Clinical nursing skills & techniques

Perry, Anne Griffin (author). Potter, Patricia Ann author. (Added Author). Ostendorf, Wendy section editor. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780323052894 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xxxi, 1276 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
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Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby Elsevier, 2010.
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Unit 1. Supporting the client through the health care system - 1. Using evidence in nursing practice - 2. Admitting, transfer, and discharge - 3. Communication - 4. Reporting and processing -- Unit II. Vital signs and physical assessment - 5. Vital signs - 6. Health assessment -- Unit III. Infection control - 7. Medical asepsis - 8. Sterile technique -- Unit IV. Activity and mobility - 9. Safe patient - 10. Exercise and ambulation - 11. Orthopedic measures - 12. Support surfaces and special beds -- Unit V. Safety and comfort - 13. Safety - 14. Disaster preparedness - 15. Pain assessment and basic comfort measures - 16. Palliative care -- Unit VI. Hygiene - 17. Personal hygiene and bedmaking - 18. Pressure ulcer care - 19. Care of eye and ear prostheses -- Unit VII. Medications - 20. Safe medication preparation - 21. Oral and topical medications - 22. Parenteral medications -- Unit VIII. Oxygenation - 23. Oxygen therapy - 24. Performing chest physiotherapy - 25. Airway management - 26. Closed chest drainage - 27. Emergency measures for life support -- Unit IX. Fluid balance - 28. Intravenous and vascular access therapy - 29. Blood transfusions -- Unit X. Nutrition - 30. Oral nutrition - 31. Enteral nutrition - 32. Parental nutrition -- Unit XI. Elimination - 33. Urinary elimination - 34. Bowel elimination - 35. Ostomy care -- Unit XII. Care of the surgical client - 36. Preoperative/postoperative care - 37. Intraoperative care -- Unit XIII. Dressings and wound care - 38. Wound care and irrigations - 39. Dressings, bandages, and binders - 40. Warm and cold therapy -- Unit XIV. Home care - 41. Home care safety - 42. Home care teaching -- Unit XV. Special procedures - 43. Specimen collection - 44. Diagnostic procedures -- Answer key -- Appendix -- Glossary.