Title Clinical nursing skills & techniques / Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAn, Wendy R. Ostendorf, RN, MS, EdD, CNE

Edition Eighth edition Published St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, [2013] St. Louis, Missouri : Mosby/Elsevier, [2013] ©2014 ©2014

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Description xviii, 1196 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm Contents Unit I: Supporting the patient through the health care system. 1. Using evidence in nursing practice -- 2. Admitting, transfer, and discharge -- 3. Communication -- 4. Documentation and informatics -- Unit II: Vital signs and physical assessment. 5. Vital signs -- 6. Health assessment Unit III: Infection control. 7. Medical asepsis -- 8. Sterile technique -- 9. Safe patient handling, transfer and positioning -- 10. Exercise and ambulation -- 11. Orthopedic measures -- 12. Support surfaces and special beds -- Unit V: Safety and control. 13. Safety and quality improvement -- 14. Disaster preparedness -- 15. Pain assessment and basic comfort measures -- 16. Palliative care -- Unit VI: Hygiene. 17. Personal hygiene and bed making -- 18. Pressure ulcer care -- 19. Care of the eye and ear -- Unit VII: Medications. 20. Safe medicine preparation -- 21. Oral and topical medications -- 22. Parenteral medications -- Unit VIII: Oxygenation. 23. Oxygen therapy -- 24. Performing chest physiotherapy -- 25. Airway management -- 26. Closed chest drainage systems -- 27. Emergency measures for life support -- Unit IX: Fluid balance. 28. Intravenous and vascular access therapy -- 29. Blood transfusions -- Unit X: Nutrition. 30. Oral nutrition -- 31. Enteral nutrition -- 32. Parenteral nutrition -- Unit XI: Elimination. 33. Urinary elimination -- 34. Bowel elimination and gastric intubation -- 35. Ostomy care -- Unit XII: Care of the surgical patient. 36. Preoperative and postoperative care -- 37. Intraoperative care -- Unit XIII: Dressings and wound care. 38. Wound care and irrigations -- 39. Dressings, bandages, and binders -- 40. Therapeutic use of heat and cold -- Unit XIV: Home care. 41. Home care safety -- 42. Home care teaching -- Unit XV: Special procedures. 43. Specimen collection -- 44. Diagnostic procedures Summary Over 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills and procedures Notes Published in 2013 with a copyright of 2014 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Nursing -- Practice. Nursing Care. Nursing Process. Clinical Medicine. Nursing Care. Genre/Form Handbook. Handbooks and manuals. Author Ostendorf, Wendy, author Potter, Patricia Ann, author LC no. 2013372078 ISBN 0323083838 9780323083836 (paperback)

Other Titles Clinical nursing skills and techniques

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