The context of nursing practice -- The social context ofnursing -- A framework for nursing practice -- The tools of practice -- The well client across the life span -- Nursing care for functional health -- Health perception-health management pattern -- Nutritional-metabolic pattern -- Elimination pattern -- Activity-exercise pattern -- Sleep-rest pattern -- Cognitive-perceptual pattern -- Self-perception-self-concept pattern -- Role-relationship pattern -- Sexuality-reproductive pattern -- Coping-stress-tolerance pattern -- Value-belief pattern -- Special client populations -