TABLE OF CONTENTS Unit 1 Understanding Health Care Issues 1. Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process 2. Evidence-Based Practice 3. Issues in Nursing Practice 4. Cultural Influences on Nursing Care 5. Complementary and Alternative Modalities Unit 2 Understanding Health and Illness 6. Nursing Care of Patients with Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances 7. Nursing Care of Patients Receiving Intravenous Therapy 8. Nursing Care of Patients with Infections 9. Nursing Care of Patients in Shock 10. Nursing Care of Patients in Pain 11. Nursing Care of Patients With Cancer 12. Nursing Care of Patients Having Surgery 13. Nursing Care of Patients with Emergent Conditions and Disaster/Bioterrorism Response Unit 3 Understanding Life Span Influences on Health and Illness 14. Developmental Considerations and Chronic Illness in the Nursing Care of Adults 15. Nursing Care of Older Adult Patients 16. Patient Care Settings 17. Nursing Care of Patients at the End of Life Unit 4 Understanding the Immune System 18. Immune System Function, Assessment and Therapeutic Measures 19. Nursing Care of Patients With Immune Disorders 20. Nursing Care of Patients With HIV Disease and AIDS Unit 5 Understanding the Cardiovascular System 21. Cardiovascular System Function, Assessment and Therapeutic Measures 22. Nursing Care of Patients With Hypertension 23. Nursing Care of Patients With Valvular, Inflammatory and Infectious Cardiac or Venous Disorders 24. Nursing Care of Patients With Occlusive Cardiovascular Disorders 25. Nursing Care of Patients With Cardiac Arrhythmias 26. Nursing Care of Patients With Heart Failure Unit 6 Understanding the Hematologic and Lymphatic Systems 27. Hematologic and Lymphatic System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures 28. Nursing Care of Patients With Hematologic and Lymphatic Disorders Unit 7 Understanding the Respiratory System 29. Respiratory System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures 30. Nursing Care of Patients With Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders 31. Nursing Care of Patients With Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders