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Skills in clinical nursing / Audrey Berman,

By: Berman, Audrey [author.].
Contributor(s): Snyder, Shirlee [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston Pearson 2016Edition: Eighth edition.Description: xx, 834 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780133997439 (pbk.); 013399743X (pbk.).Subject(s): Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Nursing Care -- Handbooks | Nursing Process -- HandbooksDDC classification: 610.73 Online resources: click here to view table of contents
Contents:
Unit 1: Introduction -- Foundational skills -- Unit 2: Health assessment -- Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Diagnostic testing -- Unit 3: Assisting with client hygiene and comfort -- Client hygiene -- Bed-making -- Infection prevention -- Heat and cold measures -- Pain management -- Unit 4: Mobility and safety -- Positioning the client -- Mobilizing the client -- Fall prevention and restraints -- Maintaining joint mobility -- Unit 5: Medication administration -- Drug calculations -- Administering oral and enteral medications -- Administering topical medications -- Administering parenteral medications -- Administering intravenous therapy -- Unit 6: Nutrition and elimination -- Feeding clients -- Assisting with urinary elimination -- Assisting with fecal elimination -- Caring for the client with peritoneal dialysis -- Unit 7: Circulatory and ventilatory support -- Promoting circulation -- Breathing exercises -- Oxygen therapy -- Suctioning -- Caring for the client with a tracheostomy -- Assisting with mechanical ventilation -- Caring for the client with chest tube drainage -- Administering emergency measures to the hospitalized client -- Unit 8: Wounds and injury care -- Performing wound and pressure ulcer care -- Orthopedic care -- Performing perioperative care -- End-of-life care.
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Includes bibliographical references, appendix, glossary and index.

Unit 1: Introduction -- Foundational skills -- Unit 2: Health assessment -- Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Diagnostic testing -- Unit 3: Assisting with client hygiene and comfort -- Client hygiene -- Bed-making -- Infection prevention -- Heat and cold measures -- Pain management -- Unit 4: Mobility and safety -- Positioning the client -- Mobilizing the client -- Fall prevention and restraints -- Maintaining joint mobility -- Unit 5: Medication administration -- Drug calculations -- Administering oral and enteral medications -- Administering topical medications -- Administering parenteral medications -- Administering intravenous therapy -- Unit 6: Nutrition and elimination -- Feeding clients -- Assisting with urinary elimination -- Assisting with fecal elimination -- Caring for the client with peritoneal dialysis -- Unit 7: Circulatory and ventilatory support -- Promoting circulation -- Breathing exercises -- Oxygen therapy -- Suctioning -- Caring for the client with a tracheostomy -- Assisting with mechanical ventilation -- Caring for the client with chest tube drainage -- Administering emergency measures to the hospitalized client -- Unit 8: Wounds and injury care -- Performing wound and pressure ulcer care -- Orthopedic care -- Performing perioperative care -- End-of-life care.

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