Clinical skills
Subtitle: a handbook for healthcare assistants
By: edited by Paula Ingram and Irene Lavery.
Contributors: Ingram, Paula, 1969-; Lavery, Irene, 1956-
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780470510711
Subjects: Nurses' aides; Clinical medicine; Nurses' Aides -- Great Britain -- Handbooks; Nursing Care -- methods -- Great Britain -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Accountability issues and role development; title: Communication in healthcare; title: Psychological care; title: Documentation and record keeping; title: Pulse; title: Blood pressure monitoring; title: Thermometry; title: Pulse oximetry; title: Respiratory care; title: Urinalysis and faecal occult blood; title: Urinary catheterisation and catheter care; title: Venepuncture; title: Blood glucose monitoring; title: Fluid balance and intravenous (IV) management; title: Medication; title: Peripheral intravenous (IV) cannulation; title: Recording a 12 lead ECG (electrocardiogram).