Chapter 1: Scope of Practice

• Distinguish among the different levels of nursing education
• Specify the ethical and legal boundaries of the student nurse as presented in the Code of Ethics and the Nurse Practice Act
• Detail responsibility for maintaining client confidentiality
• Describe the contribution of all members of the health care team
• Identify the role of evidence-based practice in nursing
• Identify the concept of quality in client care
• Discuss nursing scope of practice and standards of care
• Compare various settings in which nurses work
• Outline professional nursing organizations

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Chapter 2: Communication

• Assess one’s own communication skills and effectiveness
• Demonstrate cultural humility, professionalism, and respect when communicating
• Use communication styles and methods that demonstrate caring, respect, active listening, authenticity, and trust
• Maintain communication with interprofessional team members and others to facilitate safe transitions and continuity in care delivery
• Confirm the recipient of the communication heard and understands the message
• Use therapeutic communication techniques
• Identify strategies to adapt communication to the client, audience, and situation
• Verify information sources are reliable and current
• Use correct medical terminology and abbreviations
• Describe ways to report client information
• Describe legal and standard documentation guidelines

Chapter 3: Diverse Patients

• Reflect upon personal and cultural values, beliefs, biases, and heritage
• Embrace diversity, equity, inclusivity, health promotion, and health care for individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, and spiritual backgrounds across the life span
• Demonstrate respect, equity, and empathy in actions and interactions with all health care consumers
• Participate in life-long learning to understand cultural preferences, worldviews, choices, and decision-making processes of diverse clients
• Adapt care considering all aspects of diversity
• Identify principles of protecting client dignity
• Identify principles of holistic, client-centered care
• Identify strategies to advocate for clients
• Identify principles of religion and spirituality

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Chapter 4: Nursing Process

• Use the nursing process to provide client care
• Describe components of a client-centered plan of care
• Differentiate priorities of client care
• Describe the roles of the RN, LPN/VN, and UAP in providing client care

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Chapter 5: Safety

• Identify safety considerations for adults of all ages
• Indicate correct identification of client prior to performing any client care measures
• Describe industry standards and regulations regarding microbiological, physical, and environmental safety
• Differentiate safety considerations among diverse clients
• Apply decision-making related to measures to minimize use of restraints

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Chapter 6: Cognitive Impairments

• Identify risk factors for cognitive impairments
• Identify cues related to cognitive impairments across the life span
• Identify evidence-based interventions to support diverse clients (individual, family, or group) with cognitive impairments
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with cognitive and sensory impairments
• Include adaptations to the environment to maintain safety for the client with impaired cognition
• Incorporate nursing strategies to maximize cognitive functioning
• Outline resources for clients with a cognitive impairment and their family members or caregivers

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Chapter 7: Sensory Impairments

• Identify risk factors for sensory impairments
• Identify cues related to sensory impairments across the life span
• Identify interventions to support diverse clients (individual, family, or group) with sensory impairments
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with sensory impairments
• Detail support for family/significant others caring for clients with a sensory impairment
• Include community resources available for clients and families with a sensory impairment
• Include adaptations to the environment to maintain safety for the client with a sensory impairment
• Outline evidence-based nursing interventions for specific sensory disorders

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Chapter 8: Oxygenation

• Identify risk factors in oxygenation alterations across the life span
• Identify cues related to alterations in oxygenation
• Identify safety considerations related to care of oxygenation alterations
• Identify interventions to plan care for client with oxygenation alterations
• Identify diagnostic tests and lab values related to oxygenation alterations
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with oxygenation alterations

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Chapter 9: Infection

• Describe risk factors for infection
• Identify cues related to infection across the life span
• Identify practices that reduce the risk of infection transmission
• Identify basic diagnostic tests related to infection
• Differentiate factors related to infection among diverse clients
• Identify industry standards for transmission-based procedures
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with an infection

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Chapter 10: Integumentary

• Describe risk factors for integumentary disorders
• Identify cues related to alterations in integumentary system across the life span
• Differentiate findings among diverse clients
• Identify interventions to preserve skin integrity
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with integumentary disorders

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Chapter 11: Comfort

• Identify cues related to alteration in comfort across the life span
• Identify standards of care for the client experiencing pain
• Identify interventions to increase client comfort
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with comfort alterations

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Chapter 12: Sleep and Rest

• Identify factors putting clients at risk for sleep and rest problems across the life span
• Identify cues related to sleep and rest problems
• Identify nonpharmacological interventions to promote sleep and rest
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with sleep and rest alterations

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Chapter 13: Mobility

• Identify factors putting clients at risk for mobility problems
• Identify cues related to mobility problems
• Identify the effects of immobility on body systems
• Describe nursing interventions to prevent complications of immobility
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with mobility alterations

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Chapter 14: Nutrition

• Describe risk factors for nutritional deficiencies
• Identify cues related to nutrition balance
• Identify diagnostic tests and lab values indicative of a disturbance in nutrition, fluid, and electrolyte disturbances
• Identify essential nutrients
• Identify supplements to enhance nutrition alterations
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with an alteration in nutrition

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Chapter 15: Fluids and Electrolytes

• Describe risk factors for fluid and electrolyte disturbances
• Identify cues related to fluid/electrolyte balance
• Identify diagnostic tests and lab values indicative of a disturbance in fluid and electrolyte disturbances
• Identify essential nutrients
• Identify supplements to enhance nutrition alterations
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with an alteration in nutrition and fluid and electrolyte disturbances

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Chapter 16: Elimination

• Describe risk factors for urinary and bowel elimination
• Identify cues related to alterations in elimination across the life span
• Identify diagnostic tests indicative of disturbances in urinary and bowel elimination
• Identify measures to promote urinary and bowel elimination
• Contribute to a plan of care for clients with an alteration in urinary and bowel elimination

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Chapter 17: Grief and Loss

• Identify anticipated responses to grief and loss across the life span
• Identify grief and loss resources
• Identify ethical/legal considerations related to end-of-life decisions
• Identify the nursing responsibilities associated with end-of-life and postmortem care
• Contribute to a plan of care to support client (individual, family, or group) through grief and loss
• Demonstrate respect for the cultural and spiritual beliefs of the client and family members experiencing grief and loss

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Chapter 18: Spirituality

• Adapt care considering all aspects of diversity
• Identify principles of protecting client dignity
• Identify principles of holistic, client-centered care by incorporating cultural, religious, and spiritual influences on client health
• Identify strategies to advocate for clients
• Identify principles of religion and spirituality as they relate to health

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Chapter 19: Care of the Older Adult

• Consider all aspects of diversity, including age
• Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings for older adults
• Detail specific adaptations in client care to accommodate the needs of older adults

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