Clinical Nursing Skills : Basic to Advanced Skills

by Smith, Sandra F.; Duell, Donna; Martin, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780838515662
• ISBN10: 0838515665
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Appropriate as a stand alone, saleable supplement for a variety of core courses including Fundamentals and Medical Surgical Nursing.Today's nursing students need a text that will prepare and equip them with the skills needed for the new millennium from basic to advanced, and hospital to home care. Now in its Fifth Edition, Clinical Nursing Skills does this and more, continuing its high standards for skill presentation while offering a current and comprehensive text relevant for the twenty-first century nurse.The new edition of this acclaimed, best-selling text features the clear, direct, and honest style that is the hallmark of authors Sandra Smith and Donna Duell. Its "student-friendly" format provides all the information needed at every level for success as a nurse: from basic skills for the beginning learner, to mastery of advanced skills for senior students, and finally, as an invaluable resource for the accomplished nurse.The field of nursing is continuously changing. Choose the text that is your students' information source today, NCLEX resource for tomorrow and a valuable reference throughout their careers. Clinical Nursing Skills, Fifth Edition.

Table of Contents

Professional Nursing	1	(19)
Nursing Process and Critical Thinking	19	(10)
Client Care Plans and Management	29	(16)
Documentation and Reporting	45	(22)
Communication and the Nurse-Client Relationship	67	(16)
Alternative Treatment Methods and Stress Management	83	(20)
Admission and Discharge	103	(26)
Safe Client Environment and Restraints	129	(18)
Bathing and Bedmaking	147	(30)
Personal Hygiene	177	(32)
Vital Signs	209	(36)
Body Mechanics and Positioning	245	(24)
Exercise and Ambulation	269	(26)
Physical Assessment	295	(38)
Infection Control	333	(32)
Medication Administration	365	(58)
Pain Management	423	(26)
Nutritional Management	449	(32)
Specimen Collection	481	(34)
Diagnostic Tests	515	(32)
Urinary Elimination	547	(70)
Bowel Elimination	617	(42)
Heat and Cold Therapy	659	(26)
Wound Care and Dressings	685	(46)
Respiratory Care	731	(64)
Circulatory Maintenance	795	(44)
Intravenous Therapy Management	839	(46)
Central Venous Access Devices	885	(42)
Orthopedic Measures	927	(46)
Operative Care	973	(34)
Client Education and Discharge Planning	1007	(20)
Care of the Dying Client	1027	(16)
Advanced Nursing Skills	1043	(44)
Home Care Management	1087