Written by the author team you trust, this market-leading text is known for its comprehensive coverage of over 200 nursing skills. It offers hundreds of full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and clear step-by-step instructions - with rationales for each step. Improved readability makes guidelines easier to follow, and coverage of many new skills keeps you completely current with nursing practice today. INDICE: Unit 1: Supporting the Client through the Health Care System 1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice NEW! 2. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge3. Communication4. Reporting and RecordingUnit 2: Vital Signs and Physical Assessment 5. Vital Signs6. Health History and Physical ExaminationUnit 3: InfectionControl7. Medical Asepsis8. Sterile TechniqueUnit 4: Activity and Mobility9. Safe Patient Handling-Transfer and Positioning10. Exercise and Ambulation11. Orthopedic Measures12. Support Surfaces and Special BedsUnit 5: Safety and Comfort13. Safety14. Disaster Preparedness15. Pain Assessment and Basic Comfort Measures16. Palliative CareUnit 6: Hygiene17. Personal Hygiene and Bedmaking18. Pressure Ulcer Care19. Care of Eye and Ear ProsthesisUnit 7: Medications20. Preparing for Medicine Administration21. Oral and Topical Medications22. Parenteral MedicationsUnit 8: Oxygenation 23. Oxygen Therapy24. Performing Chest Physiotherapy25. Airway Management26. Closed Chest Drainage Systems27. Emergency Measures for Life SupportUnit 9: Fluid Balance28. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy29. Blood TransfusionsUnit 10: Nutrition30. Oral Nutrition31. Enteral Nutrition32. Parenteral NutritionUnit 11: Elimination33. Urinary Elimination34. Bowel Elimination35. Ostomy CareUnit 12: Care of Surgical Client36. Preoperative and Postoperative Care37. Intraoperative CareUnit 13: Dressings and Wound Care38. Wound Care and Irrigations39. Dressings, Binders and Bandages40. Warm and Cold TherapyUnit 14: Home Care41. Home Care Safety42. Home Care TeachingUnit 15: Special Procedures43. Specimen Collection44. Diagnostic Procedures
- ISBN: 978-0-323-05289-4
- Editorial: Mosby
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 1312
- Fecha Publicación: 29/04/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido