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