Kozier and Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing, Volume 1, 5th edition

Skills in Clinical Nursing

• Unit 1 Infection Control
• Section 1.1 Introduction
• Section 1.2 Hand hygiene
• Section 1.3 Using personal protective equipment
• Section 1.4 Standard and transmission-based precautions
• Section 1.5 Gowning and gloving
• Section 1.6 Aseptic technique
• Unit 2 Safe patient moving
• Section 2.1 Introduction
• Section 2.2 Mobility and falls risk assessment
• Section 2.3 Helping a person out of bed
• Section 2.4 Assisting with mobilization
• Section 2.5 Turning or moving a dependent person
• Section 2.6 Using a lifting device
• Unit 3 Health Assessment
• Section 3.1 Introduction
• Section3.2 Examination Techniques
• Section 3.3 Assessing Vital Signs
• Section 3.4 Primary Survey
• Section 3.5 Secondary Survey
• Section 3.6 Diagnostic Testing
• Unit 4 Hygiene Care
• Section 4.1 Introduction
• Section 4.2 Bed-bathing a dependent person
• Section 4.3 Assisting with showering
• Section 4.4 Oral care
• Unit 5 Skin and Wound Care
• Section 5.1 Introduction
• Section 5.2 Pressure injury assessment
• Section 5.3 Wound assessment
• Section 5.4 Simple wound dressing
• Section 5.5 Wound irrigation
• Section 5.6 Wound packing and/or removal of pack
• Section 5.7 Wound drainage care
• Section 5.8 Staples/sutures/clip removal
• Unit 6 Medication administration
• Section 6.1 Introduction
• Section 6.2 Oral medication administration
• Section 6.3 Topical medication administration
• Section 6.4 Medication administration via enteral tubes
• Section 6.5 Rectal medication administration
• Section 6.6 Subcutaneous medication administration
• Section 6.7 Intramuscular medication administration
• Section 6.8 Intravenous medication administration (bolus and burette)
• Unit 7 Pain Management
• Section 7.1 Introduction
• Section 7.2 Pain assessment
• Section 7.3 Patient controlled analgesia
• Section 7.4 Non-pharmacological pain management
• Unit 8 Perioperative Nursing Skills
• Section 8.1 Introduction
• Section 8.2 Preparing a person for surgery
• Section 8.3 Post-operative care
• Unit 9 Gastrointestinal nursing skills
• Section 9.1 Introduction
• Section 9.2 Abdominal assessment
• Section 9.3 Assisting with feeding
• Section 9.4 Nasogastric tube insertion and removal
• Section 9.5 Enteral feeds
• Section 9.6 Changing a stoma appliance
• Section 9.7 Administration of an enema
• Unit 10 Genitourinary nursing skill
• Section 10.1 Introduction
• Section 10.2 Urinary assessment
• Section 10.3 Urinary elimination
• Section 10.4 Catheter management
• Unit 11 Cardiovascular nursing skills
• Section 11.1 Introduction
• Section 11.2 Cardiovascular assessment
• Section 11.3 Taking a 12 lead electrocardiograph
• Section 11.4 Cardiac monitoring
• Section 11.5 Basic life support
• Section 11.6 Advanced life support
• Section 11.7 Venipunct

Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing, Volumes 1-3

• VOLUME 1
• Unit 1 The Nature of Nursing
• 1 Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice
• 2. Nurse Education, Research and Evidence-Based Practice
• 3 Nursing Theories and Conceptual Frameworks
• 4 Legal Aspects of Nursing
• 5 Values, Ethics and Advocacy
• Unit 2 Contemporary Health Care
• 6 Health Care Delivery Systems
• 7 Community Health Nursing
• 8 Home Care
• 9 Regional & Remote Nursing
• 10 Health Information and Communication Technology
• Unit 3 The Nursing Process
• 11 Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process
• 12 Assessing
• 13 Diagnosing
• 14 Planning
• 15 Implementing and Evaluating
• 16 Documenting and Reporting
• Unit 4 Health Beliefs and Practices
• 17 Health Promotion
• 18 Health, Wellness and Illness
• 19 Cultures and Nursing
• 20 Complementary and Alternative Therapies
• Unit 5 Lifespan Development
• 21 Concepts of Growth and Development
• 22 Promoting Health from Conception through to Adolescence
• 23 Promoting Health in Young and Middle-Aged Adults
• 24 Promoting Health in Older Adults
• 25 Promoting Family Health

• VOLUME 2
• Unit 6 Integral Aspects of Nursing
• 26 Caring
• 27 Communicating
• 28 Teaching & Learning
• 29 Leading, Managing and Delegating
• Unit 7 Assessing Health
• 30 Vital Signs
• 31 Health Assessment
• 32. Infection Prevention and Control
• 33.Safety
• 34. Hygiene
• 35 Diagnostic Testing
• 36 Medications
• 37 Skin Integrity and Wound Care
• 38 Perioperative Nursing

• VOLUME 3
• Unit 9 Promoting Psychological Health
• 39 Sensory Perception
• 40 Self-Concept
• 41 Sexuality
• 42 Spirituality
• 43 Stress and Coping
• 44 Loss, Grieving and Death
• 45 Mental Health Nursing
• 46 Disability
• Unit 10 Promoting Physiological Health
• 47 Activity and Exercise
• 48 Sleep
• 49 Pain Management
• 50 Nutrition
• 51 Urinary Elimination
• 52 Faecal Elimination
• 53 Oxygenation
• 54 Circulation
• 55 Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid–Base Balance