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Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills

  • 7 Edición - 8 de enero de 2019
  • Última edición
  • Autores: Anne G. Perry, Patricia A. Potter, Wendy R. Ostendorf
  • Idioma: Inglés

Master nursing skills with this guide from the respected Perry, Potter & Ostendorf author team! The concise coverage in Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Editi… Leer más

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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.

Puntos claves

  • 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.

Índice

Unit 1: Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice

1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice

2. Communication & Collaboration

3. Documentation and Informatics

4. Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

5. Infection Control

6. Disaster Preparedness
Unit 2: Patient Assessment Skills

7. Vital Signs

8. Health Assessment

9. Specimen Collection

10. Diagnostic Procedures
Unit 3: Basic Human Needs

11. Bathing and Personal Hygiene

12. Care of the Eye and Ear

13. Promoting Nutrition

14. Parenteral Nutrition

15. Pain Management

16. Promoting Oxygenation
Unit 4: Activity and Mobility

17. Safe Patient Handling

18. Exercise, Mobility & Immobilization Devices
Unit 5: Promoting Elimination

19. Urinary Elimination

20. Bowel Elimination

21. Ostomy Care
Unit 6: Medication Administration

22. Preparation for Safe Medication Administration

23. Nonparenteral Medications

24. Parenteral Medications
Unit 7: Dressings and Wound Care

25. Wound Care and Irrigation

26. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care

27. Dressings Bandages and Binders
Unit 8: Complex Nursing Interventions

28. Intravenous Therapy

29. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care

30. Emergency Measures for Life Support
Unit 9: Supportive Nursing Interventions

31. End-of-Life Care

32. Home Care Safety

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 7
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 13 de marzo de 2019
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

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Anne G. Perry

Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN is a Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA

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Patricia A. Potter

Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN is a Former Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Formerly, Director of Research, Patient Care Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Wendy R. Ostendorf

Wendy R. Ostendorf, Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA,
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Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA