Combined Clinical Nursing Skills Manual including OSCE 2V - Set
- 1st Edition - May 21, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier India
- Authors: Lizzie Ravindran, Manjula G.B., Deborah Packiajothi, Anees A
- Language: English
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This book is written based on the revised INC syllabus; it is developed on the rich knowledge and clinical expertise of the
authors, co-authors and contributors around various specialties of nursing.
• It is indexed, well-organized, updated with recent information, and enhanced with the inclusion of OSCE checklists and
procedure skills as per requirement of the new syllabus.
• The authenticity of the contents of the manual rests with a strong literature review from various indexed textbooks of nursing.
• The individual patient differences, patient preferences, patient conditions and situations are considered before or while
putting a procedure into practice.
Vol 2
• Developed by a team of authors and contributors who have brought in their rich and varied experiences in nursing practice
and education
• Assembled based on the latest INC syllabus and new procedure guidelines
• Includes practical procedures of all clinical nursing specialities
• Constitutes checklists for procedures against which competencies can be fairly evaluated
• Is a ready reference for nursing care plan of common clinical conditions
• Includes short- and long-case scenario discussions
• Comprises key topics for viva voce in practical examinations
• Highlights the important areas of health education
• Caters to practical examination preparation of student nurses across 4 years of education
This book is written based on the revised INC syllabus; it is developed on the rich knowledge and clinical expertise of the
authors, co-authors and contributors around various specialties of nursing.
• It is indexed, well-organized, updated with recent information, and enhanced with the inclusion of OSCE checklists and
procedure skills as per requirement of the new syllabus.
• The authenticity of the contents of the manual rests with a strong literature review from various indexed textbooks of nursing.
• The individual patient differences, patient preferences, patient conditions and situations are considered before or while
putting a procedure into practice.
Vol 2
• Developed by a team of authors and contributors who have brought in their rich and varied experiences in nursing practice
and education
• Assembled based on the latest INC syllabus and new procedure guidelines
• Includes practical procedures of all clinical nursing specialities
• Constitutes checklists for procedures against which competencies can be fairly evaluated
• Is a ready reference for nursing care plan of common clinical conditions
• Includes short- and long-case scenario discussions
• Comprises key topics for viva voce in practical examinations
• Highlights the important areas of health education
• Caters to practical examination preparation of student nurses across 4 years of education
- Combined Clinical Nursing Skills Manual, including OSCE, 2-Volume Set
- Cover image
- Title page
- Disclaimer
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Syllabus mapper
- Syllabus mapper
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Part A. Procedure Details
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Section 1. Nursing Foundation and Adult Health Nursing
- 1. Hospitalization of patient
- Admission of patient to the hospital
- Introduction
- Definition
- Types of admissions
- Methods of admission
- Principles involving admission procedure
- Purposes of admission procedure
- Preparing for admission procedure
- Articles needed
- Receiving the patient
- Orientation of the patient to the hospital and ward
- Procedure
- Special situations faced during admission of patients
- Admission of a patient involved in medico-legal case
- Communication and nurse–patient relationship
- Definition of communication
- Communication process
- Forms of communication (modes of communication)
- Helping relationship (nurse–patient relationship)
- Rapport building skills
- Therapeutic communication skills
- Documentation and reporting
- Documentation
- Guidelines for documentation
- Purposes of patient records
- Nursing informatics
- Types of documentation
- Reporting
- Discharge of patient from the hospital
- Introduction
- Definition
- Types of discharge
- Planning for patient’s discharge
- Purposes of planning discharge
- Assessment of patient
- Types of patients who require specific care upon discharge
- Patient and family preparation
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- 2. Health assessment related to nursing care
- Health assessment
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Purposes
- Establishing a database
- Types of health assessments
- Steps of assessment
- Comprehensive nursing history collection
- History collection proforma
- General physical examination
- Techniques of physical examination
- Preparation for physical examination
- Articles needed (Fig. 2.3)
- Body system assessment
- Major systems assessment guide
- Examples of patient-focused assessment
- Conclusion
- Neurological assessment
- Introduction
- Definition
- Assessment of consciousness of a patient using the glasgow coma scale
- Articles needed (Fig. 2.4)
- Sequence assessment
- Examination of cranial nerves
- Examination of motor system
- Tactile sensation
- Deep tendon reflex
- Superficial reflexes
- Documentation
- Conclusion
- Geriatric assessment
- Introduction
- Objectives of geriatric assessment
- Steps of geriatric assessment
- Conclusion
- References
- 3. Biophysiological assessment related to nursing care
- Vital signs
- Introduction
- Body temperature
- Definition
- Purposes
- Temperature checking by oral route (Fig. 3.1)
- Temperature checking by axillary route
- Temperature checking by rectal route (Fig. 3.2)
- Temperature checking by tympanic route (Fig. 3.3)
- Articles (Fig. 3.4)
- Preliminary assessment (nurse’s responsibility)
- Conversion of temperature readings in fahrenheit and celsius
- Measurement of oral temperature
- Measurement of axillary temperature
- Measurement of axillary temperature using the digital/electronic thermometer
- Measurement of rectal temperature
- Measurement of tympanic membrane temperature
- Pulse
- Definition
- Sites for checking pulse
- Assessing the radial pulse (peripheral pulse)
- Assessing the apical pulse
- Respiration
- Definition
- Assessing the respiration
- Blood pressure
- Definitions
- Assessing the blood pressure
- Pain assessment
- Introduction
- Definition
- Types of pain
- Pain manifestation
- Pain assessment
- Pain history – P, Q, R, S, T pattern
- Pain rating
- Pain assessment
- Conclusion
- References
- 4. Nursing actions to meet the comfort needs of patient
- Bed making
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Preliminary assessment
- Preparation of patient and unit
- Types of beds
- Open bed
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Occupied bed
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Operation bed or post-anaesthetic recovery bed definition
- Purpose
- Articles
- Procedure
- Cardiac bed
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Burns bed
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Fracture bed
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Blanket bed
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Amputation bed
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Closed bed
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Comfort devices
- Definition
- Purposes
- A few comfort devices
- Positioning of patient
- Definition
- Purposes
- Principles of positioning
- Supine/dorsal recumbent position
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Points to remember
- Fowler’s position
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Prone position
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Lateral/side lying position
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Sim’s position/semi-prone position
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Lithotomy position
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Trendelenburg’s position
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Knee chest position
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Lifting and transporting the patient
- Body mechanics
- Principles
- Purposes
- Transfer of patient from bed to stretcher
- Definition
- Purposes
- Techniques
- Articles
- Procedure
- Transfer of patient from bed to wheelchair
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- References
- 5. Nursing actions to meet the hygienic needs of patient
- Oral hygiene
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Preliminary assessment and precautions to be taken
- Articles needed (Fig 5.1)
- Mouth care agents commonly used
- Mouth care for patient who can care for self
- Mouth care for unconscious patient
- Conclusion
- Bed bath
- Introduction
- Therapeutic bath
- Types of cleansing bath
- Bath routine
- Bed bath
- Definition
- Purposes
- Principles involved in bed bath
- General instructions
- Water temperature for bath
- Preliminary assessment/nurse’s responsibility
- Articles needed (Fig. 5.2)
- Preparation of patient’s unit
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Care for skin and pressure areas
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Hair shampooing
- Introduction
- Methods of hair shampooing
- Definition
- Purposes
- Preliminary assessment and precautions
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Paediculosis treatment
- Introduction
- Problems arising with paediculosis
- Preventing paediculosis infestation
- Solutions (parasiticides) used for treating paediculosis
- Articles needed
- Preliminary assessment and pre-preparation
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- 6. Nursing actions to meet the nutritional needs of patient
- Preparation of fluid diet
- Introduction
- Purposes
- Nutritional benefits of fluid diet
- Foods included in the clear liquid diet
- Diet plan
- Feeding a conscious patient
- Definition
- Purpose
- Articles
- Preliminary assessment
- Procedure
- Nasogastric tube insertion
- Introduction
- Purposes
- Indication
- Preliminary assessment/preparation of nurse
- Preparation of articles (Fig. 6.1)
- Preparation of the patient and the unit
- Method for differentiating the placement of the NG tube
- Procedure
- Nasogastric tube feeding
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Articles
- Procedure
- Nasogastric tube removal
- Introduction
- Indications
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Gastrostomy feeding
- Definition
- Purpose
- Indications
- Articles
- Procedure
- Jejunostomy feeding
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Articles
- Procedure
- References
- 7. Nursing actions to meet the elimination needs of patient
- Insertion of flatus tube
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Preliminary assessment
- Articles
- Procedure
- Interpretation of result
- Conclusion
- Insertion of rectal suppository
- Introduction
- Types of suppositories
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Purposes
- Preliminary assessment
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Urinary catheterization
- Definition
- Purposes
- Principles involved in urinary catheterization
- General instructions
- Articles (Fig. 7.1)
- Procedure
- Changing the catheter and tubing
- Conclusion
- Catheter care
- Definition
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Removal of indwelling urinary catheter
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Cleansing enema
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- General instructions
- Evacuant enema (Fig. 7.2)
- Simple evacuant enema
- Purposes
- Solutions used
- Amount of solutions to be used
- Temperature of the solutions
- Medicated evacuant enema
- Oil enema
- Solutions used
- Amount of solutions to be used
- Temperature of the solutions
- Purgative enema
- Solutions used
- Amount of solutions to be used
- Temperature of the solutions
- Astringent enema
- Solutions used
- Temperature of the solutions
- Anti-helminthic enema
- Solutions used
- Amount of the solutions
- Carminative enema
- Solutions used
- Cold enema
- Complications
- Retained enema
- Stimulant enema
- Solutions used
- Amount of solutions
- Temperature of solutions
- Nutrient enema
- Solutions used
- Amount of solution
- Temperature of solution
- Emollient enema
- Solutions used
- Amount of solution
- Temperature of solution
- Sedative enema
- Drugs used
- Dose
- Anaesthetic enema
- Drugs used
- Methods used for giving enema
- Preliminary assessment – check the following
- Articles (Fig. 7.3)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Bowel wash
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Contraindications
- Solutions used
- Temperature of the solution
- General instructions
- Preliminary assessment
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Bladder irrigation
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- 8. Nursing actions to improve oxygenation of patient
- Pulse oximetry
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Articles needed (Fig. 8.1)
- Procedure
- Precautions to be taken
- Conclusion
- Oxygen administration
- Introduction
- Definition
- Indications
- Important points and precautions to note
- Methods of oxygen delivery
- Home oxygen devices
- Articles needed (Fig. 8.5)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Nebulization therapy
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Types of nebulizers
- Articles needed (Fig. 8.6)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Endotracheal suctioning
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Articles needed (Fig. 8.8)
- Precautions to be taken
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Tracheostomy care
- Introduction
- Definition
- Parts and components of tracheostomy tube
- Rendering a tracheostomy care
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Home care considerations
- Conclusion
- ABG analysis
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Common sites for arterial puncture
- Performing Allen’s test before arterial puncture
- Securing of blood sample for ABG analysis (Fig. 8.10)
- Normal values in ABG analysis
- Steps in interpretation of results
- Conclusion
- References
- 9. Nursing actions in medication therapy
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Routes of medicine administration
- Enteral
- Parenteral
- Topical routes – for local effect
- Rights of medication administration
- Oral medication administration
- Enteral route of medication administration
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Preliminary assessment
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Parenteral administrtion – intramuscular injection
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Contraindications
- Sites
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Subcutaneous injection
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Sites
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Intradermal injection
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Sites
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Topical administration
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- 10. Nursing actions related to fluid and blood administration
- Venepuncture/intravenous cannulation
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Articles needed (Fig. 10.1)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Intravenous infusion
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Preferred intravenous sites
- Basic types of solutions that can be infused
- Types of infusion solutions
- Articles needed
- Venflon colour and gauge size
- Nurse’s responsibility in IV infusion
- Formulas for fluid calculation
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Blood transfusion
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Articles needed
- Nurse’s responsibility
- Procedure
- Adverse reactions to blood transsfusion
- Nursing action for transfusion reactions
- Conclusion
- Total parenteral nutrition
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindication
- Administration methods
- Nurse’s responsibility
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- 11. Nursing actions related to the musculoskeletal system
- Introduction
- Movement and exercises
- Definition
- Purposes
- Contraindications
- Classification of exercises
- Types of ROM exercises
- Techniques of ROM exercises
- Nurse’s responsibility
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Traction care
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Guidelines for use of traction
- Articles needed (Fig. 11.7)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Crutch walking
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Types of crutches (Fig. 11.8)
- Precautions in crutch walking
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- 12. Nursing actions related to care of surgical patient
- Surgical environment and operation theatre technique
- Introduction
- 1. Scrubbing
- 2. Gowning
- 3. Gloving technique
- Positioning of patient during surgery
- Purposes of positioning
- Principles of patient positioning
- Various positions used in surgery
- Positions for spinal anaesthesia
- Instruments used in OT
- Types of OT instruments
- Equipment and instruments maintenance in OT
- Conclusion
- Pre-operative care
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Standards of pre-operative phase
- Pre-operative teaching
- Essentials of pre-operative care
- Pre-operative nursing care – stepwise care
- Admission of patient to the holding area
- Transfer of patient to OT
- Conclusion
- Intra-operative care
- Definition
- Physical environment of an operation theater (OP)
- Operating room/operation theatre
- Methods used to prevent infection in OT
- OT team members
- Nursing management of patient during the surgical experience
- Complications that can occur and should be prevented
- Post-operative care
- Introduction
- Definition
- Post-operative care
- Phases of post-operative care
- Post-operative nursing management
- Post-operative exercises
- Post-operative complications
- Signs of post-operative complications
- General post-operative nursing tasks
- Discharge from the post-operative unit
- Recovery room/post-anaesthetic room/post-anaesthetic care unit
- Post-anaesthetic assessment
- Conclusion
- Surgical wound dressing
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Types of surgical dressing
- Nurse’s responsibility
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Sitz bath
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Solutions used
- Preliminary assessment
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Suture removal
- Definition
- Purposes
- Principles to be followed in suture removal
- Articles needed (Fig. 12.7)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- 13. Nursing actions related to hot and cold applications
- Hot and cold applications
- Introduction
- Principles pertaining to therapeutic use of hot and cold applications
- Hot application
- Introduction
- Definition
- Types of hot applications
- Application of hot water bag
- Articles needed (Fig. 13.1)
- Procedure
- Cold application
- Introduction
- Definition
- Local cold application
- General cold applications
- Use of local and general cold applications in reducing fever
- Ice bag or ice cap
- Definition
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Articles needed (Fig. 13.4)
- Procedure
- Untoward events and solutions
- Conclusion
- Steam inhalation
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Drugs used in steam inhalation
- Methods for giving the steam inhalation
- Articles needed (Fig. 13.5)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- 14. Nursing actions related to diagnostic procedures
- Assisting with thoracentesis
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Sites for thoracentesis
- Patient position for thoracentesis
- Precautions to be taken
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Assisting with abdominal paracentesis
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Site for abdominal paracentesis
- Positioning the patient for abdominal paracentesis
- Articles needed
- Nurse’s responsibility
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Assisting with lumbar puncture
- Introduction
- Purposes
- Sites for lumbar puncture
- Articles needed
- Nurse’s responsibility
- Preparation of patient prior to the procedure
- Procedure
- Assisting with bone marrow aspiration
- Introduction
- Definition
- Articles
- Sites for bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
- Nurses’ responsibility
- Procedure
- Assisting with endoscopy
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Machines/articles needed
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Nurse’s responsibilities
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purpose
- Indications
- Contraindication
- Prerequisites
- Procedure
- Complications
- Conclusion
- Assisting with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Risks of ERCP
- Conclusion
- Glucometer rbs checking
- Introduction
- Definition
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Specimen collection
- Introduction
- Definition
- Types of specimen collection
- Purposes
- Conclusion
- Urine testing for presence of albumin and sugar
- Introduction
- Articles needed (Fig. 14.9)
- Test for albumin
- Test for sugar – benedict’s test (Fig. 14.10)
- Test results
- Conclusion
- References
- 15. Nursing actions related to patient receiving specific treatment
- Ostomy care
- Definitions
- Articles needed (Fig. 15.1)
- Procedure
- Nurse’s responsibility in unexpected situations
- Conclusion
- Care of patients receiving chemotherapy
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Standard Protocol for Administration of Hazardous Chemotherapy Drugs (guidelines from ASHP 2006, OSHA 1999, Polovich, Whit Ford and Olsen 2009)
- Standard Protocol for Safe Handling of Hazardous Chemotherapy Drugs (guidelines from ASHP 2006, OSHA 1999, Polovich, Whit Ford and Olsen 2009)
- Care of patients receiving radiation therapy
- Definition
- Types of radiation therapy
- Nursing management of problems caused by radiation therapy and chemotherapy
- Conclusion
- Care of patients with burns
- Introduction
- Purposes
- Precautions
- Articles needed
- Assessment of burns (body surface area)
- Fluid and electrolyte replacement therapy for burns
- Water therapy (hydrotherapy)
- Purposes
- Care during water therapy
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- 16. Nursing actions related to infection control practices
- Sterilization and disinfection of instruments
- Definitions
- Methods of sterilization and disinfection
- Methods of disinfection
- Biomedical waste management
- Definition of biomedical waste
- Classification of biomedical waste
- Hazards of biomedical waste
- Steps in BMW management
- Nurse’s roles and responsibilities in waste disposal
- Hand washing technique
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Types of hand washing
- Articles needed
- Steps of hand washing
- Hand rub
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles needed
- Steps of hand rub
- Conclusion
- Donning and removing personal protective equipment
- Introduction
- Types of PPE
- Purposes
- Use of PPE in various health care settings
- General PPE guidelines
- PPE donning (wearing) sequence
- PPE doffing (removing) sequence
- Articles needed
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- 17. Nursing actions related to emergency care
- Triaging
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Goals of triaging
- Categories of triage
- Colour coding
- Procedure
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Introduction
- Definition
- Steps of CPR
- Automated external defibrillator (AED)
- Conclusion
- References
- 18. Nursing actions related to end-of-life care
- Care of the dead body
- Definition
- Purposes
- Signs of clinical death
- Physiological changes after death
- Articles required
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- Section 2. Child Health Nursing
- 19. Nursing actions related to care of newborn and infant
- Newborn screening and anthropometric measurement
- Newborn screening
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Initial assessment
- APGAR score
- Preliminary assessment
- Articles
- Procedure
- Reflexes of newborn
- Anthropometric measurement
- Articles
- Procedure
- After care
- Conclusion
- Care of newborn during phototherapy
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Methods of delivering phototherapy
- Preliminary assessment
- Preparation
- Articles (Fig. 19.2)
- Environmental preparation
- Procedure
- Nursing management
- Complications
- Long-term complications
- Incubator care
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Types of incubators
- Parts of incubator
- Procedure
- Nurse’s responsibilities
- Conclusion
- Care of baby in radiant warmer
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Parts of radiant warmer (open care system)
- Modes of radiant warmer
- Procedure
- Application of skin probe
- Useful tips for effective use of the radiant warmer
- Disinfecting radiant warmer
- Nurse’s responsibilities
- Conclusion
- Kangaroo mother care
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Components
- Procedure
- Nursing management
- Documentation
- After care
- Conclusion
- Assisting with umbilical cord catheterization
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes of umbilical catheterization
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Types of umbilical catheter
- Placement of umbilical catheter
- Articles
- Preparation of infant
- Procedure – umbilical vein catheterization
- After care of umbilical catheterization
- Ongoing management
- Complications
- Conclusion
- Assisting with exchange blood transfusion
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindication
- Preliminary assessment
- Articles
- Preparation of the infant
- Priming the circuit
- Choice of donor blood
- Procedure
- Post-transfusion care
- Complications
- Conclusion
- Use of restraints in children
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles (Fig. 19.4)
- Types of restraints
- Complications of restraints
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Blood sample collection by heel prick method
- Introduction
- Definition
- Indications
- Equipment
- Neonatal heel prick (Fig. 19.13)
- Detected diseases
- Procedure
- Complications
- Conclusion
- Neonatal resuscitation
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Preparation of articles
- Preparation of the neonate/child
- Preparation of environment
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Breast feeding technique
- Definition
- Advantages of breast feeding
- Indicators of adequacy of breast feeding
- Different composition of breast milk
- Position of giving breast feeding
- Techniques of breast feeding
- Problems of breast feeding
- Contraindications of breast feeding
- Exclusive breast feeding
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Expressed breast milk and human milk preservation
- Introduction
- Indications
- Methods of milk expression to be done
- Storing expressed breast milk
- Human milk preservation
- Preservation
- When freezing breast milk
- Ways to thaw the breast milk
- Procedure
- Preparation of formula feeds
- Introduction
- Definition
- Advantages of formula feeding
- Disadvantages
- Indications of formula feeding
- Contraindications
- Preparation
- Procedure
- If many bottles are prepared
- Preparing bottle for infant formula
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Paladai feeding (Fig. 19.18)
- Introduction
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Preparation of the articles (Fig. 19.19)
- Procedure
- Post-procedure care
- Special nursing considerations
- Conclusion
- Burping the baby
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Causes
- Procedure
- Duration
- Complications
- Conclusion
- Assessment of signs for proper latching
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Procedure
- Pain while latching
- Instruction to the mother
- Signs of good latch
- Latch assessment tool
- Latch score
- Techniques to ensure a good latch
- Conclusion
- Assessment of head control
- Definition
- Head control
- Assessment of head control – procedure
- Head control assessment scale
- Importance of head control in infants
- Ways to promote head control
- Conclusion
- Assessment of pincer grasp (Fig. 19.20)
- Introduction
- Definition
- Stages of pincer grasp development
- Assessment of pincer grasp
- Conclusion
- References
- 20. Nursing actions related to care of children
- Measurement of height of a child (Fig. 20.1)
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Measurement of mid upper arm circumference
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purpose
- Methods
- Articles
- Procedure
- Comparison between MUAC and the height of the child
- Conclusion
- Assessment of length, liquid and mass (Fig. 20.5)
- Introduction
- Assessment of length
- Assessment of liquid
- Assessment of mass
- Conclusion
- Measuring weight of an infant using a weighing machine (Fig. 20.6)
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Checking the weight of older children
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Assessment of vital signs
- Introduction
- Measurement of temperature
- 1. Body temperature
- 2. Temperature by oral route
- 3. Temperature by rectal route
- 4. Temperature by the tympanic membrane
- 5. Measuring oral temperature
- 6. Measuring the temperature by the axillary route
- 7. Measuring the temperature by the rectal route
- 8. Measuring the temperature using tympanic membrane thermometer
- Measurement of pulse
- Definition
- Sites for checking pulse
- Other sites
- Preparations
- Preparation of articles
- Procedure
- General instructions
- Measurement of respiration
- Definition
- Articles
- Preparations
- Conclusion
- Administration of oral medication
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Precautions for oral administration
- Contraindications
- Articles
- Points to remember
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Administration of intramuscular injection
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Sites of intramuscular injection
- Advantages of intramuscular injection
- Disadvantages of intramuscular injection
- Precautions
- Articles (Fig. 20.11)
- Procedures
- Early complications
- Delayed complications
- Conclusion
- Intravenous cannulation for newborn, infant and toddler
- Introduction
- Definition
- Indications
- Preparation
- Complications of IV cannulation
- Recognition and prevention of IV infiltration injuries
- Signs and symptoms of infiltration
- Prevention of infiltration
- Recommended best practice – actions for intravenous infiltration injuries
- Intravenous cannulation for infant and toddler
- Selection of intravenous access
- Complications
- Procedure
- Post-procedure care
- Do’s and don’ts
- Do’s
- Don’ts
- Complications of faulty paediatric IV cannulation
- Conclusion
- Instillation of eye drops
- Definition
- Purposes
- Contraindications
- Principles
- Types of medications used
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Instillation of ear drops
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Articles (Fig. 20.17)
- Procedure
- Side effects
- Conclusion
- Application of suppository
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Dosage of rectal suppositories
- Advantages of suppositories
- Disadvantages of suppositories
- Points to be noted
- Fatty bases
- Water-soluble and water miscible bases
- Articles
- Procedure
- Side effects
- Conclusion
- Nebulization for a child
- Introduction
- Definition
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Nebulizer
- Drug used for nebulization therapy
- Articles (Fig. 20.19)
- Procedure
- Side effects
- Conclusion
- Use of meter dose inhaler with spacer and mask
- Introduction
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Articles
- Procedure
- Steps of using MDI
- Conclusion
- Setting up of syringe pump
- Introduction
- Definition
- Types of syringe pump
- Advantages of syringe pumps
- Disadvantages
- Factors that influence the infusion
- Procedure of syringe pump setup
- Safety measures
- Conclusion
- Setting up of infusion pump
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Types of infusion pumps
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Care of child on ventilator
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Types of ventilators
- Equipment
- Procedure
- Care and monitoring of a ventilated child
- Other general care of child on ventilator
- Complications
- Care of ventilator equipment
- Conclusion
- Suctioning of endotracheal or tracheostomy tube
- Introduction
- Definition
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Complication associated with ET tube suctioning
- Recommended suction catheter size with ET tube suctioning
- Depth of suctioning
- Methods of ET tube suctioning
- Recommended negative pressure and length of negative pressure should be applied
- Surfactant administer via ET tube and suction
- Assessment of need
- Equipment required (Fig. 20.22)
- Procedure for close suction procedure
- Procedure for open suction process
- Conclusion
- Selecting of oropharyngeal airway
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Oropharyngeal airways
- Indication
- Contraindications
- Preparation
- Size available
- Techniques
- Complications
- Conclusion
- Oxygen administration for children
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Conditions that may lead to hypoxia are as follows:
- Principles
- Methods of oxygen administration
- 1. Nasal cannula (prongs) (Fig. 20.26)
- 2. Face mask
- 3. Oxygen hood (Fig. 20.29)
- 4. Oxygen tent
- 5. Ambu bag (Fig. 20.30)
- Invasive method
- Articles (Fig. 20.31)
- Procedure – low and moderate flow
- Procedure – high-flow nasal cannula
- Conclusion
- Setting a continuous positive airway pressure
- Introduction
- Definition
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Relative contraindications
- Complications related to equipment
- Complications related to child clinical conditions
- Law of laplace
- Principles
- CPAP machine
- Parts of a CPAP machine
- Essentials of CPAP
- Setting up a CPAP machine
- Weaning of CPAP
- Ceasing of CPAP
- Types of CPAP masks
- Conclusion
- Use of peak flow meter
- Introduction
- Definition
- Uses of a peak flow meter
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Average peak flow rate for healthy children and teenagers
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Collection of urine specimen
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Purposes
- Types of urine specimen
- Articles
- Principles
- Procedure
- Nurse’s responsibility
- Conclusion
- Care of baby with colostomy
- Definition
- Types of colostomy (Fig. 20.35)
- Purpose of colostomy care
- Assessment
- Article
- Procedure
- Health education
- Warning signs and complications
- Conclusion
- Dehydration assessment
- Introduction
- Definition
- Goals for dehydration assessment
- Nursing assessment
- Health history
- Conclusion
- Assessment of pain using faces pain scale
- Introduction
- Aim
- Definitions
- Signs of pain
- Characteristics of pain
- Types of pain
- Physiological indicators
- Pain perception on different age group
- Cognitive interventions
- Behavioural interventions
- Conclusion
- Nasogastric tube insertion and feeding for children
- Definition
- Purposes
- Advantages
- Policy
- Articles
- Procedure of NG tube insertion
- Ng tube feeding
- Articles
- Procedure of NG tube feeding
- Conclusion
- References
- Section 3. Mental Health Nursing
- 21. Nursing actions related to care of mentally ill patient
- History taking specific to mentally ill patient
- Admission of mentally ill patient
- Definition
- Types of admission
- Role of a nurse in admission procedure
- Scenario
- Procedure
- Present psychiatric history and psychoactive substance use history
- Personal history and pre-morbid personality
- Mental status examination
- Introduction
- General appearance and speech
- Mood and thought
- Perception
- Cognitive function
- Conclusion
- Process recording
- Introduction
- Components of process recording
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Caring, treating and handling mentlly ill patients
- Introduction
- Recent concepts of mental health care
- Definition
- Caring of mentally ill patient
- Treating the mentally ill patient
- Handling of mentally ill patient
- Conclusion
- Care of patients on electroconvulsive therapy
- Introduction
- Definition
- Indications
- Contraindications
- ECT team
- Treatment facilities
- Role of nurse in ECT
- Side effects of ECT
- Complications of ECT
- Conclusion
- Assisting with various therapies
- Behaviour therapy
- Introduction
- Principles of behaviour therapy
- Techniques of behavioural therapy
- Indications
- Flooding
- Indications
- Aversion therapy
- Indications
- Assertiveness training
- Social skills training
- Methods to promote social skill
- Psychotherapy
- Definition
- Goals of psychotherapy
- Contraindications of psychotherapy
- Types of psychotherapy
- Stages of psychotherapeutic process
- Conclusion
- Relaxation therapy
- Historical development
- Introduction
- Definition
- Indications
- Technique
- Role of a nurse in relaxation therapy
- Roles and responsibilities of a nurse in assisting with psychological therapies
- Conclusion
- References
- Section 4. Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing
- 22. Nursing actions related to care of mother in the antenatal period
- Antenatal care and exercise
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Scheduled antenatal visits
- Health education during antenatal period
- Antenatal exercise
- Conclusion
- Antenatal assessment and palpation
- Introduction
- Components of antenatal assessment
- Articles
- History taking
- Investigations
- Physical examination
- Head to foot examination
- Procedure
- Abdominal palpation
- Inspection
- Measurement of fundal height
- Abdominal girth
- Steps of abdominal palpation
- Auscultation
- Conclusion
- Antenatal enema
- Introduction
- Definition
- Benefits of enema
- Types of enemas used in pregnancy
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Antenatal urinary catheterization
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications for antenatal urinary catheterization
- Urinary catheterization during labour
- General instructions
- Articles (Fig. 22.1)
- Procedure
- After care
- Conclusion
- References
- 23. Nursing actions related to care of mother in labour
- Preparation of mother and setting up of trolley for normal delivery
- Introduction
- Definition
- General instructions
- Preparation of the mother
- Procedure
- Preparation of trolley and the setting
- Preparation of the labour room
- Additional things
- Articles for the resuscitation of the baby to be ready
- Staff requirement for the labour room
- Conclusion
- Assessment of mother in labour
- Introduction
- Purposes
- Normal labour
- Definition
- Stages of labour
- Physiology of normal labour
- Uterine contraction
- Dilatation and effacement of the cervix
- Vaginal examination
- Actual factors responsible are
- Partograph
- Lie
- Presentation
- Presenting part
- Attitude
- Denominator
- Position
- Bishops pre-induction cervical scoring system
- Preliminary assessment
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Taking a partogram
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Importance of partogram
- Components of partogram
- Observation charted on the partograph
- The progress of labour
- Cervical dilatation
- Latent phase
- Alert line
- Action line
- Station of the head
- Time
- Uterine contractions
- Oxytocin, drugs and IV fluids
- Active phase
- Descent of fetal head
- Abnormalities of the second stage of labour
- Liquor amni
- The maternal condition
- Blood pressure, pulse and temperature
- Urine
- Abnormal labour
- Causes of poor progress of labour
- Preparation of articles
- Preparation of patient
- Preparation of nurse
- Articles
- Preparation of the mother
- Procedure
- After care
- Conclusion
- References
- 24. Nursing actions related to care of mother and newborn in the postnatal period
- Placental examination
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Characteristics of normal placenta
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Perineal and episiotomy care
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Purposes
- General instructions
- Preliminary assessment
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Postnatal assessment
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- General instructions
- Articles (Fig. 24.1)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Postnatal exercise
- Introduction
- Definition
- Benefits
- General instructions
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Newborn assessment and weighing of newborn
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Steps
- APGAR score
- Preparation of the baby
- Environment
- Characteristics of a normal newborn
- General examination
- Articles
- Procedure
- Reflexes of newborn
- Anthropometric measurement
- Articles
- Procedure
- Weighing of newborn
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Breast feeding technique
- Definition
- Advantages of breast feeding
- Different composition of breast milk
- Position of giving breast feeding
- Techniques of breast feeding
- Problems of breast feeding
- Contraindications of breast feeding
- Exclusive breast feeding
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Umbilical cord care
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purpose
- Solutions used
- Importance of cord care
- General instructions
- Signs of infection
- Articles (Fig. 24.6)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Baby bath
- Introduction
- Definition
- Types of baby bath
- Purposes of baby bath
- General instructions
- Preliminary assessment
- Articles (Fig. 24.7)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Immunization of newborn
- Introduction
- Definition
- Importance of immunization
- Newborn immunization
- Conclusion
- References
- 25. Nursing actions related to assisting with gynaecological procedures
- Assisting with gynaecological examination
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Articles (Fig. 25.1)
- Procedure
- Special considerations
- Conclusion
- Setting up of trolley for dilatation and curettage
- Introduction
- Definition
- Risks of dilatation and curettage
- Articles
- Setting up of trolley
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Pap smear collection
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- General instructions
- Preliminary assessment
- Preparation
- Articles
- Methods of obtaining pap (papanicolaou) smear
- Frequency of pap smears testing
- Risk factors of cervical cancer
- Procedure
- Untoward events
- Conclusion
- Copper-t insertion and removal
- Introduction
- Definition
- Types of copper-T
- Insertion of copper-T
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Time of insertion
- Articles (Fig. 25.3)
- Procedure – insertion of copper-T
- Complications
- Removal of copper-T
- Indications
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- References
- Section 5. Community Health Nursing
- 26. Nursing actions related to care of people in the home setting
- Anthropometric assessment of infants
- Introduction
- Purposes
- Preparation of the child
- Articles (Fig. 26.1)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Anthropometric assessment of a pre-schooler
- Introduction
- Purposes
- Articles (Fig. 26.4)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Anthropometric assessment of an adult
- Introduction
- Purposes
- Articles (Fig. 26.5)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Assessment of vital signs at home
- Introduction
- Temperature
- Pulse
- Respiration
- Blood pressure
- Purpose of assessing vital signs
- Articles (Fig. 26.6)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Antenatal assessment at home
- Introduction
- Purpose
- Articles (Fig. 26.7)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Clinical examination of the breast
- Introduction
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Nutritional status assessment of under-five children
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Anthropometric assessment
- Biochemical assessment
- Clinical assessment
- Dietary assessment
- Articles (Fig. 26.8)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Nutritional status assessment of an adult
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Testing urine for sugar and albumin
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Hand washing
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Indications
- Articles (Fig. 26.10)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Bag technique
- Introduction
- Purposes
- Principles
- Articles in the bag
- Procedure
- Importance of community health bag
- Conclusion
- First aid for fracture
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Articles (Fig. 26.12)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- First aid for dog bite
- Introduction
- Purpose
- Articles (Fig. 26.13)
- Procedure
- Conclusion
- Disposal of waste in home setting
- Introduction
- Definition
- Purposes
- Output of daily waste
- Effect on health
- Disposal and management of waste at home
- Role of community health nurse
- Conclusion
- References
- Part B. Skill Checklists (OSCE)
- Introduction
- Introduction to parts B and C
- How to set up OSCE stations
- Section 1. Nursing Foundation and Adult Health Nursing
- 27. Hospitalization of patient
- Admission procedure
- Discharge procedure
- 28. Health assessment related to nursing care
- Health assessment
- General physical examination
- Body system assessment
- Neurological assessment
- Geriatric assessment
- 29. Biophysiological assessment related to nursing care
- Vital signs assessment
- Measurement of oral temperature
- Measurement of axillary temperature
- Measurement of axillary temperature using digital or electronic thermometer
- Measurement of rectal temperature
- Measurement of tympanic membrane temperature
- Assessment of radial pulse
- Assessment of apical pulse
- Assessment of respiration
- Assessment of blood pressure
- Pain assessment
- 30. Nursing actions to meet the comfort needs of patient
- Bed making
- Open bed/unoccupied bed
- Occupied bed
- Operation bed/post-anaesthetic/recovery bed
- Cardiac bed
- Burns bed
- Closed bed
- Fracture bed
- Blanket bed
- Amputation bed
- Closed bed
- Comfort devices
- Pillow
- Back rest
- Bed cradle
- Cardiac table
- Air/water mattress
- Trapeze bar
- Foot board
- Trochanter roll
- Sandbag
- Side rails
- Hand roll
- Positioning of patient
- Fowler’s position
- Supine position
- Prone position
- Side lying position
- Sims’ position
- Lithotomy position
- Trendelenburg’s position
- Transferring of patient
- Transfer patient from bed to stretcher
- Transfer patient from bed to wheel chair
- 31. Nursing actions to meet the hygienic needs of patient
- Oral hygiene
- Mouth care for a conscious patient
- Mouth care for an unconscious patient
- Bed bath
- Care of skin and pressure areas
- Back massage
- Hair shampooing
- Pediculosis treatment
- 32. Nursing actions to meet the nutritional needs of patient
- Preparation of fluid diet
- Feeding a conscious patient
- Nasogastric tube insertion
- Nasogastric tube feeding
- Nasogastric tube removal
- Gastrostomy feeding
- Jejunostomy feeding
- 33. Nursing actions to meet the elimination needs of patient
- Insertion of flatus tube
- Insertion of suppository
- Insertion of indwelling urinary catheter
- Catheter care
- Removal of an indwelling urinary catheter
- Cleansing enema
- Bowel wash
- Bladder irrigation
- 34. Nursing actions to improve oxygenation of patient
- Pulse oximetry
- Oxygen administration
- Nebulization therapy
- Endotracheal suctioning
- Tracheostomy care
- ABG analysis
- 35. Nursing actions in medication therapy
- Oral medication administration
- Parenteral administration
- Intramuscular injection
- Subcutaneous injection
- Intradermal injection
- Topical medication application
- 36. Nursing actions related to fluid and blood administration
- Venepuncture/intravenous cannulation
- Intravenous infusion
- Blood transfusion
- Total parenteral nutrition therapy
- 37. Nursing actions related to musculoskeletal system
- Range of motion exercises
- Traction care
- Crutch walking
- 38. Nursing actions related to care of surgical patient
- Surgical environment and operation theatre technique
- Scrubbing
- Donning the gown
- Gloving
- Pre-, intra-, post-operative care
- Pre-operative care
- Intraoperative care
- Post-operative care
- Surgical wound dressing
- Sitz bath
- Suture removal
- 39. Nursing actions related to hot and cold applications
- Hot application
- Cold application
- Steam inhalation
- 40. Nursing actions related to diagnostic procedures
- Assisting with thoracentesis
- Assisting with abdominal paracentesis
- Assisting with lumbar puncture
- Assisting with bone marrow aspiration
- Assisting with endoscopy
- Assisting with colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy
- Assisting with endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography
- Glucometer RBS monitoring
- Specimen collection
- Urine testing for presence of albumin and sugar
- 41. Nursing actions related to care of patient receiving specific treatment
- Ostomy care
- Care of patient receiving chemotherapy
- Care of patient receiving radiation therapy
- Care of patient with burns
- 42. Nursing actions related to infection control practices
- Sterilization and disinfection of instruments
- Biomedical waste management
- Hand washing technique
- Medical hand washing
- Surgical handwashing
- Donning and doffing personal protective equipment
- 43. Nursing actions related to emergency care
- Triaging
- Cardio-pulmonary rescuscitation
- 44. Nursing actions related to end-of-life care
- Care of the dead body
- Section 2. Child Health Nursing
- 45. Nursing actions related to care of newborn and infant
- Newborn screening and anthropometric measurement
- Newborn screening
- Assessment of newborn reflex
- Measurement of length
- Obtaining weight on an infant weighing machine
- Measuring head circumference
- Care of newborn during phototherapy
- Incubator care
- Care of baby in radiant warmer
- Kangaroo mother care
- Assisting with umbilical cord catheterization
- Assisting with exchange blood transfusion
- Use of restraints in children
- Blood sample collection by heel prick method
- Neonatal resuscitation
- Breast feeding technique
- Expressed breast milk and human milk preservation
- Preparation of formula feeds
- Paladai feeding
- Burping the baby
- Assessment signs for proper latching
- Assessment of head control
- Assessment of pincer grasp
- 46. Nursing actions related to care of children
- Measurement of standing height of a child
- Measurement of midupper arm circumference
- Assessment of conservation of length, liquid and mass
- Assessment of vital signs
- Measurement of temperature
- Measurement of respiration
- Measurement of pulse
- Administration of oral medications
- Administration of intra-muscular injection
- Intravenous cannulation for newborn, infant and toddler
- Instillation of eye drops
- Instillation of ear drops
- Application of suppository
- Nebulization for a child
- Use of a meter dose inhaler with spacer and mask
- Setting up of syringe pump
- Setting up of infusion pump
- Care of child on ventilator
- Suctioning of endotracheal or tracheostomy tube
- Selecting nasopharyngeal or orophrayngeal airway
- Oxygen administration for children
- Setting a CPAP (bubble)
- Use of peak flow meter
- Collection of urine specimen
- Care of baby with colostomy
- Dehydration assessment
- Assessment of pain using faces pain scale
- Nasogastric tube insertion and feeding for children
- Nasogastric tube insertion
- Nasogastric tube feeding
- Section 3. Mental Health Nursing
- 47. Nursing actions related to care of mentally ill patients
- Admission and history taking of mentally ill patient
- Admission of mentally ill patient
- History taking of mentally ill patient
- Mental status examination
- General appearance and speech
- Mood and thought
- Perception
- Cognitive function
- Process recording
- Caring, treating and handling mentlly ill patients
- Caring and treating mentally ill
- Care of patient on electro-convulsive therapy
- Pre-ECT care
- Intra-ECT care
- Post-ECT care
- Assisting with various therapies
- Behaviour therapy
- Psychotherapy
- Relaxation therapy – progressive muscle relaxation therapy
- Relaxation therapy – deep breathing technique
- Further reading
- Section 4. Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing
- 48. Nursing actions related to care of mother in the antenatal period
- Antenatal care
- Antenatal exercise
- Antenatal assessment and palpation
- Antenatal enema
- Antenatal urinary catheterization
- 49. Nursing actions related to care of mother in labour
- Preparation of mother for normal labour and setting up of trolley for normal delivery
- Assessment of mother in labour
- Taking a partogram
- 50. Nursing actions related to care of mother and newborn in the postnatal period
- Placental examination
- Perineal and episiotomy care
- Postnatal assessment
- Postnatal exercise
- Newborn assessment and weighing of newborn
- Newborn assessment
- Anthropometric assessment of newborn
- Weighing of newborn
- Breast feeding techniques
- Umbilical cord care
- Baby bath
- Immunization of newborn
- 51. Nursing actions related to assisting with gynaecological procedures
- Assisting with gynaecological examination
- Setting up of trolley for dilatation and curettage
- Pap smear collection
- Copper-T insertion and removal
- Section 5. Community Health Nursing
- 52. Nursing actions related to care of people in the home setting
- Anthropometric assessment of infant
- Anthropometric assessment of pre-schooler
- Anthropometric assessment of adult
- Assessment of vital signs at home
- Assessing TPR (temperature, pulse and respiration)
- Monitoring blood pressure at home
- Antenatal assessment at home
- Clinical examination of breast
- Nutritional status assessment of under five children
- Nutritional status assessment of adult
- Testing urine for sugar and albumin
- Testing urine for sugar
- Testing urine for albumin
- Hand washing
- Bag technique
- First aid for fracture
- First aid for dog bite
- Disposal of waste at home
- Part C. Response Stations (Evaluation, NCPs, Drug and Instrument Identification, Cognitive Writing Skills)
- Section 1. Nursing Foundation and Adult Health Nursing
- 53. Clinical case assessment
- Station name: Cognitive writing of short cases
- Urinary tract infection
- Pressure ulcer
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Station name: Developing nursing care plans
- Respiratory system
- Respiratory system
- Respiratory system
- Cardiovascular system
- Cardiovascular system
- Cardiovascular system
- Endocrine system
- Endocrine system
- Endocrine system
- Renal system
- Renal system
- Gastrointestinal system
- Gastrointestinal system
- Gastrointestinal system
- Musculoskeletal system
- Oncology
- Integumentary system
- Nervous system
- Station name: Instrument identification
- Station name: Drug identification
- 54. Patient care assessment
- Station name: Short question response
- Questions and answers
- Health assessment
- Vital signs
- Meeting physiological needs
- Medications
- Cardiovascular disorders
- Respiratory disorders
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Renal disorders
- Endocrine disorders
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Neurological disorders
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: Arrhythmia interpretation
- Questions
- Answers
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: ABG interpretation
- Questions
- Answers
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: Numerical skill
- Evaluation of skill station
- 55. Communication skill assessment
- Station name: Viva voce
- Nursing foundations viva questions
- Responses
- Medical surgical nursing viva questions
- Responses
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: Health education
- Questions
- Evaluation of skill station
- Section 2. Child Health Nursing
- 56. Clinical case assessment
- Station name: Cognitive writing of short cases
- Sickle cell anaemia
- Evaluation of skill station
- Meningo myelocele
- Evaluation of skill station
- Tetralogy of fallot
- Station name: Developing nursing care plan
- Seizure
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Diarrhoea
- Pre-term baby
- Intussusception
- Haemophilia
- Leukaemia
- Fracture
- Evaluation of skill station
- 57. Patient care assessment
- Station name: Short clinical questions
- Neonatology
- Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Paediatric critical care
- Paediatric haematology
- Nutrition
- Inborn errors of metabolism and genetic disorders
- Communicable disease
- Vaccines
- Endocrine system
- Paediatric nephrology
- Paediatric neurology
- Paediatric cardiology
- Respiratory disorders
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Paediatric surgery
- Pain management in children
- Interpretation of behavioural score
- Integumentary system
- Eye and ENT disorders
- Orthopaedic disorders
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: Numerical skill station
- Evaluation of skill station
- Drug calculation
- 58. Communication skill assessment
- Station name: Viva voce
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: Health education
- Evaluation of skill station
- Section 3. Mental Health Nursing
- 59. Clinical case assessment
- Station name: Cognitive writing of short cases
- Delirium
- Alcohol use disorder
- Delirium tremens
- Disulfiram ethanol reaction
- Catatonic stupor
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Dissociative fugue
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Conversion disorder
- Station name: Developing nursing care plans
- Dementia
- Delirium
- Alcohol use disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Manic episode
- Depressive episode
- Anxiety disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Somatoform disorders
- Anorexia nervosa
- Borderline personality disorder
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Station name: Drug identification
- Evaluation of skill station
- 60. Patient care assessment
- Station name: Short question response
- Questions and answers
- Station name: Case identification
- Questions
- Case scenario
- Case scenario
- Case scenario
- Case scenario
- Case scenario
- Case scenario
- Case scenario
- Case scenario
- Evaluation of skill station
- 61. Communication skill assessment
- Station name: Viva voce
- Evaluation of skill station
- Responses
- Station name: Health education
- Evaluation of skill station
- Section 4. Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing
- 62. Clinical case assessment
- Station name: Cognitive writing of short cases
- Management of antenatal complications
- Management of intranatal complications
- Diameters of pelvic brim
- Diameters of fetal skull
- Minor ailments of pregnancy
- Minor ailments of newborn
- Collecting antenatal history
- Station name: Developing nursing care plan
- PPH
- Post-natal mother
- Newborn baby
- LSCS
- Gestational hypertension
- Gestational diabetes mellitus
- Station name: Instrument identification
- Questions
- Station name: Contraceptive devices identification
- Questions
- Station name: Drugs identification
- Questions
- Station name: Forceps/ventouse identification
- Questions
- 63. Patient care assessment
- Station name: Short clinical questions
- Induction of labour
- Evaluation of skill station
- Forceps delivery
- Evaluation of skill station
- Vacuum-assisted delivery
- Evaluation of skill station
- Lower segmental caesarian section
- Evaluation of skill station
- Immunization for newborn
- Evaluation of skill station
- Interpretation of partograph
- Evaluation of skill station
- Homan’s sign
- Evaluation of skill station
- Fetal distress
- Evaluation of skill station
- Breast feeding problems
- Evaluation of skill station
- Heart disease complicating pregnancy
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: Procedural competence
- Preparation of mother for labour
- Evaluation of skill station
- Plotting partograph
- Evaluation of skill station
- Assisting with per vaginal examination
- Evaluation of skill station
- Measuring BP and weight for an antenatal woman
- Evaluation of skill station
- Testing urine for sugar
- Evaluation of skill station
- Antenatal breast examination
- Evaluation of skill station
- Antenatal abdominal examination
- Evaluation of skill station
- Demonstration of mechanism of labour
- Evaluation of skill station
- Delivery of placenta
- Evaluation of skill station
- Active management of third stage of labour
- Evaluation of skill station
- Essential newborn care for a normal baby
- Evaluation of skill station
- Elicit newborn reflexes
- Evaluation of skill station
- Newborn resuscitation
- Evaluation of skill station
- PAP smear test
- Evaluation of skill station
- Insertion of intrauterine contraceptive device
- Evaluation of skill station
- Post-natal breast examination
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: Numerical skill
- Calculate EDD
- Evaluation of skill station
- Bishop’s score
- Evaluation of skill station
- Apgar’s score
- Evaluation of skill station
- 64. Communication skill assessment
- Station name: Viva voce
- Questions
- Responses
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: Health education
- Questions
- Evaluation of skill station
- Section 5. Community Health Nursing
- 65. Community case assessment
- Station name: Cognitive writing of short cases
- Iodine deficiency disorder
- Evaluation of skill station
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Evaluation of skill station
- Dengue fever
- Evaluation of skill station
- Protein energy malnutrition
- Evaluation of skill station
- Cholera
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: Developing nursing care plan
- Pre-schooler with diarrhoea and underweight
- Infant with acute respiratory infection
- Postnatal mother and newborn
- Adult with tuberculosis and his wife with obesity
- Adult with diabetes mellitus and smoking
- Adult with hypertension and adolescent with anaemia
- Geriatric person with haemiparesis
- Evaluation of skill station
- 66. Patient care assessment
- Station name: Short community case questions
- Food pyramid
- Post-operative advice after vasectomy
- Identify the levels of prevention
- Oral rehydration salt
- Categorization of biomedical waste materials
- Vaccines
- Station name: Numerical skills
- Calculation of body mass index
- Calculating degree of malnutrition
- Well chlorination
- Calculation of mortality and morbidity rates
- Station name: Contraceptive devices identification
- Station name: Drug identification
- Anti-tuberculosis drugs
- Anti-retroviral drugs classification
- 67. Communication skill assessment
- Station name: Viva voce
- Questions
- Responses
- Evaluation of skill station
- Station name: Health education
- Questions
- Evaluation of skill station
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 21, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier India
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9788131270301
- eBook ISBN: 9788131270318
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Lizzie Ravindran
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Principal, GEM College of Nursing, CoimbatoreMG
Manjula G.B.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor,College of Nursing, King Khalid University, Saudi ArabiaDP
Deborah Packiajothi
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Vice -principalGEM College of Nursing, Coimbatore