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Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques

  • 10th Edition - March 9, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Anne G. Perry, Patricia A. Potter, Wendy R. Ostendorf, Nancy Laplante
  • Language: English

Learn clinical nursing skills and prepare for success on the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination! Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 10th Edition provides clear,… Read more

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Learn clinical nursing skills and prepare for success on the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination! Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 10th Edition provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills. With more than 1,200 full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and a focus on evidence-based practice, this manual helps you learn to think critically, ask the right questions at the right time, and make timely decisions. New to this edition are NGN-style unfolding case studies, preparing you for the changes to the NCLEX exam. Written by respected nursing experts Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter, Wendy Ostendorf, and Nancy Laplante, this trusted text is the bestselling nursing skills book on the market!

Key features

  • Comprehensive coverage includes more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills and procedures
  • NEW! Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-style unfolding case studies include answers at the back of the book, providing optimal preparation for the Next Generation NCLEX Examination
  • Rationales for each step within skills explain the why as well as the how of each skill, and include citations from the current literature
  • Clinical Decision Points alert you to key steps that affect patient outcomes and help them modify care as needed to meet individual patient needs
  • Unique! Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions sections highlight what might go wrong and how to appropriately intervene
  • Clinical Debrief at the end of each chapter provides case-based review questions that focus on issues such as managing conflict, care prioritization, patient safety, and decision-making
  • More than 1,200 full-color photos and drawings make it easier to visualize concepts and procedures
  • Five–step nursing process format helps you apply the nursing process while learning each skill
  • Coverage of QSEN core competencies is incorporated into each lesson, including the areas of delegation and collaboration, reporting and recording, safety guidelines, and considerations relating to teaching, pediatric, geriatric, and home care
  • Unique! Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter covers the entire process of conducting research, including collecting, evaluating, and applying evidence from published research

Table of contents

UNIT 1: SUPPORTING THE PATIENT THROUGH THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice

2. Communication and Collaboration

3. Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge

4. Documentation and Informatics
Unit 1 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 2: VITAL SIGNS AND PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

5. Vital Signs

6. Health Assessment
Unit 2 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 3: SPECIAL PROCEDURES

7. Specimen Collection

8. Diagnostic Procedures
Unit 3 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 4: INFECTION CONTROL

9. Medical Asepsis

10. Sterile Technique
Unit 4 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 5: ACTIVITY AND MOBILITY

11. Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM)

12. Exercise and Mobility

13. Support Surfaces and Special Beds
Unit 5 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 6: SAFETY AND COMFORT

14. Patient Safety

15. Disaster Preparedness

16. Pain Management

17. End-of-Life Care
Unit 6 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 7: HYGIENE

18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making

19. Care of the Eye and Ear
Unit 7 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 8: MEDICATIONS

20. Safe Medication Preparation

21. Nonparenteral Medications

22. Parenteral Medications
Unit 8 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 9: OXYGENATION

23. Oxygen Therapy

24. Performing Chest Physiotherapy

25. Airway Management

26. Cardiac Care

27. Closed Chest Drainage Systems

28. Emergency Measures for Life Support
Unit 9 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 10: FLUID BALANCE

29. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy

30. Blood Therapy
Unit 10 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 11: NUTRITION

31. Oral Nutrition

32. Enteral Nutrition

33. Parenteral Nutrition
Unit 11 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 12: ELIMINATION

34. Urinary Elimination

35. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation

36. Ostomy Care
Unit 12 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 13: CARE OF THE SURGICAL PATIENT

37. Preoperative and Postoperative Care

38. Intraoperative Care
Unit 13 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 14: DRESSINGS AND WOUND CARE

39. Wound Care and Irrigations

40. Impaired Skin Integrity Prevention and Care

41. Dressings, Bandages, and Binders
Unit 14 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

UNIT 15: HOME CARE

42. Home Care Safety

43. Home Care Teaching
Unit 15 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies
Appendix A: Answers to Chapter Review Questions
Appendix B: Answers to Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-Style Unfolding Case Studies

Product details

  • Edition: 10
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 12, 2021
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Anne G. Perry

Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN is a Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA

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Patricia A. Potter

Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN is a Former Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri.
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly, Director of Research, Patient Care Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Wendy R. Ostendorf

Wendy R. Ostendorf, Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA,
Affiliations and expertise
Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Nancy Laplante

Nancy Laplante is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Nursing, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA