c1996. - xiv, 437 p. : illustrations (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS

SECTION 1
A MODEL for NURSING BASED on a MODEL of LIVING:
1. Nursing in Health and Illness --
2. A Model of Living --
3. A Model for Nursing --
SECTION 2
NURSING and the ACTIVITIES of LIVING:
4. Maintaining a Safe Environment --
5. Communicating. Breathing --
6. Eating and Drinking --
7. Personal Cleansing and Dressing. Controlling Body Temperature --
8. Mobilising. Working and Playing. Expressing Sexuality --
9. Sleeping --
10. Dying.
APPENDIX 1
Example of Patient/Client Assessment Form and Nursing Plan.

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.

ISBN: 0443052018 9780443052019

LCCN: 89022072

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Models, Nursing.
Nursing.
Nursing care.

LC Class. No.: RT84.5.R67 1996