Learn fundamental nursing principles, concepts, and skills with ease! Fundamentals of Nursing, 8th Edition includes accurate, cutting-edge content, active learning strategies, and the latest evidence-based research to help you excel in your classes and prepare for success in today's competitive nursing field. An expert author team led by Patricia Potter and Anne Griffin Perry provides a trusted, comprehensive resource, thoroughly reviewed by nursing experts and peers to ensure the most accurate content. With practical, fully integrated study support, this edition makes it easier than ever to build the understanding and clinical reasoning essential to providing excellent patient care.
• Excellent organization and standard layout for each condition makes information easy to find and follow.
• Step-by-step routines for treatment of conditions are outlined using clear descriptions and illustrations side-by-side.
• Coverage of the most common techniques includes trigger point therapy, friction techniques, myofascial techniques, and stretching to give you an excellent base from which to start incorporating deep tissue massage into massage practice.
• Full color art program features a visually striking design with vibrant photos and illustrations that appeal to visual learners.
• Pedagogical features include learning objectives, key terms, and an end-of-book glossary to help you focus on key content.
• Appendices provide key resources on trigger points and pain referral patterns, indications/contraindications for deep tissues massage, and blank assessment forms for use in practice.
• Student resources on Evolve companion website provide downloadable assessment forms and videos of deep tissue techniques.