Description
Master nursing skills with this guide from the respected Perry, Potter & Ostendorf author team! The concise coverage in Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition makes it easy to learn the skills most commonly used in everyday nursing practice. Clear, step-by-step instructions cover more than 160 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills — from measuring body temperature to insertion of a peripheral intravenous device — using evidence-based concepts to improve patient safety and outcomes. A streamlined, visual approach makes the book easy to read, and an Evolve companion website enhances learning with review questions and handy checklists for each clinical skill.- Coverage of more than 160 skills and interventions addresses the basic, intermediate, and advanced skills you'll use every day in practice.- Safe Patient Care Alerts highlight risks or other key information to know in performing skills, so you can plan ahead at each step of nursing care.- Unique! Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter provides the information needed to use evidence-based care to solve clinical problems.- Coverage of evidence-based nursing techniques includes the concept of care bundles, structured practices that improve patient safety and outcomes, in addition to the coverage of teach-back.- Delegation & Collaboration guidelines help you make decisions in whether to delegate a skill to unlicensed assistive personnel, and indicates what key information must be shared.- Teach-Back step shows how to evaluate the success of patient teaching, so you can see whether the patient understands a task or topic or if additional teaching may be needed.- Recording guidelines describe what should be reported and documented after performing skills, with Hand-off Reporting sections listing important patient care information to include in the handoff.- Special Considerations indicate the additional risks or accommodations you may face when caring for pediatric or geriatric patients, as well as patients in home care settings.- A consistent format for nursing skills makes it easier to perform skills, organized by Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.- Media resources include skills performance checklists on the Evolve companion website and related lessons, videos, and interactive exercises on Nursing Skills Online.- NEW! 2017 Infusion Nurses Society standards are included on administering IVs and on other changes in evidence-based practice.- NEW Disaster Preparedness chapter focuses on caring for patients after biological, chemical, or radiation exposure. - NEW! SBAR samples show how to quickly and effectively communicate a patient's condition in terms of Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation.- NEW! Practice Reflections sections include a clinical scenario and questions, helping you reflect on clinical and simulation experiences.- NEW! Three Master Debriefs help you develop a better understanding of the "big picture" by synthesizing skill performance with overall patient care.
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice 2. Communication & Collaboration3. Documentation and Informatics4. Patient Safety & Quality Improvement5. Infection Control6. Disaster Preparedness Unit 2: Patient Assessment Skills7. Vital Signs8. Health Assessment9. Specimen Collection10. Diagnostic ProceduresUnit 3: Basic Human Needs11. Bathing and Personal Hygiene12. Care of the Eye and Ear13. Promoting Nutrition 14. Parenteral Nutrition 15. Pain Management16. Promoting OxygenationUnit 4: Activity and Mobility17. Safe Patient Handling18. Exercise, Mobility & Immobilization DevicesUnit 5: Promoting Elimination19. Urinary Elimination20. Bowel Elimination21. Ostomy CareUnit 6: Medication Administration22. Preparation for Safe Medication Administration23. Nonparenteral Medications24. Parenteral MedicationsUnit 7: Dressings and Wound Care25. Wound Care and Irrigation26. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care27. Dressings Bandages and BindersUnit 8: Complex Nursing Interventions28. Intravenous Therapy29. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care30. Emergency Measures for Life SupportUnit 9: Supportive Nursing Interventions31. End-of-Life Care32. Home Care Safety
