Full Description
In this innovative series, real-life nurses provide clear demonstrations of how to perform key nursing procedures in actual clinical situations. Each new CD-ROM set offers: a convenient electronic format; searchable contents; closed captioning throughout; and networking capabilities.
Contents
Enteral Nutrition: Feeding tube insertion using nasogastric route, including enteral feedings, continuous feedings using controller pump, & intermittent feedings Feeding tube irrigation Feeding tube removal Managing Intravenous Fluid Therapy: Regulating IV infusions, including how to calculate the drip rate, using the roller-clamp method and infusion pumps, assessments of infusion site and tubing, & use of fluid volume indicator caps Changing IV tubing and fluids Changing IV dressings, including guidelines for dressing changes, assessing and cleansing/re-dressing the infusion site Ostomy Care: Pouching an enterostomy Urinary diversion Oxygenation: Oxygen safety Flow rates by nasal cannula and face mask Application of cannula and mask Airway maintenance, including suctioning & precautions against drying of airway mucosa Care of tracheostomy Potential complications & assessment parameters Preoperative Nursing Care: Preoperative assessment, including nursing history and physical assessment Family support and participation Postoperative exercises and pain management, including PCA instruction, diaphragmatic breathing, incentive spirometry, controlled coughing, turning, leg exercises/ROM, & non-pharmacologic methods of pain relief Surgical preparation Postoperative Nursing Care: Post-anesthesia recovery room transfer Pain management, including assessment parameters, use of PCA, pain scales and language, & non-pharmacologic measures to promote comfort and relieve pain Promoting postoperative recovery, including ambulation, breathing and coughing exercises, splinting incisional area, pneumatic compression stockings, wound care and management of wound drainage and drainage systems, NG tube management, & discharge planning Specimen Collection: Mid-stream urine specimen collection Fecal occult blood testing using the Hemoccult test Gastroccult and gastric pH testing from a NG tube Sputum specimen collection Wound culture Blood glucose testing Labeling, storage, & transfer of specimens to laboratory Evaluating results of bedside tests Suctioning: Pre- and post-procedure assessments Oropharyngeal suctioning Nasotracheal suctioning Suctioning artificial airway, including suctioning an endotracheal tube Urinary Catheter Management: Urinary catheter insertion, including technique for site prep and insertion of indwelling catheter with a female patient and straight catheter for a male patient Obtaining sterile urine specimen from an indwelling catheter, including technique for clamping catheter and specimen collection by aspiration Removal of indwelling catheter Wound Care: Sterile gloving, including latex precautions, handwashing, proper size and type of glove, opening glove package, gloving technique, & sterile-to-sterile contact precautions Wound assessments, including indirect and direct assessments, healing by primary and secondary intention, wound drainage systems, & types of wound drainage Dressing changes, including wet-to-dry dressings and use of the wound VAC system
