Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing: Active Learning for Collaborative Practice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780443348990)

Make this clinical companion your best friend at the point of care! When you need hard-to-remember clinical information, rely on Yoost's Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition, for quick access to thousands of facts, lab values, assessment guidelines, abbreviations with definitions, and more. Bulleted lists and summary tables make it easy to look up the details essential to providing safe, patient-centered care. This handbook is more than just a condensed version of the text - it's a portable tool that will enhance your clinical judgment. It's an indispensable nursing reference for class, lab, and clinicals!

• Clinical Judgment in Nursing chapter helps you learn how to develop and apply clinical judgment skills in the clinical setting
• Chapters on body system assessment help you learn a systematic and thorough approach to health assessment
• Thousands of basic facts and figures, standard lab values, care guidelines and more provide the information frequently needed in a reference for clinical practice
• Detailed information on medication safety includes dosage calculations, compatibilities, conversions, administration, and more, helping you prevent medication errors and ensuring safe practice
• Updated guidelines for pressure injury prevention and care may be referenced quickly while on the job
• Concise outlines, bulleted lists, and summary tables allow easy, at-a-glance lookup and review
• Section on health care terminology acts as a quick medical terminology refresher and helps you understand clinical terms as they are encountered
• Compact, portable size makes this handbook easy to carry during clinical practice

• NEW! Updated content reflects changes to the Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition textbook and evidence-based practice, including the most current information on infection control standards, oxygenation, care-giver fatigue, community care, and more
• NEW! New and updated photos and illustrations present current skills and represent the diversity of nurses and patients

Author: Barbara L. Yoost
ISBN-10: 0443348995
ISBN-13: 9780443348990
Publisher: Mosby
Language: English
Published: 02/26/2026
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback