| Description |
xxxii, 1434 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
1. Professional nursing -- 2. Nursing process and critical thinking -- 3. Managing client care : documentation and delegation -- 4. Communication and nurse-client relationship -- 5. Admission, transfer, and discharge -- 6. Client education and discharge planning -- 7. Safe client environment and restraints -- 8. Bathing, bedmaking, and maintaining skin integrity -- 9. Personal hygiene -- 10. Vital signs -- 11. Physical assessment -- 12. Body mechanics and positioning -- 13. Exercise and ambulation -- 14. Infection control -- 15. Disaster preparedness-bioterrorism -- 16. Pain management -- 17. Alternative therapies and stress management -- 18. Medication administration -- 19. Nutritional management and enternal intubation -- 20. Specimen collection -- 21. Diagnostic procedures -- 22. Urinary elimination -- 23. Bowel elimination -- 24. Heat and cold therapies -- 25. Wound care and dressings -- 26. Perioperative care -- 27. Orthopedic interventions -- 28. Intravenous therapy -- 29. Central vascular access devices -- 30. Respiratory care -- 31. Circulatory maintenance -- 32. Neurologic management -- 33. Advanced nursing skills -- 34. End-of-life care |
| Summary |
"A resource for best practice nursing standards, guidelines, and competencies. The authors teach through extensive case studies and critical thinking features, and thoroughly explain the rationales for each skill and technique. Strong coverage of evidence-based care, cultural/religious considerations, nursing management, and community based nursing is provided throughout."--Publisher |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: c2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1395-1407) and indexes |
| Subject |
Nursing.
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Nursing Care.
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Nursing Process.
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| Author |
Duell, Donna, 1938- author
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Martin, Barbara, PhD, author
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| LC no. |
2010053148 |
| ISBN |
9780135114735 (alkaline paper) |
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013511473X (alkaline paper) |
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9780132683609 (International edition) (paperback) |
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0132683601 (International edition) (paperback) |
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