ISBN:
9780323529167
Copyright:
2021
Publication Date:
10-07-2016
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$129.00
Clinical Skills: Health Assessment Collection, 1st Edition
by Elsevier Inc
Clinical Skills Online
ISBN:
9780323529167
Copyright:
2021
Publication Date:
10-07-2016
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$129.00
$129.00
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Learn to master the most important nursing skills before you ever step foot in the clinical environment. Clinical Skills: Health Assessment Collection is an engaging, web-based learning tool that guides users through 16 of the most important nursing skills for health assessment. Each skill in the collection uses the same seven-part framework to walk you through every aspect of the skill. From special patient and safety considerations to the equipment and techniques used in the skill, this assembly of high-definition videos, interactive learning tools, and in-depth explanations will leave you with a 360-degree understanding of how to safely and effectively perform each skill.
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- Convenient web-based program utilizes the same professional format that practicing nurses use to train.
- Consistent, competency-based format for learning skills offers a standardized way for you to learn and perform skills. Most skills feature the same types of skill learning tools to help you obtain a more holistic understanding of the skill and standard QSEN nursing competencies.
- Quick sheet provides a concise, step-by-step summary of the skill.
- Extended text offers an in-depth look at all aspects of the skill. Subjects addressed in the extended text section include:
- Safety alerts
- Supplies
- Patient and family education
- Procedures
- Delegation opportunities
- Monitoring and care
- Expected and unexpected outcomes
- Documentation guidelines
- Special gerontologic, pediatric, and home care considerations
- Evidence-based references
- Additional reading suggestions
- Equipment list helps familiarize you with each piece of equipment needed to perform the skill.
- Demonstration videos and animations visually guide you through every necessary step involved in the skill.
- Images and illustrations highlight crucial procedures, equipment, and documents involved in the skill.
- Competency tests with rationales help you review and evaluate your understanding of the skill.
- Printable evaluation checklists help you measure and track various skill competencies.
- Continually updated, evidence-based content is reviewed and revised annually by clinical skills experts to reflect changes in practice as they arise.
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Examples of skills in this collection include:
- Assessing the Abdomen
- Assessing the Breasts and Axillae
- Assessing the Ears
- Assessing the Eyes
- Assessing the Female Genitalia and Rectum
- Assessing the Head, Neck and Lymphatics
- Assessing the Heart and Neck Vessels
- Assessing the Male Genitourinary, Rectum, and Prostate
- Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
- Assessing the Neurologic System: Mental Status and Cranial Nerves
- Assessing the Neurologic System: Motor and Sensory Functions
- Assessing the Nose, Mouth and Throat
- Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System
- Assessing the Skin, Hair and Nails
- Assessing the Thorax and Lungs
- Head-to-Toe Assessment
- Health Assessment Considerations for the Gender Diverse Patient
- Teaching Patient Self-Examination
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