This groundbreaking text maintains its emphasis on critical thinking by weaving it throughout each chapter. Chapters open with a Clinical Vignette followed by critical thinking questions and include Apply Your Knowledge Checkpoint Boxes, Therapeutic Dialogues Boxes, Collaborating with the Healthcare Team Boxes, and Ethical-Legal Boxes that together build your students' decision-making abilities and clinical judgment. Craven and Hirnle now offers completely revised skills presentations and a brand-new, comprehensive, integrated art program of nearly 1,000 drawings and photographs. Overall, the Sixth Edition has an increased focus on patient safety, communication, and evidence-based research in practice. A complete suite of products will now accompany the Sixth Edition including Craven and Hirnle's Nursing Fundamentals and Procedures Online, an online skills reference, and Lippincott's Video Series: Nursing Procedures, along with a printed Study Guide, Procedures Checklists, and a FREE CD-ROM with bonus content bundled with the text.