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Clinical nursing skills & techniques / Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter.
- Title
- Clinical nursing skills & techniques / Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter.
- Author
- Perry, Anne Griffin.
- Publication
- St. Louis : Mosby, [2002], ©2002.
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- Additional Authors
- Potter, Patricia Ann.
- Description
- xxvi, 1311 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Alternative Title
- Clinical nursing skills and techniques
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Handbook.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Unit I. Supporting the Client Through the Health Care System. 1. Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge. 2. Communication. 3. Recording and Reporting -- Unit II. Safety and Comfort. 4. Safety. 5. Comfort -- Unit III. Hygiene. 6. Personal Hygiene and Bedmaking. 7. Pressure Ulcer Care. 8. Care of Eye and Ear Prostheses -- Unit IV. Vital Signs and Physical Assessment. 9. Vital Signs. 10. Shift Assessment -- Unit V. Oxygenation. 11. Oxygen Therapy. 12. Performing Chest Physiotherapy. 13. Airway Maintenance. 14. Closed Chest Drainage Systems. 15. Emergency Measures for Life Support -- Unit VI. Medications. 16. Preparing for Medication Administration. 17. Oral and Topical Medications. 18. Parenteral Medications -- Unit VII. Fluid Balance. 19. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy. 20. Blood Therapy -- Unit VIII. Nutrition. 21. Oral Nutrition. 22. Enteral Nutrition. 23. Parenteral Nutrition -- Unit IX. Elimination. 24. Urinary Elimination.
- 25. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation. 26. Ostomy Care -- Unit X. Posture, Mobility, and Ambulation. 27. Body Mechanics, Transfer, and Positioning. 28. Exercise and Ambulation. 29. Orthopedic Measures. 30. Support Surfaces and Special Beds -- Unit XI. Infection Control. 31. Medical Asepsis. 32. Sterile Technique -- Unit XII. Care of the Surgical Client. 33. Preoperative and Postoperative Care. 34. Intraoperative Care -- Unit XIII. Dressings and Wound Care. 35. Wound Care and Irrigations. 36. Dressings. 37. Binders and Bandages. 38. Hot and Cold Therapy -- Unit XIV. Home Care. 39. Home Care Safety. 40. Home Care Teaching -- Unit XV. Special Procedures. 41. Specimen Collection. 42. Diagnostic Procedures. 43. Care After Death.
- ISBN
- 0323014062
- LCCN
- 2001030649
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries