Evolve Resources for Perry & Potter's Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques, 2nd Edition

Unit I: Supporting the Patient Through the Health Care System
1. Evidence-Informed Nursing Practice
2. Transitions in Care
3. Communication and Collaboration
4. Documentation and Informatics

Unit II: Infection Control
5. Medical Asepsis
6. Sterile Technique

Unit III: Vital Signs and Physical Assessment
7. Vital Signs
8. Health Assessment

Unit IV: Special Procedures
9. Specimen Collection
10. Diagnostic Procedures (e-only chapter)

Unit V: Activity and Mobility
11. Safe Patient Handling, Transfer, and Positioning
12. Exercise, Mobility, and Immobilization Devices
13. Support Surfaces and Special Beds

Unit VI: Safety and Comfort
14. Patient Safety
15. Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
16. Pain Assessment and Management
17. Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Unit VII: Hygiene
18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making
19. Care of the Eye and Ear

Unit VIII: Medications
20. Safe Medication Preparation
21. Nonparenteral Medications
22. Parenteral Medications

Unit IX: Oxygenation
23. Airway Management
24. Performing Chest Physiotherapy
25. Oxygen Therapy
26. Cardiac Monitoring
27. Closed Chest Drainage Systems
28. Emergency Measures for Life Support

Unit X: Fluid Balance
29. Vascular Access and Infusion Therapy
30. Blood Therapy

Unit XI: Nutrition
31. Oral Nutrition
32. Enteral Nutrition
33. Parenteral Nutrition

Unit XII: Elimination
34. Urinary Elimination and Catheterization
35. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation
36. Ostomy Care

Unit XIII: Care of the Surgical Patient
37. Preoperative and Postoperative Care
38. Intraoperative Care

Unit XIV: Dressings and Wound Care
39. Prevention and Care of Skin Breakdown
40. Wound Care Management and Dressings
41. Therapeutic Use of Heat and Cold

Unit XV: Nursing in the Community
42. Safety in the Community

Answer Key
Appendix A: Common Prefixes and Suffixes
Index of Skills and Procedural Guidelines

Shelley Cobbett, RN, BN, GnT, MN, EdD, Assistant Professor, Nursing and BScN Site Administrator, School of Nursing – Yarmouth Campus, Dalhousie University, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada