Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques E-Book. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter, Wendy Ostendorf, Shelley Cobbett.
• Authors: Perry, Anne Griffin; Potter, Patricia A; Ostendorf, Wendy; Cobbett, Shelley
• Contents: Unit I: Supporting the Patient Through the Health Care System 1. Evidence-Informed Nursing Practice 2. Transitions in Care 3. Communication and Collaboration 4. Documentation and Informatics Unit II: Infection Control 5. Medical Asepsis 6. Sterile Technique Unit III: Vital Signs and Physical Assessment 7. Vital Signs 8. Health Assessment Unit IV: Special Procedures 9. Specimen Collection 10. Diagnostic Procedures Unit V: Activity and Mobility 11. Safe Patient Handling, Transfer, and Positioning 12. Exercise and Mobility 13. Support Surfaces and Special Beds Unit VI: Safety and Comfort 14. Patient Safety 15. Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management 16. Pain Assessment and Management 17. Palliative Care Unit VII: Hygiene 18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making 19. Care of the Eye and Ear Unit VIII: Medications 20. Safe Medicine Preparation 21. Nonparenteral Medications 22. Parenteral Medications Unit IX: 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 X: Fluid Balance 29. Vascular Access and Infusion Therapy 30. Blood Therapy Unit XI: Nutrition 31. Oral Nutrition 32. Enteral Nutrition 33. Parenteral Nutrition Unit XII: Elimination 34. Urinary Elimination and Catheterization 35. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation 36. Ostomy Care Unit XIII: Care of the Surgical Patient 37. Preoperative and Postoperative Care 38. Intraoperative Care Unit XIV: Dressings and Wound Care 39. Prevention and Care of Skin Breakdown 40. Wound Care Management and Dressings 41. Therapeutic Use of Heat and Cold Unit XV: Nursing in the Community 42. Safety in the Community 43. Self-Care Teaching in the Community
• Publisher Details: Mosby Canada
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (1216 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781771722124; 1771722126
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.