Clinical nursing skills
Subtitle: basic to advanced skills
By: Sandra F. Smith, Donna J. Duell, Barbara C. Martin
Contributors: Duell, Donna, 1938-; Martin, Barbara, M.S.
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 1434
ISBN-13: 9780135114735
Subjects: Nursing Process; Nursing; Nursing Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (1395-1407) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Professional nursing; title: Nursing process and critical thinking; title: Managing client care: documentation and delegation; title: Communication and nurse-client relationship; title: Admission, transfer, and discharge; title: Client education and discharge planning; title: Safe client environment and restraints; title: Bathing, bedmaking, and maintaining skin integrity; title: Personal hygiene; title: Vital signs; title: Physical assessment; title: Body mechanics and positioning; title: Exercise and ambulation; title: Infection control; title: Disaster preparedness : bioterrorism; title: Pain management; title: Alternative therapies and stress management; title: Medication administration; title: Nutritional management and enternal intubation; title: Specimen collection; title: Diagnostic procedures; title: Urinary elimination; title: Bowel elimination; title: Heat and cold therapies; title: Wound care and dressings; title: Perioperative care; title: Orthopedic interventions; title: Intravenous therapy; title: Central vascular access devices; title: Respiratory care; title: Circulatory maintenance; title: Neurologic management; title: Advanced nursing skills; title: End-of-life care