Sandra F. Smith, University of Tulsa
Donna J. Duell, RN,MS
Barbara C. Martin, University of Tulsa
©2012 | Pearson
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Comprehensive set of nursing skills and procedures that cross the nursing curriculum and can be used in clinical, or the skills laboratory,. For use in hospitals and medical clinics as policy/procedure books or for reference.
The most complete, up-to-date and useful guide to modern clinical nursing skills available! With more than 1,200 full-color images illustrating more than 750 new and updated skills, it is the definitive resource for best practice nursing standards, guidelines, and competencies. The authors teach through extensive case studies and critical thinking features, and thoroughly explain the rationales for each skill and technique. Strong coverage of evidence-based care, cultural/religious considerations, nursing management, and community based nursing is provided throughout. Easily adaptable to any conceptual curriculum model, this text also contains hundreds of NCLEX®-style review questions. This edition adds a new chapter on neurological care; has integrated coverage of home care throughout; provides substantial new coverage of the 2010 national patient safety goals; and contains approximately 50 new skills.
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Comprehensive set of nursing skills and procedures that cross the nursing curriculum and can be used in clinical, or the skills laboratory,. For use in hospitals and medical clinics as policy/procedure books or for reference.
The most complete, up-to-date and useful guide to modern clinical nursing skills available! With more than 1,200 full-color images illustrating more than 750 new and updated skills, it is the definitive resource for best practice nursing standards, guidelines, and competencies. The authors teach through extensive case studies and critical thinking features, and thoroughly explain the rationales for each skill and technique. Strong coverage of evidence-based care, cultural/religious considerations, nursing management, and community based nursing is provided throughout. Easily adaptable to any conceptual curriculum model, this text also contains hundreds of NCLEX®-style review questions. This edition adds a new chapter on neurological care; has integrated coverage of home care throughout; provides substantial new coverage of the 2010 national patient safety goals; and contains approximately 50 new skills.
Hallmark Features
Comprehensive coverage– from the very basic to high tech advanced skills
Organized around the nursing process –from assessment through evaluation
Evidence-based practice–presenting studies and research that underpin new and specific changes in skill performance
Critical Thinking sections in every unit and chapter–including unexpected outcomes and alternative nursing actions
NCLEX®-style questions–over 300 NCLEX® -style questions at the end of every chapter, with answers and rationales provided in the appendix
More than 1,200 full-color photographs, line drawings, charts, and tables–depicting step-by-step, up-to-date nursing procedures and equipment
Learning Objectives and Terminology–supporting the text’s explanations of procedures with a clear, understandable theoretical foundation
Legal Alerts–identify legal pitfalls nurses can encounter
Nursing Diagnoses phrased in current terminology–preceding the text’s step-by-step procedures
Rationales for specific nursing actions–explain why each action is performed
Clinical Alerts–callingattention to safety issues, essential information, and actions that require critical decision making
Cultural Competence features–illuminating the role that cultural diversity principles play in providing effective client care
Documentation guidelines–explaining how to document skill, outcome, and client response, and why it is crucial to do so
Gerontologic Considerations–presentingspecific concepts influencing or affecting care of the elderly
Expanded Management Guidelines–including legal, safe, and appropriate delegation of responsibilities
New! Approximately 50 new skills–added throughout the book, reflecting the National Council Test Plan and NCLEX objectives
New! Home care coverage–now integrated throughout
Updated! New photos and line drawings–illuminating many skills, techniques, and procedures
Updated! Extensive new coverage of national patient safety goals –included in multiple chapters, especially admission and discharge
Updated! Medication Administration guidelines–including new guidelines for parenteral and enteral medication administration, medication reconciliation, medication labeling, and barcode medication administration
Updated! Heat and cold modalities–including expanded theory and rationale; warm air blankets; updated infant radiant warmers; and induced hypothermia
Expanded! Advanced Skills coverage–now including SvO2 and intra-aortic balloon pump content, as well as updated on preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia
1. Professional Nursing
2. Nursing Process and Critical Thinking
3. Managing Client Care: Documentation and Delegation
4. Communication and Nurse-Client Relationship
5. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
6. Client Education and Discharge Planning
7. Safe Client Environment and Restraints
8. Bathing, Bedmaking, and Maintaining Skin Integrity
9. Personal Hygiene
10. VItal Signs
11. Physical Assessment
12. Body Mechanics and Positioning
13. Exercise and Ambulation
14. Infection Control
15. Disaster Preparedness. Bioterrorism
16. Pain Management
17. Alternative Therapies and Stress Management
18. Medication Administration
19. Nutritional Management and NG Intubation
20. Specimen Collection
21. Diagnostic Procedures
22. Urinary Elimination
23. Bowel Elimination
24. Heat and Cold Therapies
25. Wound Care and Dressings
26. Perioperative Care
27. Orthopedic Interventions
28. Intravenous Therapy
29. Central Vascular Access
30. Respiratory Care
31. Circulatory Maintenance
32. Neurological Management - NEW!
33. Advanced Nursing Skills
34. End of Life Care
Test Item File (Download only) for Clinical Nursing Skills, 8th Edition
Smith, Duell & Martin
©2012
Instructor Resource Manual and Skill Checklists (Download only) for Clinical Nursing Skills, 8th Edition
Smith, Duell & Martin
©2012
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