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Clinical nursing skills & techniques

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: St. Louis, Missouri, Elsevier Mosby, 2022Edition: 10thDescription: xviii,1335p. ill.color 28cmISBN:
  • 9780323708630
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RT51 .P47 2022
Contents:
Unit 1. Supporting the patient through the health care system. Using evidence in nursing practice Communication and collaboration Admitting, transfer, and discharge Documentation and informatics Unit 2. Vital signs and physical assessment. Vital signs Health assessment Unit 3. Special procedures. Specimen collection Diagnostic procedures Unit 4. Infection control. Medical asepsis Sterile technique Unit 5. Activity and mobility. Safe patient handling and mobility Exercise, mobility, and immobilization devices Support surfaces and special beds Unit 6. Safety and comfort. Patient safety Disaster preparedness Pain management End-of-life care Unit 7. Hygiene. Personal hygiene and bed making Care of the eye and ear Unit 8. Medications. Safe medication preparation Nonparenteral medications Parenteral medications Unit 9. Oxygenation. Oxygen therapy Performing chest physiotherapy Airway management Cardiac care Closed chest drainage systems Emergency measures for life support Unit 10. Fluid balance. Intravenous and vascular access therapy Blood therapy Unit 11. Nutrition. Oral nutrition Enteral nutrition Parenteral nutrition Unit 12. Elimination. Urinary elimination Bowel elimination and gastric intubation Ostomy care Unit 13. Care of the surgical patient. Preoperative and postoperative care Intraoperative care Unit 14. Dressings and wound care. Wound care and irrigation Pressure injury prevention and care Dressings, bandages, and binders Unit 15. Home care. Home care safety Home care teaching Appendix A: Common prefixes and suffixes Answers to clinical review questions Answers to Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-style unfolding case studies Index Find a Copy at a Library 56 editions in 1,663 libraries Filter by: any
Summary: This widely respected, best selling text features nearly 1,000 full-colour photographs and drawings, a nursing process framework, step-by-step instructions with rationales, and a focus on critical thinking and evidence-based practice. This edition also includes new coverage of patient-centered care and safety guidelines, an enhanced emphasis on QSEN core competencies, and an expanded clinical focus with specialized clinical debriefs, teach-back, and sample documentation throughout
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Unit 1. Supporting the patient through the health care system. Using evidence in nursing practice
Communication and collaboration
Admitting, transfer, and discharge
Documentation and informatics
Unit 2. Vital signs and physical assessment. Vital signs
Health assessment
Unit 3. Special procedures. Specimen collection
Diagnostic procedures
Unit 4. Infection control. Medical asepsis
Sterile technique
Unit 5. Activity and mobility. Safe patient handling and mobility
Exercise, mobility, and immobilization devices
Support surfaces and special beds
Unit 6. Safety and comfort. Patient safety
Disaster preparedness
Pain management
End-of-life care
Unit 7. Hygiene. Personal hygiene and bed making
Care of the eye and ear
Unit 8. Medications. Safe medication preparation
Nonparenteral medications
Parenteral medications
Unit 9. Oxygenation. Oxygen therapy
Performing chest physiotherapy
Airway management
Cardiac care
Closed chest drainage systems
Emergency measures for life support
Unit 10. Fluid balance. Intravenous and vascular access therapy
Blood therapy
Unit 11. Nutrition. Oral nutrition
Enteral nutrition
Parenteral nutrition
Unit 12. Elimination. Urinary elimination
Bowel elimination and gastric intubation
Ostomy care
Unit 13. Care of the surgical patient. Preoperative and postoperative care
Intraoperative care
Unit 14. Dressings and wound care. Wound care and irrigation
Pressure injury prevention and care
Dressings, bandages, and binders
Unit 15. Home care. Home care safety
Home care teaching
Appendix A: Common prefixes and suffixes
Answers to clinical review questions
Answers to Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-style unfolding case studies
Index
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56 editions in 1,663 libraries

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This widely respected, best selling text features nearly 1,000 full-colour photographs and drawings, a nursing process framework, step-by-step instructions with rationales, and a focus on critical thinking and evidence-based practice. This edition also includes new coverage of patient-centered care and safety guidelines, an enhanced emphasis on QSEN core competencies, and an expanded clinical focus with specialized clinical debriefs, teach-back, and sample documentation throughout

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