| Description |
viii, 670 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: Acapella device -- Apical-radial pulse -- Aquathermia and heating pads -- Aspiration precautions -- Assistive device ambulation (use of crutches, cane, and walker -- Automated external defibrillator -- Bladder volume measurement -- Blood administration -- Blood glucose testing -- Blood pressure by auscultation: upper extremities, lower extremities, palpation -- Blood pressure: automatic --Central venous access device care: central venous catheter, ports -- Chest tube care -- Cold applications -- Condom catheter -- Continuous passive motion machine -- Continuous subcutaneous infusion -- Dressings: dry and moist-to-dry -- Dressings: hydrocolloid, hydrogel, foam, or alginate -- Dressings: transparent -- Ear drop administration -- Ear irrigations -- Enemas -- Enteral nutrition via a gastrostomy or jejunostomy tube -- Enteral nutrition via a nasoenteric feeding tube -- Epidural analgesia -- Eye irrigation -- Eye medications: drops and ointment -- Fall prevention in a health care facility -- Fecal impaction: removing digitally -- Hypothermia and hyperthermia blankets -- Incentive spirometery -- Intradermal injections -- Intramuscular injections -- Intravenous medications: intermittent infusion sets and mini-infusion pumps -- Intravenous medications: intravenous bolus -- Isolation precautions -- Mechanical lifts -- Metered-dose inhalers -- Moist heat (compress and sitz bath) -- Mouth care: unconscious or debilitated patients -- Nail and foot care -- Nasoenteral tube: placement and irrigation -- Nasogastric tube for gastric decompression: insertion and removal -- Negative-pressure wound therapy -- Oral medications -- Oral medications: nasogastric tube administration -- Ostomy care (pouching) -- Oxygen therapy: nasal cannula, oxygen mask, T tube, or tracheostomy collar -- Parenteral medication preparation: ampules and vials -- Parenteral medications: mixing medications in one syringe -- Patient-controlled analgesia -- Peripheral intravenous care: dressing care, discontinuation -- Peripheral intravenous care: regulating intravenous flow rate, changing tubing and solution -- Peripheral intravenous insertion -- Peripherally inserted central catheter care -- Postoperative exercises -- Pressure bandages (applying) -- Pressure ulcer risk assessment -- Pressure ulcer treatment -- Pulse Oximetry -- Rectal suppository insertion -- Respiration assessment -- Restraint application -- Restraint-free environment -- Seizure precautions -- Sequential compression device and elastic stockings -- Specialty beds: air-fluidized, air-suspension, and rotokinetic -- Sterile gloving -- Sterile technique: donning and removing cap, mask, and protective eyewear -- Subcutaneous injections -- Suctioning: closed (in-line) -- Suctioning: nasopharyngeal, nasotracheal, and artificial airway -- Suprepubic catheter care -- Suture and staple removal -- Topical skin applications -- Tracheostomy care -- Urinary catheter insertion -- Urinary catheter care and removal -- Urinary catheter irrigation -- Urinary diversion: pouching an incontinent urinary diversion -- Vaginal instillations -- Venipuncture: collecting blood specimens and cultures by syringe and vacutainer method -- Wound drainage devices: Jackson-Pratt, Hemovac -- Wound irrigation -- Appendix: Overview of CDC hand hygiene guidelines |
| Summary |
Nursing skills and procedures in A-Z format |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2007 |
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Spiral binding |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Care of the sick -- Methods -- Handbooks
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Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Nursing -- Practice.
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Nursing Care -- methods.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbook.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Desmarais, Paul L.
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Potter, Patricia Ann.
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| ISBN |
9780323187411 |
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