Clinical Nursing Skills & TechniquesThe fifth edition of this book offers new up-to-date content and improved features, in addition to complete coverage of more than 200 nursing skills, a nursing process framework for a logical and consistent presentation, and a convenient 2-column format with rationales for each skill step. |
Contents
COMMUNICATION | 21 |
RECORDING AND REPORTING | 37 |
VITAL SIGNS AND PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT | 210 |
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administered airway anxiety Assess client's Assist client assistive personnel auscultation based on client's bath blood breathing cannula caregiver catheter chest tube clean client client and family client's condition clients requiring comfort Critical Decision Point Decision Point RATIONALE decreased device diagnoses for clients discharge dose drainage dressing drug edema emesis basin Ensures equipment EVALUATION Expected outcomes following factors are individualized fluid following nursing diagnoses gloves guidelines heparin hypoxia Impaired infection infusion injury insertion insulin Intravenous lung measures mechanical ventilation medication Mosby muscle needle normal nursing assessment older adults opioids oral oral hygiene OUTCOMES AND RELATED outcomes following completion oxygen pain palpation physician position pressure sore pressure ulcer prevent pulse pulse oximetry record Reduces transmission Remove requiring this skill respiratory restraint risk skin STEP ASSESSMENT sterile suction syringe techniques temperature therapy tion tissue tracheostomy transfusion transmission of microorganisms venipuncture ventilation vital signs Wash hands wound