The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, Student Edition, 7th Edition

by Editor: Lisa Dougherty (The Royal Marsden Hospital); Editor: Sara Lister (The Royal Marsden Hospital)

• ISBN13: 9781405182874
• ISBN10: 1405182873
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

"Acknowledged clinical nurse experts from one of the UK's leading centres of excellence have carefully selected the clinical evidence students need to become competent professionals. The student manual includes the essential clinical knowledge students need to be fully informed and practice accountably, including the key clinical skills required to meet the Essential Skills Clusters competencies (NMC 2007)."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

The context of nursing

Assessment and the process of care

Communication

Aseptic technique

Barrier nursing: nursing the infectious or immunosuppressed patient

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Discharge planning

Drug administration: general principles

Drug administration delivery (infusion devices)

Elimination: bladder lavage and irrigation

Elimination: bowel care

Elimination: stoma care

Elimination: urinary

Intrapleural drainage

Last offices

Lumbar puncture

Nutritional support

Observations

Observations: neurological

Pain management and assessment

Pain management: epidural and intrathecal analgesia

Perioperative care

Personal hygiene: eye care

Personal hygiene: mouth care

Personal hygiene: skin care

Positioning

Respiratory therapy

Specimen collection for microbiological analysis

Tracheostomy care and laryngectomy care (including voice rehabilitation)

Transfusion of blood and blood products

The unconscious patient

Venepuncture

Violence: prevention and management

Wound management

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