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Clinical Nursing Skills: A Concept-Based Approach, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (April 30, 2024) © 2025

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#1 curriculum choice for concept-based schools of nursing

Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning is the only true concepts curriculum built from the ground up as a comprehensive, cohesive learning system. This 3-volume series provides all the nursing curriculum content and materials needed to develop practice-ready nurses. Its pedagogy fosters a deep comprehension of connections between concepts, with broad applications.

Volume III, Clinical Nursing Skills, is the only volume of any concept-based curriculum devoted exclusively to nursing skills. The 4th Edition help students learn and apply essential skills and knowledge for patient care, while relating topics to broader contexts.

Hallmark features of this title

Only true concept-based solution

  • Students use clinical reasoning by focusing on concepts over memorization.
  • "Concept of" section explains the chapter's theory underpinning each skill.

Hundreds of nursing skills

  • Students learn to execute 277 major skills with nearly 250 minor skills embedded in them. They also learn how to delegate, educate patients and individualize their care.
  • The skills support concepts in Volumes 1 and 2. In each chapter of Volume 3, skills appear in subgroups that reflect the sequence of skill performance.

Learning aids

  • Skills are categorized by concept and rendered step-by-step beside illustrations demonstrating skill performance.
  • NCLEX®-style questions assess students' mastery of learning outcomes, while preparing them for the NCLEX-RN exam.

New and updated features of this title

  • UPDATED: New and restructured skills have been added to the 4th Edition. This includes skills related to the care of newborns, infants and children.
  • NEW: Covid-19 coverage addresses the effects of the pandemic on the nursing profession and strategies for caring for affected patients and families.

Features of MyLab Nursing for the 4th Edition (Volumes 1 & 2)

  • Dynamic Study Modules are adaptive learning modules with remediation. They assess students' performance in real time, while helping them master and retain key concepts.
  • UPDATED: Practice tests with more than 4,000 NCLEX®-style questions of various types prepare students for success on the NCLEX-RN exam. Next Gen question types have been added.
  • Decision-making cases prompt students to make important decisions at key moments in patient care scenarios, preparing them for clinical practice.
  • Pearson eText lets students take notes, highlight and bookmark important content. They can also engage with interactive and rich media to better grasp the concepts and their exemplars.
  1. Assessment
    • General Assessment
    • Vital Signs
    • Physical Assessment
    • Physical Assessment for the Newborn
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  2. Caring Interventions
    • Bed Care and Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
    • Medication Administration Systems
    • Medication Preparation
    • Medication Routes
    • Parenteral Routes
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  3. Comfort
    • Acute/Chronic Pain Management
    • Heat and Cold Application
    • End-of-Life Care
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  4. Elimination
    • Assessment: Collecting Specimens
    • Bladder Interventions
    • Bowel Interventions
    • Dialysis
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  5. Fluids and Electrolytes
    • Fluid Balance Measurement
    • Intravenous Therapy
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  6. Infection
    • Medical Asepsis
    • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Isolation Precautions
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  7. Intracranial Regulation
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  8. Metabolism
    • General Metabolism
    • Diabetes Care
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  9. Mobility
    • Balance and Strength
    • Moving and Transferring a Patient
    • Patient Assistive Devices
    • Traction and Cast Care
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  10. Nutrition
    • Healthy Eating Habits
    • Enteral Nutrition Using a Feeding Tube
    • Parenteral Nutrition Using Intravenous Infusion
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  11. Oxygenation
    • Assessment
    • Interventions
    • Supplemental Oxygen Therapy
    • Maintaining a Patent Airway
    • Maintaining Lung Expansion
    • Life-threatening Situations
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  12. Perfusion
    • Maintaining Blood Volume
    • Antiembolism Devices
    • Electrical Conduction in the Heart
    • Arterial Line
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  13. Perioperative Care
    • General Perioperative Care
    • Using Sterile Technique
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  14. Reproduction
    • Antepartum Care
    • Intrapartum Care
    • Postpartum Care
    • Newborn Care
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  15. Safety
    • Patient Safety
    • Environmental Safety
    • Immobilizers and Restraints
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes
  16. Tissue Integrity
    • General Assessment
    • Dressings and Binders
    • Wound Care
    • Critical Thinking Options for Unexpected Outcomes

APPENDICES

  1. Answers to Review Questions
  2. Guidelines for Laboratory and Diagnostic Assessment

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