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This market-leading text is well known for its reliable, comprehensive coverage of over 200 complete skills. Heavily illustrated, each skill follows the nursing process framework and is presented in an easy-to-follow, two-column format with rationales for each step. This edition retains such popular features as guidelines at the beginning of each chapter, delegation principles for each skill, special considerations for various age groups and care settings, and unexpected outcomes with related nursing interventions. Plus, expanded coverage of cultural and pediatric considerations, new skills, and new features make this edition better than ever!
Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- 1 Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge
- 2 Communication
- 3 Recording and Reporting
- 4 Safety
- 5 Disaster Preparedness
- 6 Comfort
- 7 Palliative Care
- 8 Medical Asepsis
- 9 Sterile Technique
- 10 Body Mechanics, Transfer, and Positioning
- 11 Exercise And Ambulation
- 12 Orthopedic Measures
- 13 Support Surfaces and Special Beds
- 14 Personal Hygiene and Bed Making
- 15 Pressure Ulcer Care
- 16 Care of Eye and Ear Prostheses
- 17 Vital Signs
- 18 Health History and Physical Examination
- 19 Preparing for Medication Administration
- 20 Oral and Topical Medications
- 21 Parenteral Medications
- 22 Oxygen Therapy Oxygen Therapy
- 23 Performing Chest Physiotherapy
- 24 Airway Management
- 25 Closed Chest Drainage Systems
- 26 Emergency Measures for Life Support
- 27 Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy
- 28 Blood Therapy
- 29 Oral Nutrition
- 30 Enteral Nutrition
- 31 Parenteral Nutrition
- 32 Urinary Elimination
- 33 Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation
- 34 Ostomy Care
- 35 Preoperative and Postoperative Care
- 36 Intraoperative Care
- 37 Wound Care and Irrigations
- 38 Dressings
- 39 Binders and Bandages
- 40 Warm and Cold Therapy
- 41 Home Care Safety
- 42 Home Care Teaching
- 43 Specimen Collection
- 44 Diagnostic Procedures
- Back Matter
