Modules for basic nursing skills /
Janice Rider Ellis, Elizabeth Ann Nowlis, Patricia M. Bentz.
- 5th edition
- New York : Lippincott, 1992-
- volumes : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents
Unit I: Foundation Skills 1. An Approach to Nursing Skills 2. Basic Infection Control 3. Safety 4. Basic Body Mechanics 5. Documentation
Unit II: Assessment Skills 6. Introduction to Assessment Skills 7. Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration 8. Blood Pressure 9. The Nursing Physical Assessment 10. Intake and Output 11. Collecting Specimens and Performing Common Laboratory Tests 12. Assisting with Diagnostic an Therapeutic Procedures 13. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
Unit III: Fundamental Personal Care Skills 14. Bedmaking 15. Moving the Patient in Bed and Positioning 16. Feeding Adult Patients 17. Assisting with Elimination and Perineal Care 18. Hygiene 19. Basic Infant Care
Unit IV: Assisting with Activity and Rest 20. Transfer 21. Ambulation: Simple Assisted and Using Cane, Walker, or Crutches 22. Range-of-Motion Exercises 23. Caring for Patients with Casts and Braces 24. Applying and Maintaining Traction 25. Special Mattresses and Therapeutic Frames and Beds
Unit V: Providing For Comfort, Elimination, and Nutrition 26. Applying Bandages and Binders 27. Applying Heat and Cold 28. Administering Enemas 29. Tube Feeding Unit VI: Procedures for Special Situations 30. Emergency Resuscitation Procedures 31. Postmortem Care Glossary Answers to Quizzes Index
0397549083 (v. 1) 0397549091 (v. 2)
Nursing--Outlines, syllabi, etc. Nursing--Problems, exercises, etc. Nursing--programmed instruction.