The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's RN standards for practice (2016) has replaced the National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse (2006). This new revised edition of DeLaune for 2017 has incorporated the changes necessary to reflect the progression in thinking of the profession.

Australian and New Zealand Fundamentals of Nursing provides comprehensive coverage of fundamental nursing concepts, skills and standards of practice that will challenge introductory nursing students to learn and apply critical thinking skills for culturally diverse populations in a variety of environments. Research, evidence-based practice issues are highlighted to help students prepare for delivering care across a continuum of settings. This book highlights the core themes of nursing, including nurse, person, health and environment.

This text is complemented by the text Clinical Psychomotor Skills: Assessment tools for Nursing by Joanne Tollefson and Elspeth Hillman.

Unit 1: Nursing Perspectives: Past, present and future
1. Evolution of nursing theory and education
2. Research and evidence-based practice
3. Health care delivery

Unit 2: Nursing Process: The standard of care
4. Critical thinking, decision making, and nursing process
5. Assessment
6. Problem identification
7. Planning
8. Implementation
9. Evaluation

Unit 3: Professional Accountability
10. Leadership and delegation
11. Legal and ethical responsibilities
12. Documentation and informatics

Unit 4: Promoting Client Health
13. Nursing, healing, and caring
14. Communication
15. Health and wellness promotion
16. Family and community health
17. The life cycle
18. Paediatric patients
19. The older adult
20. Palliative care
21. Cultural diversity
22. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
23. Rural and remote health
24. Patient education

Unit 5: Responding to Basic Psychosocial Needs
25. Self-concept
26. Stress, anxiety, adaptation, and change
27. Spirituality
28. Loss and grief
29. Mental health

Unit 6: Responding to Basic Physiological Needs
30. Vital signs
31. Physical assessment
32. Safety, infection control, and hygiene
33. Medication administration
34. Traditional and complementary therapies
35. Oxygenation
36. Fluids and electrolytes
37. Nutrition
38. Pain management, comfort and sleep
39. Mobility
40. Skin integrity and wound healing
41. Sensation, perception, and cognition
42. Elimination
43. Nursing care of the perioperative client

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's RN standards for practice (2016) has replaced the National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse (2006). This new revised edition of DeLaune for 2017 has incorporated the changes necessary to reflect the progression in thinking of the profession. Australian and New Zealand Fundamentals of Nursing provides comprehensive coverage of fundamental nursing concepts, skills and standards of practice that will challenge introductory nursing students to learn and apply critical thinking skills for culturally diverse populations in a variety of environments. Research, evidence-based practice issues are highlighted to help students prepare for delivering care across a continuum of settings. This book highlights the core themes of nursing, including nurse, person, health and environment. This text is complemented by the text Clinical Psychomotor Skills: Assessment tools for Nursing by Joanne Tollefson and Elspeth Hillman. Adapted from the well respected DeLaune & Ladner text, Fundamentals of Nursing: Standards and Practice, to suit the nursing scope of practice, regulatory, cultural, legal, ethical requirements for students in Australia and New Zealand. This fundamental text links closely with our text Clinical Psychomotor Skills: Assessment tools for Nurses 6th edition, allowing students to easily match theory to clinical practice. As part of the adaptation process, our core and contributing authors have worked closely together to add 4 NEW chapters relevant to this region covering Palliative care, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Rural and remote health and Mental health Includes 3 YEAR access to a full suite of online interactive and visual resources in CourseMate, including an integrated eBook, interactive teaching and learning tools including clinical skills videos, heart and lung audio resources, animations, revision quizzes and more!