Using evidence in nursing practice -- Admitting, transfer, and discharge -- Communication -- Documentation and informatics -- Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Medical asepsis -- Sterile technique -- Safe patient handling, transfer, and positioning -- Exercise and ambulation -- Orthopedic measures -- Support surfaces nad special beds -- Safety and quality improvement -- Disaster preparedness -- Pain assessment and basic comfort measures -- Palliative care -- Personal hygiene and bed making -- Pressure ulcer care -- Care of the eye and ear -- Safe medication preparation -- Oral and topical medications -- Parenteral medications -- Oxygen therapy -- Performing chest physiotherapy -- Airway management -- Closed chest drainage systems -- Emergency measures for life support -- Intravenous and vascular access therapy -- Blood transfusions -- Oral nutrition -- Enteral nutrition -- Parenteral nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination and gastric intubation -- Ostomy care -- Preoperative and postoperative care -- Intraoperative care -- Wound care and irrigations -- Dressings, bandages, and binders -- Therapeutic use of heat and cold -- Home care safety -- Home care teaching -- Specimen collection -- Diagnostic procedures.
Summary:
Known for its clear, comprehensive coverage of over 200 evidence-base skills, Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques is today's leading nursing skills reference. It features nearly 1,000 full-color 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 includes new coverage of patient-centered care and safety guidelines, and emphasis on QSEN core competencies, and links to valuable online resources. Written by the trusted author team of Anne Griffin Perry and Patricia A. Potter, and now joined by new author Wendy Ostendorf, this reference helps you perform nursing skills with confidence.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.