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Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques
- 11th Edition - January 16, 2024
- Authors: Anne G. Perry, Patricia A. Potter, Wendy R. Ostendorf, Nancy Laplante
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 7 1 8 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 5 9 1 - 2
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Request a sales quoteLearn the clinical nursing skills you will use every day and prepare for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination! Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 11th 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. Written by a respected team of experts, this trusted text is the bestselling nursing skills book on the market!
- Comprehensive coverage includes more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills and procedures.
- 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 Judgments alert you to key steps that affect patient outcomes and help you 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 Review Questions 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 help you visualize concepts and procedures.
- Nursing process format provides a consistent presentation that helps you apply the process while learning each skill.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Disclaimer
- Table of Contents
- Brief contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the authors
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- UNIT 1. Supporting the Patient Through the Health Care System
- Introduction
- 1. Clinical judgment in nursing practice
- Clinical judgment in nursing practice
- Critical thinking evolving case study
- Critical thinking competencies
- Levels of critical thinking
- Components of critical thinking in the clinical judgment model
- Evaluation of clinical judgments
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 2. Communication and collaboration
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 2.1 Establishing the nurse-patient relationship
- ✦ SKILL 2.2 Communicating with patients who have difficulty coping
- ✦ SKILL 2.3 Communicating with a cognitively impaired patient
- ♦ SKILL 2.4 Communicating with colleagues
- ✦ SKILL 2.5 Workplace violence and safety
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 3. Admitting, transfer, and discharge
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- Admitting process
- Transfer process
- Discharge process
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 4. Documentation and informatics
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- Confidentiality
- Legal guidelines in documentation
- Guidelines for high-quality documentation
- Methods of documentation
- Common electronic health record data screens
- Documentation formats
- Verbal reporting
- Incident or adverse event occurrence reports
- Home care documentation
- Long-term health care documentation
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination-style questions
- UNIT 1 Supporting the Patient Through the Health Care System: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 2. Vital Signs and Physical Assessment
- Introduction
- 5. Vital signs
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 5.1 Measuring body temperature
- ✦ SKILL 5.2 Assessing radial pulse
- ✦ SKILL 5.3 Assessing apical pulse
- ✦ SKILL 5.4 Assessing respirations
- ✦ SKILL 5.5 Assessing arterial blood pressure
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 6. Health assessment
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- Assessment techniques
- Preparation for assessment
- Physical assessment of various age-groups
- ✦ SKILL 6.1 General survey
- ✦ SKILL 6.2 Head and neck assessment
- ✦ SKILL 6.3 Thorax and lung assessment
- ✦ SKILL 6.4 Cardiovascular assessment
- ✦ SKILL 6.5 Abdominal assessment
- ✦ SKILL 6.6 Genitalia and rectum assessment
- ✦ SKILL 6.7 Musculoskeletal and neurological assessment
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination-style questions
- UNIT 2 Vital Signs and Physical Assessment: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 3. Special Procedures
- Introduction
- 7. Specimen collection
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 7.1 Urine specimen collection: Midstream (clean-voided) urine; sterile urinary catheter
- ✦ SKILL 7.2 Measuring occult blood in stool
- ✦ SKILL 7.3 Measuring occult blood in gastric secretions (gastroccult)
- ✦ SKILL 7.4 Collecting nose and throat specimens for culture
- ✦ SKILL 7.5 Obtaining vaginal or urethral discharge specimens
- ✦ SKILL 7.6 Collecting a sputum specimen by suction
- ✦ SKILL 7.7 Obtaining wound drainage specimens
- ✦ SKILL 7.8 Collecting blood specimens and culture by venipuncture (syringe and vacutainer method)
- ✦ SKILL 7.9 Blood glucose monitoring
- ✦ SKILL 7.10 Obtaining an arterial specimen for blood gas measurement
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 8. Diagnostic procedures
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 8.1 Intravenous moderate sedation
- ✦ SKILL 8.2 Contrast media studies: Arteriogram (angiogram), cardiac catheterization, and intravenous pyelogram
- ✦ SKILL 8.3 Care of patients undergoing aspirations: Bone marrow aspiration/biopsy, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, and thoracentesis
- ✦ SKILL 8.4 Care of a patient undergoing bronchoscopy
- ✦ SKILL 8.5 Care of a patient undergoing endoscopy
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 3 Special Procedures: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 4. Infection Control
- Introduction
- 9. Medical asepsis
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 9.1 Hand hygiene
- ✦ SKILL 9.2 Caring for patients under isolation precautions
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 10. Sterile technique
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 10.1 Applying and removing cap, mask, and protective eyewear
- ✦ SKILL 10.2 Preparing a sterile field
- ✦ SKILL 10.3 Sterile gloving
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination−style questions
- UNIT 4 Infection Control: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 5. Activity and Mobility
- Introduction
- 11. Safe patient handling and mobility
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 11.1 Using safe and effective transfer techniques
- ✦ SKILL 11.2 Moving and positioning patients in bed
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 12. Exercise, mobility, and immobilization devices
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 12.1 Promoting early activity and exercise
- ✦ SKILL 12.2 Assisting with use of canes, walkers, and crutches
- ✦ SKILL 12.3 Care of a patient with an immobilization device
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 13. Support surfaces and special beds
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 13.1 Care of the patient on a support surface
- ✦ SKILL 13.2 Care of the patient on a special bed
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 5 Activity and Mobility: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 6. Safety and Comfort
- Introduction
- 14. Patient safety
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 14.1 Fall prevention in health care settings
- ✦ SKILL 14.2 Designing a restraint-free environment
- ✦ SKILL 14.3 Applying physical restraints
- ✦ SKILL 14.4 Seizure precautions
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 15. Disaster preparedness
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 15.1 Care of a patient after biological exposure
- ✦ SKILL 15.2 Care of a patient after chemical exposure
- ✦ SKILL 15.3 Care of a patient after radiation exposure
- ✦ SKILL 15.4 Care of a patient after a natural disaster
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 16. Pain management
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 16.1 Pain assessment and basic comfort measures
- ✦ SKILL 16.2 Nonpharmacological pain management
- ✦ SKILL 16.3 Pharmacological pain management
- ✦ SKILL 16.4 Patient-controlled analgesia
- ✦ SKILL 16.5 Epidural analgesia
- ✦ SKILL 16.6 Local anesthetic infusion pump for analgesia
- ✦ SKILL 16.7 Moist and dry heat applications
- ✦ SKILL 16.8 Cold application
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 17. End-of-life care
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 17.1 Supporting patients and families in grief
- ✦ SKILL 17.2 Symptom management at the end of life
- ✦ SKILL 17.3 Care of the body after death
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination−style questions
- UNIT 6 Safety and Comfort: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 7. Hygiene
- Introduction
- 18. Personal hygiene and bed making
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- The skin
- The oral cavity
- The hair
- The nails
- ✦ SKILL 18.1 Complete or partial bed bath
- ✦ SKILL 18.2 Oral hygiene
- ✦ SKILL 18.3 Performing mouth care for an unconscious or debilitated patient
- ✦ SKILL 18.4 Performing nail and foot care
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 19. Care of the eye and ear
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 19.1 Eye irrigation
- ✦ SKILL 19.2 Ear irrigation
- ✦ SKILL 19.3 Care of hearing aids
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 7 Hygiene: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 8. Medications
- Introduction
- 20. Safe medication preparation
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- Nursing process
- Reporting medication errors
- Patient and family caregiver teaching
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 21. Nonparenteral medications
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 21.1 Administering oral medications
- ✦ SKILL 21.2 Administering medications through a feeding tube
- ✦ SKILL 21.3 Applying topical medications to the skin
- ✦ SKILL 21.4 Administering ophthalmic medications
- ✦ SKILL 21.5 Administering ear medications
- ✦ SKILL 21.6 Administering nasal instillations
- ✦ SKILL 21.7 Using metered-dose inhalers (MDIs)
- ✦ SKILL 21.8 Using small-volume nebulizers
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 22. Parenteral medications
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 22.1 Preparing injections: Ampules and vials
- ✦ SKILL 22.2 Administering intradermal injections
- ✦ SKILL 22.3 Administering subcutaneous injections
- ✦ SKILL 22.4 Administering intramuscular injections
- ✦ SKILL 22.5 Administering medications by intravenous push
- ✦ SKILL 22.6 Administering intravenous medications by piggyback and syringe pumps
- ✦ SKILL 22.7 Administering medications by continuous subcutaneous infusion
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 8 Medication Administration: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 9. Oxygenation
- Introduction
- 23. Oxygen therapy
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 23.1 Applying an oxygen-delivery device
- ✦ SKILL 23.2 Administering oxygen therapy to a patient with an artificial airway
- ✦ SKILL 23.3 Using incentive spirometry
- ✦ SKILL 23.4 Care of a patient receiving noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
- ✦ SKILL 23.5 Care of a patient on a mechanical ventilator
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 24. Airway management
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 24.1 Performing oropharyngeal suctioning
- ✦ SKILL 24.2 Suctioning: Open for nasotracheal/pharyngeal and artificial airways
- ✦ SKILL 24.3 Performing endotracheal tube care
- ✦ SKILL 24.4 Performing tracheostomy care
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination−style questions
- References
- 25. Cardiac care
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 25.1 Obtaining a 12-lead electrocardiogram
- ✦ SKILL 25.2 Applying a cardiac monitor
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 26. Closed chest drainage systems
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 26.1 Managing closed chest drainage systems
- ✦ SKILL 26.2 Assisting with removal of chest tubes
- ✦ SKILL 26.3 Autotransfusion of chest tube drainage
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 27. Emergency measures for life support
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 27.1 Inserting an oropharyngeal airway
- ✦ SKILL 27.2 Using an automated external defibrillator
- ✦ SKILL 27.3 Resuscitation management
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 9 Oxygenation: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 10. Fluid Balance
- Introduction
- 28. Intravenous and vascular access therapy
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 28.1 Insertion of a peripheral intravenous device
- ✦ SKILL 28.2 Regulating intravenous flow rates
- ✦ SKILL 28.3 Changing intravenous solutions
- ✦ SKILL 28.4 Changing infusion tubing
- ✦ SKILL 28.5 Changing a peripheral intravenous dressing
- ✦ SKILL 28.6 Managing central vascular access devices
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 29. Blood therapy
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 29.1 Initiating blood therapy
- ✦ SKILL 29.2 Monitoring for adverse transfusion reactions
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 10 Fluid Balance: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 11. Nutrition
- Introduction
- 30. Oral nutrition
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 30.1 Performing a nutrition screening
- ✦ SKILL 30.2 Assisting an adult patient with oral nutrition
- ✦ SKILL 30.3 Aspiration precautions
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 31. Enteral nutrition
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standard
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 31.1 Insertion and removal of a small-bore feeding tube
- ✦ SKILL 31.2 Verifying placement of a feeding tube
- ✦ SKILL 31.3 Irrigating a feeding tube
- ✦ SKILL 31.4 Administering enteral nutrition: Nasogastric, nasointestinal, gastrostomy, or jejunostomy tube
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 32. Parenteral nutrition
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 32.1 Administering central parenteral nutrition
- ✦ SKILL 32.2 Administering peripheral parenteral nutrition with lipid (fat) emulsion
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 11 Nutrition: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 12. Elimination
- Introduction
- 33. Urinary elimination
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 33.1 Insertion of a straight or an indwelling urinary catheter
- ✦ SKILL 33.2 Care and removal of an indwelling catheter
- ✦ SKILL 33.3 Performing catheter irrigation
- ✦ SKILL 33.4 Applying an incontinence device
- ✦ SKILL 33.5 Suprapubic catheter care
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 34. Bowel elimination and gastric intubation
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Principles of practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 34.1 Administering an enema
- ✦ SKILL 34.2 Insertion, maintenance, and removal of a nasogastric tube for gastric decompression
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 35. Ostomy care
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 35.1 Pouching a colostomy or an ileostomy
- ✦ SKILL 35.2 Pouching a urostomy
- ✦ SKILL 35.3 Catheterizing a urinary diversion
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 12 Elimination: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 13. Care of the Surgical Patient
- Introduction
- 36. Preoperative and postoperative care
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 36.1 Preoperative assessment
- ✦ SKILL 36.2 Preoperative teaching
- ✦ SKILL 36.3 Patient preparation for surgery
- ✦ SKILL 36.4 Providing immediate anesthesia recovery in the postanesthesia care unit
- ✦ SKILL 36.5 Providing early postoperative (phase II) and convalescent phase (phase III) recovery
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 37. Intraoperative care
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 37.1 Surgical hand antisepsis
- ✦ SKILL 37.2 Donning a sterile gown and closed gloving
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 13 Care of the Surgical Patient: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 14. Dressings and Wound Care
- Introduction
- 38. Wound care and irrigation
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 38.1 Performing a wound irrigation
- ✦ SKILL 38.2 Removing sutures and staples
- ✦ SKILL 38.3 Managing wound drainage evacuation
- ✦ SKILL 38.4 Negative-pressure wound therapy
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 39. Pressure injury prevention and care
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 39.1 Risk assessment, skin assessment, and prevention strategies
- ✦ SKILL 39.2 Treatment of pressure injuries
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 40. Dressings, bandages, and binders
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 40.1 Applying a dressing (dry and moist dressings)
- ✦ SKILL 40.2 Applying a pressure bandage
- ✦ SKILL 40.3 Applying a transparent dressing
- ✦ SKILL 40.4 Applying a hydrocolloid, hydrogel, foam, or alginate dressing
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 14 Dressings and Wound Care: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- UNIT 15. Home Care
- Introduction
- 41. Home care safety
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 41.1 Home environment assessment and safety
- ✦ SKILL 41.2 Adapting the home setting for clients with cognitive deficits
- ✦ SKILL 41.3 Medication and medical device safety
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- References
- 42. Home care teaching
- Purpose
- Practice standards
- Supplemental standards
- Principles for practice
- Person-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Safety guidelines
- ✦ SKILL 42.1 Teaching clients to measure body temperature
- ✦ SKILL 42.2 Teaching blood pressure and pulse measurement
- ✦ SKILL 42.3 Teaching intermittent self-catheterization
- ✦ SKILL 42.4 Using home oxygen equipment
- ✦ SKILL 42.5 Teaching home tracheostomy care and suctioning
- ✦ SKILL 42.6 Teaching medication self-administration
- ✦ SKILL 42.7 Managing feeding tubes in the home
- ✦ SKILL 42.8 Managing parenteral nutrition in the home
- ✦ Clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- UNIT 15 Home Care: Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN)–Style Unfolding Case Study
- References
- Appendix A
- Answers to clinical judgment and next generation NCLEX® examination–style questions
- Answers to next generation NCLEX® (NGN)–style unfolding case studies
- Index
- Index of skills and procedural guidelines
- No. of pages: 1344
- Language: English
- Edition: 11
- Published: January 16, 2024
- Imprint: Mosby
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443107184
- eBook ISBN: 9780443115912
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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, IllinoisPP
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, MissouriWO
Wendy R. Ostendorf
Affiliations and expertise
Contributing Faculty, Masters of Science in Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USANL
Nancy Laplante
Associate Professor of Nursing,Widener University,Chester, Pennsylvania