Maternal-Newborn and Child Nursing : Family Centered Care Skills Manual

by Bindler, Ruth C.; Ball, Jane W.; London, Marcia L.; Ladewig, Patricia A.

• ISBN13: 9780130490643
• ISBN10: 0130490644
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This colorful skills atlas serves as a portable, quick-reference to step-by-step maternal-newborn and pediatric nursing procedures. The manual guides you through more than 85 skills using full-color photographs and rationales. It also includes chapters on physical assessment, special pain management techniques, cardio-respiratory care, administration of medications, including intravenous access, and other information useful to nurses in the clinical setting. Descriptions of each skill are followed by the preparation needed by the nurse, equipment and supplies required, and the procedure. Margin boxes and tables detail important safety issues, growth and development considerations, teaching for families, and clinical tips. Appendices provide information on growth grids and calculation of body surface area for medication administration.

Table of Contents

This colorful skills atlas serves as a portable, quick-reference to step-by-step maternal-newborn and pediatric nursing procedures

The manual guides you through more than 85 skills using full-color photographs and rationales

It also includes chapters on physical assessment, special pain management techniques, cardiorespiratory care, administration of medications, including intravenous access, and other information useful to nurses in the clinical setting

Throughout the companion textbook, Maternal-newborn and Child Nursing, special cross-reference icons refer readers to the complete skill presentation in this manual

This Clinical Skill Manual includes: A short description of each skill, followed by the preparation needed by the nurse, equipment and supplies required, and the procedure

Margin boxes and tables with important safety issues, growth and development considerations, teaching for families, and clinical tips

Appendices that provide information on growth grids and calculation of body surface area for medication administration

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