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NC1

I. Nursing Process

II. Health, Wellness, and Illness

III. Environmental Safety

IV. Biological Safety

V. Medication SafetyVI. Psychological Safety

Essentials of Nursing Care: Health Safety

I. Nursing Process

II. Health, Wellness, and Illness

III. Environmental Safety

IV. Biological Safety

V. Medication SafetyVI. Psychological Safety

NC2

I. Nutrition

II. Elimination

III. Oxygenation

IV. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

V. Activity/Mobility

VI. Rest and Sleep

Essentials of Nursing Care: Health Differences

I. Nutrition

II. Elimination

III. Oxygenation

IV. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

V. Activity and Mobility

VI. Sleep

Essentials of Nursing Care: Chronicity (Chron)

I. Functional Assessment ........................................ NewII. Comfort.....................................................NC3, Sect. I

III. Pain........................................................... NC3, Sect. I

IV. Chronic Illness ........................................NC3, Sect. IV

V. End of Life Care.................................................... New

VI. Sensory Impairments.............................NC3, Sect. VII

VII. Culture and Diversity .............................. NC3, Sect. III

VIII. Community-Based Nursing Care.............NC3, Sect. V

NC3now in Essentials of Nursing Care:Chronicity and Essentials o f Nursing Care:Reproductive Health

I. Comfort and Pain .......................Chron, Sect. II and III

II. Human Sexuality ...................................Repro, Sect. I

III. Cultural Diversity .................................Chron, Sect. VII

IV. Chronic Illness......................................Chron, Sect. IV

V. Community-Based Nursing ................Chron, Sect. VIII

VI. Needs of the Childbearing Family:... Repro, Sect. II-IV

VII. Sensory Impairments ...........................Chron, Sect. VI

VIII. Reproductive Disorders.......................Repro, Sect. VII

Essentials of Nursing Care: ReproductiveHealth (Repro)

I. Human Sexuality ..................................... NC3, Sect. II

II. Needs of the Childbearing Family: Preconception

III. Needs of the Childbearing Family: Antepartal Period

IV. Needs of the Childbearing Family: Portpartal Family................................ above Sect. II-IV in NC3, Sect. VI

VI. Congenital Anomalies, Genetic Disorders, andDevelopmental Problems .......................NC4, Sect. IV

VII. Reproductive Disorders.........................NC3 Sect. VIII

NC4Primarily in Health Differences Across theLife Span 1 (LS1)

I. Cardiovascular ProblemsII. Respiratory Problems

III. Abnormal Cellular Growth

IV. Congenital Anomalies, GeneticDisorders, and Dev. Problems .........Repro, Section VI

Health Differences Across the Life Span 1

I. Cardiovascular ProblemsII. Respiratory Problems

III. Abnormal Cellular Growth

NC5Similar to LS2

I. Behavioral Responses

II. Regulatory Mechanisms

III. Metabolic Mechanisms

Health Differences Across the Life Span 2

I. Behavioral Responses

II. Cognitive Assessment .......................................... New

III. Regulatory Mechanisms

IV. Metabolic Mechanisms

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NC6same as LS3

I. Infectious and Communicable Disease Problems

II. Tissue Trauma

III. Neurological Dysfunction

IV. Musculoskeletal Dysfunction

Health Differences Across the Life Span 3

I. Infectious and Communicable Disease Problems

II. Tissue Trauma

III. Neurological Dysfunction

IV. Musculoskeletal Dysfunction

Foundations of Prof. Practice (NC7)I. Forces Influencing the Development of the Nursing

Profession

II. The Health Care Delivery System and Community-Based Practice

III. Framework for Nursing Practice

IV. The Nursing Profession: Roles and Responsibilities

Transition to the Registered Prof. Nurse RoleI. Forces Influencing the Development of the Nursing

Profession

II. The Health Care Delivery System and Community-Based Practice

III. Framework for Nursing Practice

IV. The Nursing Profession: Roles and Responsibilities