Full Description
Learn clinical nursing skills and prepare for success on the Next Generation NCLEX (R) Examination! Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 10th Edition provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills. With more than 1,200 full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and a focus on evidence-based practice, this manual helps you learn to think critically, ask the right questions at the right time, and make timely decisions. New to this edition are NGN-style unfolding case studies, preparing you for the changes to the NCLEX exam. Written by respected nursing experts Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter, Wendy Ostendorf, and Nancy Laplante, this trusted text is the bestselling nursing skills book on the market!Comprehensive coverage includes more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills and procedures.NEW! Next Generation NCLEX (R) (NGN)-style unfolding case studies include answers at the back of the book, providing optimal preparation for the Next Generation NCLEX Examination.Rationales for each step within skills explain the why as well as the how of each skill, and include citations from the current literature.Clinical Decision Points alert you to key steps that affect patient outcomes and help them modify care as needed to meet individual patient needs.Unique! Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions sections highlight what might go wrong and how to appropriately intervene. Clinical Debrief at the end of each chapter provides case-based review questions that focus on issues such as managing conflict, care prioritization, patient safety, and decision-making.More than 1,200 full-color photos and drawings make it easier to visualize concepts and procedures.Five-step nursing process format helps you apply the nursing process while learning each skill.Coverage of QSEN core competencies is incorporated into each lesson, including the areas of delegation and collaboration, reporting and recording, safety guidelines, and considerations relating to teaching, pediatric, geriatric, and home care.Unique! Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter covers the entire process of conducting research, including collecting, evaluating, and applying evidence from published research.F NEW! Next Generation NCLEX (R) (NGN)-style unfolding case studies include answers at the back of the book, providing optimal preparation for the Next Generation NCLEX Examination.
Contents
Unit 11 Using Evidence in Practice 2 Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge 3 Communication and Collaboration 4 Documentation and Informatics Unit 2: Vital Signs and Physical Assessment 5 Vital Signs 6 Health Assessment Unit 3: Special Procedures 7 Specimen Collection 8 Diagnostic Procedures Unit 4: Infection Control 9 Medical Asepsis 10 Sterile Technique Unit 5: Activity and Mobility 11 Safe Patient Handling, Transfer, and Positioning 12 Exercise and Mobility 13 Support Surfaces and Special Beds Unit 6: Safety and Comfort 14 Patient Safety 15 Disaster Preparedness 16 Pain Management 17 Palliative Care Unit 7: Hygiene 18 Personal Hygiene and Bed Making 19 Care of the Eye and Ear Unit 8: Medications 20 Safe Medication Preparation 21 Nonparenteral Medications 22 Parenteral Medications Unit 9: Oxygenation 23 Oxygen Therapy 24 Performing Chest Physiotherapy 25 Airway Management 26 Cardiac Care 27 Closed Chest Drainage Systems 28 Emergency Measures for Life Support Unit 10: Fluid Balance 29 Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy 30 Blood Therapy Unit 11: Nutrition 31 Oral Nutrition 32 Enteral Nutrition 33 Parenteral Nutrition Unit 12: Elimination 34 Urinary Elimination 35 Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation 36 Ostomy Care Unit 13: Care of the Surgical Patient 37 Preoperative and Postoperative Care 38 Intraoperative Care Unit 14: Dressings and Wound Care 39 Impaired Skin Integrity Prevention and Care 40 Wound Care and Irrigations 41 Dressings, Bandages, and Binders 42 Warm and Cold Therapy Unit 15: Home Care 43 Home Care Safety 44 Home Care Teaching
