Clinical Nursing Skills And Techniques

Description: About this productProduct InformationWritten by the author team you trust, this market-leading text is known for its comprehensive coverage of over 200 nursing skills. It offers hundreds of full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and clear step-by-step instructions - with rationales for each step. Improved readability makes guidelines easier to follow, and coverage of many new skills keeps you completely current with nursing practice today. This market-leading book is written by the most respected team of authors and contributors in the profession. Comprehensive coverage includes over 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills. Over 1,200 vivid, full-color photographs and drawings aid understanding. Five-step nursing process provides a framework for description of skills, as related to overall client care. Rationales for each skill step explain why steps are performed in a specific way, including their clinical significance and benefit, and incorporate the latest research findings. Unique! Critical decision points address key safety issues or possible skill modifications for specific patient needs. Unique! Unexpected outcomes and related interventions alert you to what might go wrong and how to appropriately intervene. Delegation principles discuss your responsibilities when assigning tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel. Guidelines for reporting and recording list what to document and include examples of proper wording. Cultural Considerations sections alert you to the care issues unique to people of specific cultural or ethnic backgrounds. Special considerations discuss variations in the needs of children, older adults, and home care patients, and help you provide appropriate patient education as mandated by the Joint Commission. Pediatric, geriatric, home care, and teaching considerations address specific patient needs. Critical thinking exercises challenge you to integrate information on patient assessment and care. Over 250 new photos illustrate the most current equipment and techniques. Improved readability includes a streamlined presentation, with material that's easier to comprehend. Skills performance guidelines include key principles that apply to all skills covered within a chapter. NEW! Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter discusses the complete process of conducting research, collecting, critiquing, evaluating, and applying evidence to improve patient care. A companion Evolve website includes additional review questions, an audio glossary and access to Evolve Mobile, where you can download the skills checklists and video clips for your iPod or MP3 player.Product IdentifiersPublisherElsevier-Health Sciences Division, Mosby INC International ConceptsISBN-100323052894ISBN-139780323052894eBay Product ID (ePID)102859081Product Key FeaturesAuthorAnne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. PotterPublication NameClinical Nursing Skills and TechniquesFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishPublication Year2009, 20090000TypeTextbookNumber of Pages1312 PagesDimensionsItem Length10.9in.Item Width8.5in.Additional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberRt51.P365 2009Edition Number7Table of ContentUnit 1: Supporting the Client through the Health Care System 1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice NEW! 2. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge 3. Communication 4. Reporting and Recording Unit 2: Vital Signs and Physical Assessment 5. Vital Signs 6. Health History and Physical Examination Unit 3: Infection Control 7. Medical Asepsis 8. Sterile Technique Unit 4: Activity and Mobility 9. Safe Patient Handling-Transfer and Positioning 10. Exercise and Ambulation 11. Orthopedic Measures 12. Support Surfaces and Special Beds Unit 5: Safety and Comfort 13. Safety 14. Disaster Preparedness 15. Pain Assessment and Basic Comfort Measures 16. Palliative Care Unit 6: Hygiene 17. Personal Hygiene and Bedmaking 18. Pressure Ulcer Care 19. Care of Eye and Ear Prosthesis Unit 7: Medications 20. Preparing for Medicine Administration 21. Oral and Topical Medications 22. Parenteral Medications Unit 8: Oxygenation 23. Oxygen Therapy 24. Performing Chest Physiotherapy 25. Airway Management 26. Closed Chest Drainage Systems 27. Emergency Measures for Life Support Unit 9: Fluid Balance 28. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy 29. Blood Transfusions Unit 10: Nutrition 30. Oral Nutrition 31. Enteral Nutrition 32. Parenteral Nutrition Unit 11: Elimination 33. Urinary Elimination 34. Bowel Elimination 35. Ostomy Care Unit 12: Care of Surgical Client 36. Preoperative and Postoperative Care 37. Intraoperative Care Unit 13: Dressings and Wound Care 38. Wound Care and Irrigations 39. Dressings, Binders and Bandages 40. Warm and Cold Therapy Unit 14: Home Care 41. Home Care Safety 42. Home Care Teaching Unit 15: Special Procedures 43. Specimen Collection 44. Diagnostic ProceduresCopyright Date2010Target AudienceScholarly & ProfessionalTopicClinical Medicine, Nursing / Fundamentals & SkillsLccn2010-485693Dewey Decimal610.73Dewey Edition21IllustratedYes, NGenreMedical

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