Research Catalog

Title

Clinical nursing skills & techniques / Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter ; section editor, Wendy Ostendorf.

Author

Perry, Anne Griffin.

Publication

St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby Elsevier, [2010], ©2010.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Potter, Patricia Ann.
• Ostendorf, Wendy.

Description

xxxi, 1276 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm

Alternative Title

Clinical nursing skills and techniques

Subjects

• Handbook
• Clinical Competence
• Nursing Care
• Nursing > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Nursing > Practice

Genre/Form

Handbook.

Note

• Previous ed.: Skills in clinical nursing / Audrey Berman. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents

Unit I. Supporting the Client Through the Health Care System -- 1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice / Patricia A. Potter -- 2. Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge / Patricia A. Stockert -- 3. Communication / Jackie Raybuck Saleeby -- 4. Reporting and Recording / Wendy Ostendorf -- Unit II. Vital Signs and Physical Assessment -- 5. Vital Signs / Susan Jane Fetzer -- 6. Health Assessment / Elaine K. Neel -- Unit III. Infection Control -- 7. Medical Asepsis / Ruth Curchoe -- 8. Sterile Technique / Ruth Curthoe -- Unit IV. Activity and Mobility -- 9. Safe Patient Handling, Transfer, and Positioning / Rita Wunderlich -- 10. Exercise and Ambulation / Rita Wunderlich -- 11. Orthopedic Measures / Wanda Cleveland Dubuisson -- 12. Support Surfaces and Special Beds / Nancy Tomaselli -- Unit V. Safety and Comfort -- 13. Safety / Patricia A. Potter -- 14. Disaster Preparedness / Barbara A. Caton -- 15. Pain Assessment and Basic Comfort Measures / Cathy Flasar -- 16. Palliative Care / Valerie Yancy -- Unit VI. Hygiene -- 17. Personal Hygiene and Bedmaking / Sylvia K. Baird -- 18. Pressure Ulcer Care / Janice C. Colwell -- 19. Care of Eye and Ear Prostheses / Anne Griffin Perry -- Unit VII. Medications -- 20. Safe Medication Preparation / Patricia A. Potter -- 21. Oral and Topical Medications / Julie S. Snyder -- 22. Parenteral Medications / Wendy Ostendorf -- Unit VIII. Oxygenation -- 23. Oxygen Therapy / Anne Griffin Perry -- 24. Performing Chest Physiotherapy / Anne Griffin Perry -- 25. Airway Management / Kelly Jo Cone -- 26. Closed Chest Drainage / Anne Griffin Perry -- 27. Emergency Measures for Life Support / Nelda K. Martin -- Unit IX. Fluid Balance -- 28. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy / Wendy Ostendorf -- 29. Blood Transfusions / Jeanette S. Adams -- Unit X. Nutrition -- 30. Oral Nutrition / Patricia A. Potter -- 31. Enteral Nutrition / Lynne M. Murphy -- 32. Parenteral Nutrition / Patricia A. Potter -- Unit XI. Elimination -- 33. Urinary Elimination / Terry L. Wood -- 34. Bowel Elimination / Lori Klingman -- 35. Ostomy Care / Jane Fellows -- Unit XII. Care of the Surgical Clinet -- 36. Preoperative and Postoperative Care / Rhonda Yancey -- 37. Intraoperative Care / Kelly Schwartz -- Unit XIII. Dressings and Wound Care -- 38. Wound Care and Irrigations / Janice C. Colwell -- 39. Dressings, Bandages, and Binders / Kim Campbell Oliveri -- 40. Warm and Cold Therapy / May Jane Ruhland -- Unit XIV. Home Care -- 41. Home Care Safety / Nancy Laplante -- 42. Home Care Teaching / Amy Hall -- Unit XV. Special Procedures -- 43. Specimen Collection / Aurelie Chinn -- 44. Diagnostic Procedures / Anne Griffin Perry.

ISBN

• 9780323052894 (pbk.)
• 0323052894 (pbk.)

OCLC

• ocn305152275
• 305152275
• SCSB-8883122

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries