Clinical nursing skills & techniques
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- ISBN: 9780323083836
- ISBN: 0323083838
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 1196 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. - Edition: 8th ed.
- Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, c2014.
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General Note: | New August 2013. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Supporting the patient through the health care system: Using evidence in nursing practice; Admitting, transfer, and discharge; Communication; Documentation and informatics -- Vital signs and physical assessment: Vital signs; Health assessment -- Infection control: Medical asepsis; Sterile technique -- Activity and mobility: Safe patient handling, transfer, and positioning; Exercise and ambulation; Orthopedic measures; Support surfaces and special beds -- Safety and comfort: Safety and quality improvement; Disaster preparedness; Pain assessment and basic comfort measures; Palliative care -- Hygiene: Personal hygiene and bed making; Pressure ulcer care; Care of the eye and ear -- Medications: Safe medication preparation; Oral and topical medications; Parenteral medications -- Oxygenation: Oxygen therapy; Performing chest physiotherapy; Airway management; Closed chest drainage systems; Emergency measures for life support -- Fluid balance: Intravenous and vascular access therapy; Blood transfusions -- Nutrition: Oral nutrition; Enteral nutrition; Parenteral nutrition -- Elimination: Urinary elimination; Bowel elimination and gastric intubation; Ostomy care -- Care of the surgical patient: Preoperative and postoperative care; Intraoperative care -- Dressings and wound care: Wound care and irrigations; Dressings, bandages, and binders; Therapeutic use of heat and cold -- Home care: Home care safety; Home care teaching -- Special procedures: Specimen collection; Diagnostic procedures -- Answer key -- Appendix. |
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