Barbara Kozier's name appears first on earlier ed. Includes CD-ROM in paper sleeve on inside of back cover

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nature of nursing -- Contemporary health care -- The nursing process -- Health beliefs and practices -- Life span development -- Integral aspects of nursing -- Assessing health -- Integral components of client care -- Promoting psychosocial health -- Promoting physiologic health -- Appendices.

For DVD-ROM: IBM Pentium III or compatible ; 128 MB RAM ; Windows 2000, ME, XP ; Adobe Acrobat 7.0 ; Quicktime 6 ; 800 x 600 pixel display ; color monitor displaying thousands of colors ; 4x DVD-ROM drive ; Internet browser. For DVD-ROM: Power Mac G3 ; 128 MB RAM ; OS 10.1.5, a0.2.6, 10.3 ; ; Adobe Acrobat 7.0 ; Quicktime 6 ; 800 x 600 pixel display ; color monitor displaying thousands of colors ; 4x DVD-ROM drive ; Internet browser.