cover image - Potter & Ostendorf’s Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition
ISBN: 9780443348273
Copyright: 2027
Publication Date: 02-19-2026
Page Count: 1048
Imprint: Elsevier
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Potter & Ostendorf’s Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition

by Anne G. Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN, Wendy R. Ostendorf, RN, MS, EdD, CNE and Nancy Laplante, PhD, RN

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cover image - Potter & Ostendorf’s Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition
ISBN: 9780443348273
Copyright: 2027
Publication Date: 02-19-2026
Page Count: 1048
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $52.99
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Potter & Ostendorf's Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures is a concise, portable study tool and clinical reference based on the best-selling textbook Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 11th Edition. This reference presents more than 85 key nursing skills in a convenient, A-to-Z format. Step-by-step instructions include full-color photos, plus rationales explaining why and how to use specific techniques to help you troubleshoot potential problems and take appropriate actions to address them. With the latest in evidence-based practice, this essential guide is a great tool to help you safely and effectively perform core nursing skills.
    • Authoritative content corresponds to the most recent edition of Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, making this a quick, handy skills resource that matches the core text
    • Clear, concise two-column format with rationales for each skill step provides the “what” and the “why” for each skill
    • Gloving logo embedded in the skills steps helps you identify circumstances when clean gloves should be applied, or gloves should be changed before proceeding to the next step of the skill
    • Safety Alerts within the skills highlight important information for patient safety and effective performance of the skill
    • Special Considerations, including content for teaching, pediatric and geriatric patients, and home care settings, raise awareness of additional risks or accommodations needed when caring for patients in these populations
    • Documentation Guidelines provide bulleted lists of what should be documented in the patient records
    • Unexpected Outcomes/Related Interventions offer troubleshooting information for common problems that may develop when performing a skill, with appropriate actions to take
    • Straightforward, A-to-Z organization makes it easy to quickly locate each skill
    • Convenient pocket format — including a spiral binding, a back cover flap for bookmarking, and a compact trim size — allows the book to lay flat and be kept on relevant pages for quick reference
    • User-friendly design features simple, effective layout techniques, such as having each skill begin on a new page, to reduce confusion and make navigating content easier
    • UPDATED skills throughout match the latest evidence-based practice, guidelines, and standards to ensure safe, effective skills performance
  • 1. Aquathermia and Heating Pads
    2. Aspiration Precautions
    3. Assisting With Use of Canes, Walkers, and Crutches
    4. Bladder Scan
    5. Blood Administration
    6. Blood Glucose Monitoring
    7. Blood Pressure by Auscultation
    8. Blood Pressure: Automatic
    9. Cardiac Monitor Application
    10. Central Vascular Access Device Care: Central and Peripherally Inserted
    11. Managing Closed Chest Drainage Systems
    12. Cold Applications
    13. Condom Catheters (Incontinence Device)
    14. Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion
    15. Dressings (Dry and Moist)
    16. Dressings: Hydrocolloid, Hydrogel, Foam, or Alginate Dressing
    17. Dressings: Transparent Dressing
    18. Ear Irrigation
    19. Ear Medications
    20. Enema Administration
    21. Enteral Nutrition: Nasogastric, Nasointestinal, Gastrostomy, or Jejunostomy Tube
    22. Enteral Tube (Small-Bore) Insertion and Removal
    23. Epidural Analgesia
    24. Eye Irrigation
    25. Eye (Ophthalmic) Medications
    26. Fall Prevention in a Healthcare Setting
    27. Fecal Impaction
    28. Incentive Spirometry
    29. Intradermal Injections
    30. Intramuscular Injections
    31. Intravenous Medications by Piggyback and Syringe Pumps
    32. Intravenous Medications: Intravenous Push
    33. Isolation Precautions
    34. Mechanical Lifts: Transfer Skills
    35. Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs)
    36. Moist Heat Applications (Compress and Sitz Bath)
    37. Mouth Care for an Unconscious or Debilitated Patient
    38. Nasogastric Tube for Gastric Decompression: Insertion, Maintenance, and Removal
    39. Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy
    40. Oral Medications
    41. Oral Medications: Via a Feeding Tube
    42. Ostomy Care: Pouching a Colostomy or an Ileostomy
    43. Oxygen Therapy
    44. Parenteral Medication Preparation: Ampules and Vials
    45. Parenteral Medication Preparation: Mixing Medications in One Syringe
    46. Patient-Controlled Analgesia
    47. Peak Flowmeter
    48. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Dressing Change and Discontinuation
    49. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Regulating Intravenous Flow Rates, Changing Solutions and Tubing
    50. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Short-Peripheral Catheter Insertion
    51. Preoperative Teaching
    52. Pressure Bandage
    53. Pressure Injury Risk Assessment, Skin Assessment, and Prevention
    54. Pressure Injury Treatment
    55. Pulse: Apical
    56. Pulse Oximetry
    57. Rectal Suppositories
    58. Respiration Assessment
    59. Restraint Application (Physical)
    60. Restraint-Free Environment
    61. Seizure Precautions
    62. Sequential Compression Devices and Graduated Compression (Elastic) Stockings
    63. Sterile Gloving
    64. Sterile Field Preparation
    65. Subcutaneous Injections
    66. Suctioning: Open for Nasotracheal/Pharyngeal and Artificial Airways and Closed (In-Line)
    67. Suctioning: Oropharyngeal
    68. Suprapubic Catheter Care
    69. Suture and Staple Removal
    70. Topical Medications to the Skin
    71. Tracheostomy Care
    72. Urinary Catheter Insertion: Straight or Indwelling Catheter
    73. Urinary Indwelling Catheter Care and Removal
    74. Urinary Indwelling Catheter Irrigation
    75. Urostomy Pouching
    76. Vaginal Medication
    77. Venipuncture: Collecting Blood Specimens and Cultures (Syringe and Vacutainer Methods)
    78. Wound Drainage Evacuation
    79. Wound Irrigation
  • Anne G. Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA, Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN, Formerly, Director of Research, Patient Care Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Wendy R. Ostendorf, RN, MS, EdD, CNE, Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and Nancy Laplante, PhD, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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