Concept-Based Clinical Nursing Skills Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

• Over 250 step-by-step nursing skills with over 900 photos and illustrations.
• Language and concepts reflect those used on the NCLEX.
• Concept-based approach to skills education pairs well with the Giddens framework.
• Accuracy, Client-Centered Care, Infection Control, Safety, Communication, Evaluation, and Health Maintenance are reinforced throughout as Critical Concepts to skills performance.
• Case studies with concept maps depict patients with problems that might be experienced in the clinical setting and are followed by a series of critical thinking questions with every chapter.
• Application of the QSEN competencies: A question that challenges you to apply a QSEN competency is provided within the critical thinking questions of each case study.
• Lessons from the Evidence boxes highlight and summarize current research that can contribute to evidence-based clinical practice; Lessons from the Courtroom boxes summarize actual court cases related to the skills in the chapter in order to help you understand legal implications; and Lessons from Experience boxes use a storytelling format to share the experiences of more experienced nurses with students.
• Application of the nursing process: Nursing diagnoses that include specific examples of client outcomes and nursing interventions are presented within each section of the chapters.
• Uses an easy-to-understand, conversational writing style.
• Organized to present fundamental skills first, then intermediate acute care skills, and finally advanced skills often performed in critical care.
• Critical concepts align with the quality and safety framework of the QSEN competencies.
• Emphasis on safety and client centered care.
• Expect the Unexpected boxes use a storytelling format to present unexpected situations that could occur and explore appropriate responses to them.
• Home Care, Lifespan, and Cultural Considerations provided in each chapter.
• Performing an Assessment chapter details physical assessment skills.
• Evolve site for students features skills video clips, skills checklists for all skills, and NCLEX-style review questions.

UNIT I Fundamental Nursing Skills

Foundations of Safe Client Care

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Identifying the Client

SKILL 1.1 Identifying a Client

SECTION 2 Preventing Infection

Chain of Infection

Preventing the Transmission of Infection

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Preventing Infection

SKILL 1.2 Performing Hand Hygiene With an AlcoholBased Agent

SKILL 1.3 Performing Hand Hygiene With Soap and Water

SKILL 1.4 Applying and Removing Clean Gloves

SKILL 1.5 Applying and Removing Personal Protective Equipment

SECTION 3 Moving Clients Safely

Benefits of Proper Client Positioning and Repositioning

Ergonomics and Body Mechanics

Summary

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Moving the Client Safely

SKILL 1.6 Positioning a Client in Bed

SKILL 1.7 Moving a Client up in Bed

SKILL 1.8 Transferring a Client From Bed to Chair

SKILL 1.9 Using a Sling Lift to Move a Client

SKILL 1.10 Using a Sit-to-Stand Lift

SKILL 1.11 Transferring Clients Laterally (From Bed to Stretcher)

SKILL 1.12 Moving Clients Who Have Special Precautions (Logrolling)

Defining Restraints

Use of Securing Devices

Regulations Governing Use of Restraints

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Using Restraints

SKILL 1.13 Applying and Removing Restraints

SKILL 1.14 Applying a Mummy Restraint

Skin Assessment

Skin Care

Bathing an Adult

Bathing an Infant

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Bathing the Client

SKILL 2.1 Assisting an Ambulatory Client With Bathing

SKILL 2.2 Changing the Gown of a Client With an IV Line

SKILL 2.3 Bathing an Adult Client in Bed

SKILL 2.4 Providing Alternate Perineal Care

SKILL 2.5 Providing Foot Care

SKILL 2.6 Providing Nail Care

SKILL 2.7 Bathing an Infant

Dentures

Oral Care in the Acute Care Setting

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Providing Oral Care

SKILL 2.8 Providing Oropharyngeal Suctioning With a Round-Tip Suction Catheter (Yankauer)

SKILL 2.9 Providing Oral Hygiene for a Conscious Client

SKILL 2.10 Providing Oral Hygiene for an Unconscious Client

SKILL 2.11 Removing, Cleaning, and Inserting Dentures

Shaving

Lice

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Providing Hair Care

SKILL 2.12 Shampooing the Nonambulatory Client’s Hair

SKILL 2.13 Shampooing a Client With a Dry-Shampoo Cap

SKILL 2.14 Shaving a Client

SKILL 2.15 Caring for a Client With Lice

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Eye and Ear Care

SKILL 2.16 Providing Eye Care for an Unconscious Client

SKILL 2.17 Removing and Cleaning Contact Lenses

SKILL 2.18 Removing, Cleaning, and Inserting an Artificial Eye

Applying Concepts of Safety, Client-Centered Care, Collaboration, and Health Maintenance

Bedside Commode, Urinals, Bedpans, and Condom Catheters

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Assisting With Elimination

SKILL 2.19 Assisting a Client Using a Bedside Commode SKILL 2.20 Assisting a Client Using a Urinal

SKILL 2.21 Assisting a Client Using a Bedpan

SKILL 2.22 Applying a Condom Catheter

Types of Beds

Types of Mattresses Types of Bedding and Bed Making

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Changing a Bed

SKILL 2.23 Changing an Unoccupied Bed

SKILL 2.24 Making a Surgical Bed

SKILL 2.25 Changing an Occupied Bed

Sites and Methods of Temperature Assessment Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Assessing Temperature

SKILL 3.1 Measuring Temperature With an Electronic Thermometer

SKILL 3.2 Obtaining a Tympanic Temperature

SKILL 3.3 Obtaining a Temperature Using a Temporal Artery Thermometer

Regulating Temperature Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Regulating Temperature

SKILL 3.4 Using Conductive Cooling or Heating Therapy

SKILL 3.5 Using an Infant Radiant Warmer

SECTION 3 Assessing Pulses

Location and Differentiation of Pulses

Apical Pulse

Technique for Assessing Pulses

Alterations of the Client’s Pulse

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Assessing Pulses

SKILL 3.6 Obtaining a Radial Pulse Rate

SKILL 3.7 Assessing Carotid Pulses

SKILL 3.8 Assessing Peripheral Pulses

SKILL 3.9 Using a Doppler Ultrasound Device to Assess Pulses

SKILL 3.10 Obtaining an Apical Pulse

SKILL 3.11 Obtaining an Apical-Radial Pulse

Assessing Respirations in Pediatric Clients

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Assessing Respirations

SKILL 3.12 Obtaining a Respiratory Rate and Respiratory Assessment

Classification of Hypertension

Factors Affecting Blood Pressure

Measuring Blood Pressure

Application of the Nursing Process

Critical Concepts: Assessing Blood Pressure

SKILL 3.13 Palpating a Systolic Blood Pressure

SKILL 3.14 Measuring a Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure by Auscultation

SKILL 3.15 Measuring Blood Pressure With an Automatic Oscillometric Monitor

SKILL 3.16 Using a Doppler Ultrasound Device to Hear