Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques

by Perry, Anne Griffin

• ISBN13: 9780323052894
• ISBN10: 0323052894
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-26
• Publisher: Mosby Inc

Summary

Written by the author team you trust, this market-leading text is known for its comprehensive coverage of over 200 nursing skills. It offers hundreds of full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and clear step-by-step instructions - with rationales for each step. Improved readability makes guidelines easier to follow, and coverage of many new skills keeps you completely current with nursing practice today. This market-leading book is written by the most respected team of authors and contributors in the profession. Comprehensive coverage includes over 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills. Over 1,200 vivid, full-color photographs and drawings aid understanding. Five-step nursing process provides a framework for description of skills, as related to overall client care. Rationales for each skill step explain why steps are performed in a specific way, including their clinical significance and benefit, and incorporate the latest research findings. Unique! Critical decision points address key safety issues or possible skill modifications for specific patient needs. Unique! Unexpected outcomes and related interventions alert you to what might go wrong and how to appropriately intervene. Delegation principles discuss your responsibilities when assigning tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel. Guidelines for reporting and recording list what to document and include examples of proper wording. Cultural Considerations sections alert you to the care issues unique to people of specific cultural or ethnic backgrounds. Special considerations discuss variations in the needs of children, older adults, and home care patients, and help you provide appropriate patient education as mandated by the Joint Commission. Pediatric, geriatric, home care, and teaching considerations address specific patient needs. Critical thinking exercises challenge you to integrate information on patient assessment and care. . Over 250 new photos illustrate the most current equipment and techniques. . Improved readability includes a streamlined presentation, with material that's easier to comprehend. . Skills performance guidelines include key principles that apply to all skills covered within a chapter. . New Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter discusses the complete process of conducting research, collecting, critiquing, evaluating, and applying evidence to improve patient care. . Checklists and video clips are available on Evolve Mobile for downloading to your iPod or MP3 player. . A companion CD includes video clips, an audio glossary, interactive NCLEX exam-style review questions, and PDFs with skill performance checklists. . A companion Evolve website includes additional review questions, video clips from Mosby's Nursing Video Skills 3.0, and an audio glossary.

Table of Contents

Supporting the Client through the Health Care System

Using Evidence in Nursing Practice NEW!

Admission, Transfer, and Discharge

Communication

Reporting and Recording

Vital Signs and Physical Assessment

Vital Signs

Health History and Physical Examination

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

Disaster Preparedness

Pain Assessment and Basic Comfort Measures

Palliative Care

Hygiene

Personal Hygiene and Bedmaking

Pressure Ulcer Care

Care of Eye and Ear Prosthesis

Medications

Preparing for Medicine Administration

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

Ostomy Care

Care of Surgical Client

Preoperative and Postoperative Care

Intraoperative Care

Dressings and Wound Care

Wound Care and Irrigations

Dressings, Binders and Bandages

Warm and Cold Therapy

Home Care

Home Care Safety

Home Care Teaching

Special Procedures

Specimen Collection

Diagnostic Procedures

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