Nursing interventions & clinical skills /
Nursing interventions & clinical skills /
[edited by] Anne Griffin Perry,
- 7th edition.
- St. louis missouri: Elsevier, c2020
- xv, 878 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Using evidence in nursing practice -- Communication and collaboration -- Documentation and informatics -- Patient safety and quality improvement -- Infection control -- Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Specimen collection -- Diagnostic procedures -- Bathing and personal hygiene -- Care of the eye and ear -- Promoting nutrition -- Pain management -- Promoting oxygenation -- Safe patient handling, transfer, and positioning -- Exercise and mobility -- Traction, cast care, and immobilization devices -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination and gastric intubation -- Ostomy care -- Preparation for safe medication administration -- Administration of nonparenteral medications -- Administration of parenteral medications -- Wound care and irrigation -- Pressure ulcers -- Dressings, bandages, and binders -- Intravenous and vascular access therapy -- Preoperative and postoperative care -- Emergency measures for life support in the hospital setting -- Palliative care -- Home care safety -- Appendix A: Answer key to end-of-chapter exercises -- Appendix B: Abbreviations and equivalents.
Clear, step-by-step instructions cover more than 160 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills ? from measuring body temperature to insertion of a peripheral intravenous device ? using evidence-based concepts to improve patient safety and outcomes. A streamlined, visual approach makes the book easy to read
9780323547017
2015458905
Nursing.
Clinical competence.
RT41.P47 2020
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Using evidence in nursing practice -- Communication and collaboration -- Documentation and informatics -- Patient safety and quality improvement -- Infection control -- Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Specimen collection -- Diagnostic procedures -- Bathing and personal hygiene -- Care of the eye and ear -- Promoting nutrition -- Pain management -- Promoting oxygenation -- Safe patient handling, transfer, and positioning -- Exercise and mobility -- Traction, cast care, and immobilization devices -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination and gastric intubation -- Ostomy care -- Preparation for safe medication administration -- Administration of nonparenteral medications -- Administration of parenteral medications -- Wound care and irrigation -- Pressure ulcers -- Dressings, bandages, and binders -- Intravenous and vascular access therapy -- Preoperative and postoperative care -- Emergency measures for life support in the hospital setting -- Palliative care -- Home care safety -- Appendix A: Answer key to end-of-chapter exercises -- Appendix B: Abbreviations and equivalents.
Clear, step-by-step instructions cover more than 160 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills ? from measuring body temperature to insertion of a peripheral intravenous device ? using evidence-based concepts to improve patient safety and outcomes. A streamlined, visual approach makes the book easy to read
9780323547017
2015458905
Nursing.
Clinical competence.
RT41.P47 2020