Full Description
For Fundamentals and Skills courses.This photo atlas provides a full-color presentation of all basic and intermediate skills for fundamental-level students. Its unique and easy-to-use format presents each procedure in logical steps-complete with appropriate illustrations, descriptions, and rationales. A critical thinking section focuses on unexpected outcomes when performing skills, and encourages students to problem solve in a clinical context using alternative nursing actions.
Contents
I. INTRODUCTION TO NURSING PRACTICE. 1. Legal and Ethical Practice. 2. Documentation and Care Planning. II. MEDICAL ASEPSIS AND STANDARD PRECAUTIONS. 3. Medical Asepsis. 4. Infection Control. III. PERSONAL CARE AND SAFETY. 5. Safe Client Environment. 6. Bathing and Bedmaking. 7. Personal Hygiene. IV. HEALTH EVALUATION. 8. Admission to a Health Care Facility. 9. Vital Signs. V. SKIN AND TISSUE INTEGRITY. 10. Heat and Cold. 11. Wound Care and Dressings. VI. MOBILITY. 12. Body Mechanics and Positioning. 13. Exercise and Ambulation. 14. Orthopedic Measures. VII. MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION. 15. Nonparenteral Medications. 16. Parenteral Medications. VIII. INTRAVENOUS THERAPY. 17. Intravenous Fluids and Blood. 18. Intravenous Medications. IX. GASTROINTESTINAL THERAPY AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT. 19. Gastrointestinal Therapy. 20. Nutritional Support. X. ELIMINATION. 21. Urinary Elimination. 22. Bowel Elimination. XI. OXYGENATION AND CIRCULATION. 23. Respiratory Skills. 24. Cardiovascular Skills. 25. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Emergencies.
