TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ellis,Janice Rider
AU  - Nowlis,Elizabeth Ann
AU  - Bentz,Patricia M.
TI  - Modules for basic nursing skills
SN  - 0397549083 (v. 1)
PY  - 1992///-
CY  - New York
PB  - Lippincott
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Outlines, syllabi, etc
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - programmed instruction
N1  - 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
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