-Procedure boxes are step-by-step guides to performing
basic clinical nursing skills. This feature
will help you gain competence in nursing skills.
Use this feature as a study tool to help you understand
the rationale behind the nursing interventions,
as a guide for mastery of procedures, and
as a review aid for future reference.
-The Nursing Care Plan guides you through the
process of planning care, performing interventions,
and evaluating the outcomes of your plan
of care. These are very helpful in strengthening
your understanding of the nursing process in
‘‘live’’ nursing situations, in exercising your critical
thinking skills, and for use as a blueprint from
which to develop your own complete plans of
care.