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Potter & Ostendorf's Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures is a concise, portable study tool and clinical reference based on the best-selling textbook Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 11th Edition. This reference presents more than 85 key nursing skills in a convenient, A-to-Z format. Step-by-step instructions include full-color photos, plus rationales explaining why and how to use specific techniques to help you troubleshoot potential problems and take appropriate actions to address them. With the latest in evidence-based practice, this essential guide is a great tool to help you safely and effectively perform core nursing skills.Authoritative content corresponds to the most recent edition of Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, making this a quick, handy skills resource that matches the core textClear, concise two-column format with rationales for each skill step provides the “what” and the “why” for each skillGloving logo embedded in the skills steps helps you identify circumstances when clean gloves should be applied, or gloves should be changed before proceeding to the next step of the skillSafety Alerts within the skills highlight important information for patient safety and effective performance of the skillSpecial Considerations, including content for teaching, pediatric and geriatric patients, and home care settings, raise awareness of additional risks or accommodations needed when caring for patients in these populationsDocumentation Guidelines provide bulleted lists of what should be documented in the patient recordsUnexpected Outcomes/Related Interventions offer troubleshooting information for common problems that may develop when performing a skill, with appropriate actions to takeStraightforward, A-to-Z organization makes it easy to quickly locate each skillConvenient pocket format — including a spiral binding, a back cover flap for bookmarking, and a compact trim size — allows the book to lay flat and be kept on relevant pages for quick referenceUser-friendly design features simple, effective layout techniques, such as having each skill begin on a new page, to reduce confusion and make navigating content easierUPDATED skills throughout match the latest evidence-based practice, guidelines, and standards to ensure safe, effective skills performance

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ISBN13:9780443348259
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Ringband

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1. Aquathermia and Heating Pads<br>2. Aspiration Precautions<br>3. Assisting With Use of Canes, Walkers, and Crutches<br>4. Bladder Scan<br>5. Blood Administration<br>6. Blood Glucose Monitoring<br>7. Blood Pressure by Auscultation<br>8. Blood Pressure: Automatic<br>9. Cardiac Monitor Application<br>10. Central Vascular Access Device Care: Central and Peripherally Inserted<br>11. Managing Closed Chest Drainage Systems<br>12. Cold Applications<br>13. Condom Catheters (Incontinence Device)<br>14. Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion<br>15. Dressings (Dry and Moist)<br>16. Dressings: Hydrocolloid, Hydrogel, Foam, or Alginate Dressing<br>17. Dressings: Transparent Dressing<br>18. Ear Irrigation<br>19. Ear Medications<br>20. Enema Administration<br>21. Enteral Nutrition: Nasogastric, Nasointestinal, Gastrostomy, or Jejunostomy Tube<br>22. Enteral Tube (Small-Bore) Insertion and Removal<br>23. Epidural Analgesia<br>24. Eye Irrigation<br>25. Eye (Ophthalmic) Medications<br>26. Fall Prevention in a Healthcare Setting<br>27. Fecal Impaction<br>28. Incentive Spirometry<br>29. Intradermal Injections<br>30. Intramuscular Injections<br>31. Intravenous Medications by Piggyback and Syringe Pumps<br>32. Intravenous Medications: Intravenous Push<br>33. Isolation Precautions<br>34. Mechanical Lifts: Transfer Skills<br>35. Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs)<br>36. Moist Heat Applications (Compress and Sitz Bath)<br>37. Mouth Care for an Unconscious or Debilitated Patient<br>38. Nasogastric Tube for Gastric Decompression: Insertion, Maintenance, and Removal<br>39. Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy<br>40. Oral Medications<br>41. Oral Medications: Via a Feeding Tube<br>42. Ostomy Care: Pouching a Colostomy or an Ileostomy<br>43. Oxygen Therapy<br>44. Parenteral Medication Preparation: Ampules and Vials<br>45. Parenteral Medication Preparation: Mixing Medications in One Syringe<br>46. Patient-Controlled Analgesia<br>47. Peak Flowmeter<br>48. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Dressing Change and Discontinuation<br>49. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Regulating Intravenous Flow Rates, Changing Solutions and Tubing<br>50. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Short-Peripheral Catheter Insertion<br>51. Preoperative Teaching<br>52. Pressure Bandage<br>53. Pressure Injury Risk Assessment, Skin Assessment, and Prevention<br>54. Pressure Injury Treatment<br>55. Pulse: Apical<br>56. Pulse Oximetry<br>57. Rectal Suppositories<br>58. Respiration Assessment<br>59. Restraint Application (Physical)<br>60. Restraint-Free Environment<br>61. Seizure Precautions<br>62. Sequential Compression Devices and Graduated Compression (Elastic) Stockings<br>63. Sterile Gloving<br>64. Sterile Field Preparation<br>65. Subcutaneous Injections<br>66. Suctioning: Open for Nasotracheal/Pharyngeal and Artificial Airways and Closed (In-Line)<br>67. Suctioning: Oropharyngeal<br>68. Suprapubic Catheter Care<br>69. Suture and Staple Removal<br>70. Topical Medications to the Skin<br>71. Tracheostomy Care<br>72. Urinary Catheter Insertion: Straight or Indwelling Catheter<br>73. Urinary Indwelling Catheter Care and Removal<br>74. Urinary Indwelling Catheter Irrigation<br>75. Urostomy Pouching<br>76. Vaginal Medication<br>77. Venipuncture: Collecting Blood Specimens and Cultures (Syringe and Vacutainer Methods)<br>78. Wound Drainage Evacuation<br>79. Wound Irrigation

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