Fundamentals of Nursing Study Guide & Flashcard Index

Here is the list of topics covered in our Fundamentals of Nursing Flashcards (Edition 3), which can be used as an easy reference guide for your flashcards. This is also an essential list of the Fundamentals topics to know for your nursing exams!

Topic/Term Card # Section
24-Hour Urine Collection 117 Practice & Skills
Abandonment 10, 160 Principles, Gerontology
Accommodating 171 Leadership
Acid/Base Imbalances 100-101 Practice & Skills
Active Artificial Immunity 35 Principles
Active Natural Immunity 35 Principles
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) 69 Practice & Skills
Acute Illness 36 Principles
Acute Pain 58 Practice & Skills
Acute v. Chronic Priority 164 Leadership
Adjuvant Analgesics 60 Practice & Skills
Advance Directives 7 Principles
Adverse Event 175 Leadership
Advocacy 3 Principles
Aerosol Mask 134 Practice & Skills
Aggregate 176 Community Health
Air Pollution 180 Community Health
Airborne Precautions 51 Practice & Skills
Airway, Breathing, Circulation 163 Leadership
Alzheimer's Disease 156 Gerontology
American Nurses Association (ANA) 2 Principles
Anthrax 194 Community Health
Anticipatory Grief 66 Practice & Skills
Artificial Airways 139 Practice & Skills
Assault 9 Principles
Attack Rate 192 Community Health
Authoritarian Leadership 162 Leadership
Autocratic Leadership 162 Leadership
Autonomy 3 Principles
Avoiding 171 Leadership
Battery 9 Principles
Bed Baths 55 Practice & Skills
Bed Making 55 Practice & Skills
BEERS List 159 Gerontology
Beneficence 3 Principles
Bioterrorism 194 Community Health
Bladder Scanner 121 Practice & Skills
Body Mass Index (BMI) 104 Practice & Skills
Bomb Threat 38 Principles
Bowel Elimination 125-130 Practice & Skills
Brachytherapy 41 Principles
Breakthrough Pain 58 Practice & Skills
Calcium (Ca) 96 Practice & Skills
Canes 72 Practice & Skills
Capillary Blood Glucose Measurement 108 Practice & Skills
Carbohydrates 102 Practice & Skills
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 182 Community Health
Case Manager 43 Practice & Skills
Chain of Infection 32-33 Principles
Chemical Exposure 38 Principles
Chemically-Impaired Employees 173 Leadership
Chest Physiotherapy 135 Practice & Skills
Chest Tubes 137-138 Practice & Skills
Chronic Illness 36 Principles
Chronic Pain 58 Practice & Skills
Circadian Rhythm 62 Practice & Skills
Clean Catch Urine Specimen 117 Practice & Skills
Clear Liquid Diet 106 Practice & Skills
Collaborating 171 Leadership
Colostomy 126 Practice & Skills
Communication 18-21, 154 Principles, Gerontology
Community 176 Community Health
Community Assessment 190 Community Health
Community Health Plan 189 Community Health
Community-Based Nursing 176 Community Health
Community-Oriented Nursing 176 Community Health
Competing 171 Leadership
Complementary & Alternative Medicine 29 Principles
Complicated Grief 66 Practice & Skills
Compromising 171 Leadership
Conflict Management Strategies 171 Leadership
Conflicts 170-171 Leadership
Constipation 125 Practice & Skills
Contact Precautions 50 Practice & Skills
Convalescence 34 Principles
Critical Pathways 169 Leadership
Crutches 73-74 Practice & Skills
Cultural Considerations 26-28 Principles
Culturally Competent Care 26 Principles
Cutaneous Pain 59 Practice & Skills
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) 70 Practice & Skills
Defamation of Character 9 Principles
Delegation 166-168 Leadership
Delirium 157 Gerontology
Dementia 157 Gerontology
Democratic Leadership 162 Leadership
Denture Care 56 Practice & Skills
Depression 157 Gerontology
Determinants of Health 179 Community Health
Diabetic Foot Care 90 Practice & Skills
Diarrhea 125 Practice & Skills
Diffusion 131 Practice & Skills
Direct Observation 190 Community Health
Disaster Mitigation 195 Community Health
Disaster Preparedness 195 Community Health
Disaster Recovery 195 Community Health
Disaster Response 195 Community Health
Disasters 195 Community Health
Disciplinary Action 173 Leadership
Disenfranchised Grief 66 Practice & Skills
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) 7 Principles
Documentation 4, 25 Principles
Domains of Learning 22 Principles
Droplet Precautions 51 Practice & Skills
Durable Power of Attorney (DPOA) 7 Principles
Dysphagia 105 Practice & Skills
Dysphagia Diet 106 Practice & Skills
Efficient Nursing Practice 169 Leadership
Elder Mistreatment 160-161 Gerontology
Employee Performance Appraisal 172 Leadership
Endemic 192 Community Health
Enemas 128-129 Practice & Skills
Enteral Nutrition 112-114 Practice & Skills
Environmental Hazards 180-182 Community Health
Epidemic 192 Community Health
Epidemiologic Triangle 191 Community Health
Epidemiology 191-192 Community Health
Equipment Malfunction 38 Principles
Erikson's Stages of Development 14 Principles
Ethnocentrism 26 Principles
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) 1 Principles
External Urine Collection Devices 123 Practice & Skills
Face Tent 134 Practice & Skills
Faith-Based Nurse 177 Community Health
Fall Preventions 75-76 Practice & Skills
False Imprisonment 9 Principles
Family Assessment Tools 188 Community Health
Family Health Risks 188 Community Health
Family Nursing 188 Community Health
Family Systems Theory 188 Community Health
Fats 102 Practice & Skills
Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) 130 Practice & Skills
Fidelity 3 Principles
Fire Safety 37 Principles
Fluid Volume Deficit 94 Practice & Skills
Fluid Volume Excess 95 Practice & Skills
Food Deserts 180 Community Health
Foodborne Illness 107 Practice & Skills
Fowler's 30 Principles
Full Liquid Diet 106 Practice & Skills
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) 64 Practice & Skills
Grief 65-66 Practice & Skills
Hand Hygiene 48 Practice & Skills
Health Belief Model 16 Principles
Health Literacy 23 Principles
Hemostasis 82 Practice & Skills
High-Fowler's 30 Principles
HIPAA 8 Principles
Home Health Nurse 177 Community Health
Home Oxygen Safety 141 Practice & Skills
Homeless 183 Community Health
Hospice Care 67 Practice & Skills
Hospice Nurse 177 Community Health
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) 46-47 Practice & Skills
Hypercalcemia 96 Practice & Skills
Hyperkalemia 98 Practice & Skills
Hypermagnesemia 97 Practice & Skills
Hypernatremia 99 Practice & Skills
Hypertonic 91 Practice & Skills
Hypocalcemia 96 Practice & Skills
Hypokalemia 98 Practice & Skills
Hypomagnesemia 97 Practice & Skills
Hyponatremia 99 Practice & Skills
Hypotonic 91 Practice & Skills
Hypoxemia 132 Practice & Skills
Hypoxia 132 Practice & Skills
Idiopathic Pain 59 Practice & Skills
Ileostomy 126 Practice & Skills
Immobility 68-71 Practice & Skills
Incentive Spirometer 133 Practice & Skills
Incidence 192 Community Health
Incident Reporting 175 Leadership
Incubation 34 Principles
Indwelling Urinary Catheter 122, 124 Practice & Skills
Infection Control 46-54 Practice & Skills
Infectious Agent 32-33 Principles
Inflammatory Phase 82 Practice & Skills
Informant Interviews 190 Community Health
Informed Consent 4-5 Principles
Injury Prevention 40 Principles
Insensible Losses 93 Practice & Skills
Insomnia 63 Practice & Skills
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living 69 Practice & Skills
Intentional Torts 9 Principles
Intergroup Conflict 170 Leadership
Intermittent Catheter 122 Practice & Skills
Internal Radiation 41 Principles
Interpersonal Conflict 170 Leadership
Intraoperative Care 143 Practice & Skills
Intrapersonal Conflict 170 Leadership
Invasion of Privacy 9 Principles
Invasive Procedures 165 Leadership
Isotonic 91 Practice & Skills
Justice 3 Principles
Kohlberg's Theory of Development 12 Principles
Laissez-Faire Leadership 162 Leadership
Lateral 31 Principles
Laxatives 128 Practice & Skills
Lead Poisoning 181 Community Health
Leadership Styles 162 Leadership
Leaving Against Medical Advice (AMA) 6 Principles
LGBT+ 183 Community Health
Lithotomy 31 Principles
Living Will 7 Principles
LPNs 168 Leadership
LVNs 168 Leadership
Macronutrients 102 Practice & Skills
Magnesium (Mg) 97 Practice & Skills
Malpractice 10 Principles
Mandatory Reporting 11 Principles
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 13, 163 Principles, Leadership
Mass Casualty Event 196 Community Health
Maturation 82 Practice & Skills
Medicaid 185 Community Health
Medicare 185 Community Health
Metabolic Acidosis 101 Practice & Skills
Metabolic Alkalosis 101 Practice & Skills
Micronutrients 103 Practice & Skills
Migrant Workers 183 Community Health
Mobility Devices 72-74 Practice & Skills
Mode of Transmission 32-33 Principles
Modifiable Risk Factors 36 Principles
Modified Left Lateral Recumbent Position 31 Principles
Narcolepsy 63 Practice & Skills
Nasal Cannula 134 Practice & Skills
Nasogastric Tubes 109-111 Practice & Skills
Nationally Notifiable Diseases 193 Community Health
Near Miss 175 Leadership
Negligence 10 Principles
Neuropathic Pain 59 Practice & Skills
Nociceptive Pain 59 Practice & Skills
Non-Modifiable Risk Factors 36 Principles
Non-Rebreather 134 Practice & Skills
Nonmaleficence 3 Principles
Nonopioid Analgesics 60 Practice & Skills
Nontherapeutic Communication 21 Principles
Nonverbal Communication 19 Principles
Normal Grief 66 Practice & Skills
NPO 106 Practice & Skills
Nursing Practice Act (NPA) 1 Principles
Nursing Process 42, 163, 189 Practice & Skills, Leadership, Community Health
Occupational Hazards 180 Community Health
Occupational Health Nurse 177 Community Health
Occupational Therapist 43 Practice & Skills
Occurrence Reporting 175 Leadership
Opioid Analgesics 60 Practice & Skills
Oral Care 56 Practice & Skills
Osmolarity 91-92 Practice & Skills
Ostomies 126-127 Practice & Skills
Oxygen Safety 141 Practice & Skills
Oxygen Toxicity 132 Practice & Skills
Oxygenation 131-141 Practice & Skills
Pain 58-61 Practice & Skills
Palliative Care 67 Practice & Skills
Pandemic 192 Community Health
Parenteral Nutrition 115 Practice & Skills
Parish Nurse 177 Community Health
Parkinson's Disease 155 Gerontology
Partial Rebreather 134 Practice & Skills
PASS Sequence 37 Principles
Passive Artificial Immunity 35 Principles
Passive Natural Immunity 35 Principles
Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) 61 Practice & Skills
Patient Education 22-24 Principles
Patient Positions 30-31 Principles
Patient Safety Events 175 Leadership
Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) 7 Principles
Performance Appraisal 172 Leadership
Perfusion 131 Practice & Skills
Perioperative Care 142-144 Practice & Skills
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 49 Practice & Skills
Physical Therapist 43 Practice & Skills
Piaget's Theory of Development 15 Principles
POLST 7 Principles
Polypharmacy 158 Gerontology
Portal of Entry 32-33 Principles
Portal of Exit 32-33 Principles
Positive Airway Pressure 135 Practice & Skills
Post-Anesthesia Care 143 Practice & Skills
Postoperative Care 143-144 Practice & Skills
Potassium (K) 98 Practice & Skills
Practical Nurses 168 Leadership
Preoperative Care 142 Practice & Skills
Presbycusis 153 Gerontology
Presbyopia 152 Gerontology
Pressure Injuries 80-81 Practice & Skills
Prevalence 192 Community Health
Prevention Levels 178 Community Health
Primary Intention 83 Practice & Skills
Primary Prevention 178 Community Health
Prodromal 34 Principles
Proliferation 82 Practice & Skills
Prone 30 Principles
Protective Isolation 52 Practice & Skills
Proteins 102 Practice & Skills
Provider 43 Practice & Skills
Quality Improvement (QI) 174 Leadership
RACE Sequence 37 Principles
Rectal Suppositories 128 Practice & Skills
Referred Pain 59 Practice & Skills
Reservoir 32-33 Principles
Respiratory Acidosis 100 Practice & Skills
Respiratory Alkalosis 100 Practice & Skills
Respiratory Therapist 43 Practice & Skills
Respite Care 161 Gerontology
Restraints 77-79 Practice & Skills
Restrictive Procedures 165 Leadership
Reverse Trendelenburg 31 Principles
Right to Refuse 6 Principles
SBAR Communication 44 Practice & Skills
School Nurse 177 Community Health
Secondary Analysis 190 Community Health
Secondary Intention 83 Practice & Skills
Secondary Prevention 178 Community Health
Seizures 57 Practice & Skills
Semi-Fowler's 30 Principles
Sensible Losses 93 Practice & Skills
Sentinel Event 175 Leadership
Sharps Injury 39 Principles
Simple Face Mask 134 Practice & Skills
Sims' (Modified Left Lateral Recumbent) Position 31 Principles
Sleep 62-63 Practice & Skills
Sleep Apnea 63 Practice & Skills
Sleep Hygiene 63 Practice & Skills
Smallpox 194 Community Health
SMART Goal 42 Practice & Skills
Smoothing 171 Leadership
Social Worker 43 Practice & Skills
Sodium (Na) 99 Practice & Skills
Soft Diet 106 Practice & Skills
Somatic Pain 59 Practice & Skills
Speech Language Pathologist 43 Practice & Skills
Stages of Infection 34 Principles
Standard Precautions 50 Practice & Skills
Staples 88 Practice & Skills
State Boards of Nursing (BON) 1 Principles
Sterile Dressing 87 Practice & Skills
Sterile Fields 53-54 Practice & Skills
Sterile Specimen 117 Practice & Skills
Straight Catheter 122 Practice & Skills
Stress Incontinence 118 Practice & Skills
Suctioning 135-136 Practice & Skills
Sundowning 156 Gerontology
Supine 30 Principles
Suprapubic Catheter 123 Practice & Skills
Surveys 190 Community Health
Survivability Potential 165 Leadership
Susceptible Host 32-33 Principles
Sutures 88 Practice & Skills
Tertiary Intention 83 Practice & Skills
Tertiary Prevention 178 Community Health
Therapeutic Communication 20 Principles
Tornado 38 Principles
Tracheostomy 139-140 Practice & Skills
Transactional Leadership 162 Leadership
Transformational Leadership 162 Leadership
Transmission Precautions 50-51 Practice & Skills
Transtheoretical Model 17 Principles
Trendelenburg 31 Principles
Triage 196 Community Health
Unintentional Torts 10 Principles
Universal Precautions 50 Practice & Skills
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAPs) 167 Leadership
Urge Incontinence 118 Practice & Skills
Urinalysis 117 Practice & Skills
Urinary Catheters 122-124 Practice & Skills
Urinary Elimination 116-124 Practice & Skills
Urinary Incontinence 118 Practice & Skills
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) 119-120 Practice & Skills
Urine Specific Gravity 116 Practice & Skills
Ventilation 131 Practice & Skills
Venturi Mask 134 Practice & Skills
Veracity 3 Principles
Veterans 183 Community Health
Violence 184 Community Health
Visceral Pain 59 Practice & Skills
Vulnerable Populations 183 Community Health
Walkers 72 Practice & Skills
Water Contamination 180 Community Health
Windshield Survey 190 Community Health
Wound Culture 86 Practice & Skills
Wound Drainage 85 Practice & Skills
Wound Drains 89 Practice & Skills
Wound Healing 82-85 Practice & Skills
Wound Irrigation 86 Practice & Skills