ISBN:
9780323571050
Copyright:
2020
Publication Date:
04-01-2019
Page Count:
896
Imprint:
Mosby
List Price:
$94.99
Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 7th Edition
by Anne G. Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN and Wendy R. Ostendorf, RN, MS, EdD
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource - Access Card
ISBN:
9780323571050
Copyright:
2020
Publication Date:
04-01-2019
Page Count:
896
Imprint:
Mosby
List Price:
$94.99
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Guide your students through nursing skills! Perry, Potter, and Ostendorf’s Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition makes it easy for students to master the skills required in everyday nursing practice. Clear, step-by-step instructions cover more than 160 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills — from measuring body temperature to insertion of a peripheral intravenous device — using evidence-based concepts to improve patient safety and outcomes. A streamlined, visual approach makes the book easy to read, and an Evolve companion website enhances learning with review questions and handy checklists for each clinical skill.
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- Coverage of more than 160 skills and interventions addresses the basic, intermediate, and advanced skills that students will use every day in practice.
- NEW! 2017 Infusion Nurses Society standards are included on administering IVs and on other changes in evidence-based practice.
- NEW Disaster Preparedness chapter focuses on caring for patients after biological, chemical, or radiation exposure.
- NEW! Three Master Debriefs help students develop a better understanding of the "big picture" by synthesizing skill performance with overall patient care.
- NEW! SBAR samples show students how to quickly and effectively communicate a patient’s condition in terms of Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation.
- Delegation & Collaboration guidelines help in making decisions as to whether to delegate a skill to unlicensed assistive personnel, and indicates what key information must be shared.
- NEW! Practice Reflections sections include a clinical scenario with questions, helping students reflect on their clinical and simulation experiences.
- Unique! Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter provides the information needed to use evidence-based care to solve clinical problems.
- Coverage of HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) introduces the concept of evaluating hospitals with standardized surveys of patients’ perspectives of their care.
- Media resources include skills performance checklists on the Evolve companion website and related lessons, videos, and interactive exercises on Nursing Skills Online.
- Teach-Back step shows how to evaluate the success of patient teaching, so students can see whether the patient understands a task or topic or if additional teaching may be needed.
- Coverage of evidence-based nursing techniques includes the concept of care bundles, structured practices that improve patient safety and outcomes, in addition to the coverage of teach-back.
- Safe Patient Care Alerts highlight risks or other key information to know in performing skills, so students can plan ahead at each step of nursing care.
- Recording guidelines describe what should be reported and documented after performing skills, with Hand-off Reporting sections listing important patient care information to include in the handoff.
- Special Considerations indicate the additional risks or accommodations faced when caring for pediatric or geriatric patients, as well as patients in home care settings.
- A consistent format for nursing skills makes it easier for students to perform skills, organized by Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
- NEW and updated photographs highlight changes in skills practice, ensuring that students learn safe and current patient care.
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- NEW! 2017 Infusion Nurses Society standards are included on administering IVs and on other changes in evidence-based practice.
- NEW Disaster Preparedness chapter focuses on caring for patients after biological, chemical, or radiation exposure.
- NEW! SBAR samples show how to quickly and effectively communicate a patient’s condition in terms of Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation.
- NEW! Practice Reflections sections include a clinical scenario and questions, helping you reflect on clinical and simulation experiences.
- NEW! Three Master Debriefs help you develop a better understanding of the "big picture" by synthesizing skill performance with overall patient care.
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Unit 1: Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice
1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
2. Communication & Collaboration
3. Documentation and Informatics
4. Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
5. Infection Control
6. Disaster Preparedness
Unit 2: Patient Assessment Skills
7. Vital Signs
8. Health Assessment
9. Specimen Collection
10. Diagnostic Procedures
Unit 3: Basic Human Needs
11. Bathing and Personal Hygiene
12. Care of the Eye and Ear
13. Promoting Nutrition
14. Parenteral Nutrition
15. Pain Management
16. Promoting Oxygenation
Unit 4: Activity and Mobility
17. Safe Patient Handling
18. Exercise, Mobility & Immobilization Devices
Unit 5: Promoting Elimination
19. Urinary Elimination
20. Bowel Elimination
21. Ostomy Care
Unit 6: Medication Administration
22. Preparation for Safe Medication Administration
23. Nonparenteral Medications
24. Parenteral Medications
Unit 7: Dressings and Wound Care
25. Wound Care and Irrigation
26. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care
27. Dressings Bandages and Binders
Unit 8: Complex Nursing Interventions
28. Intravenous Therapy
29. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care
30. Emergency Measures for Life Support
Unit 9: Supportive Nursing Interventions
31. End-of-Life Care
32. Home Care Safety
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