Clinical nursing skills & techniques /

Perry, Anne Griffin.

Clinical nursing skills & techniques / Clinical nursing skills and techniques Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter. - 5th edition - St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, c2002. - xxvi, 1311 p. : Col. ill. ; 28 cm. + CD-ROM

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Unit I. Supporting the Client Through the Health Care System
1. Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge
2. Communication
3. Recording and Reporting

Unit II. Safety and Comfort
4. Safety
5. Comfort

Unit III. Hygiene
6. Personal Hygiene and Bed making
7. Pressure Ulcer Care
8. Care of Eye and Ear Prostheses

Unit IV. Vital Signs and Physical Assessment
9. Vital Signs
10. Shift assessment

Unit V. Oxygenation
11. Oxygen Therapy
12. Performing Chest Physiotherapy
13. Airway Maintenance
14. Closed Chest Drainage Systems
15. Emergency Measures for Life Support

Unit VI. Medications
16. Preparing for Medication Administration
17. Oral and Topical Medications
18. Parenteral Medications

Unit VII. Fluid Balance
19. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy
20. Blood Therapy

Unit VIII. Nutrition
21. Oral Nutrition
22. Enteral Nutrition
23. Parenteral Nutrition

Unit XI. Elimination
24. Urinary elimination
25. Bowel elimination and gastric intubation
26. Ostomy Care

Unit X. Posture, Mobility, and Ambulation
27. Body Mechanics, Transfer, and Positioning
28. Exercise and Ambulation
29. Orthopedic Measures
30. Support Surfaces and Special Beds

Unit XI: Infection Control
31. Medical asepsis
32. Sterile technique

Unit XII. Care of the Surgical Client
33. Preoperative and Postoperative Care
34. Intraoperative Care

Unit XIII. Dressings and Wound Care
35. Wound Care and Irrigations
36. Dressings
37. Binders and Bandages
38. Hot and cold therapy

Unit XIV. Home Care
39 Home Care Safety
40. Home Care Teaching

Unit XV. Special Procedures
41. Specimen Collection
42. Diagnostic Procedures
43. Care after death

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