Perry & Potter's Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques
- 2nd Edition - November 10, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Shelley Cobbett
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 7 4 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 2 9 7 - 3
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Request a sales quotePerry & Potter’s Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques, 2nd Edition helps equip you with the skills you need to successfully care for patients within the Canadian social and institutional context. Offering comprehensive coverage of more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills, this textbook features nearly 1,000 full-colour photographs and illustrations, a nursing process framework, step-by-step instructions with rationales, and a focus on critical thinking and evidence-informed practice. New to this edition are unit openers, safety alerts, documentation examples, COVID-19 precautions and protocols, and case studies and questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX®.
- Includes the most-up-to-date Canadian statistics, references and resources, protocols, documentation standards, delegation rules, Canadian nursing best practice guidelines, metric measurements, and more!
- All topics, skills, and sample documentation conform to Canadian provincial and territorial scopes of practice and Canadian standards in nursing practice.
- NEW! Unit openers explain the importance of clinical judgement in performing the skills covered in the unit safely and correctly. These openers also demonstrate the impact of environmental factors and interdisciplinary collaboration on safe patient care.
- NEW! Safety Alerts highlight the importance and need for special monitoring or intervention in some circumstances.
- NEW! Documentation examples provide guidance on documentation for various aspects of nursing care.
- NEW! Care in the Community: Home Management subsections in Care and Community highlight specific home care issues related to applicable skills.
- NEW! COVID-19 precautions and protocols are included in relevant skills.
- NEW! Hand and hygiene icon added to “hand hygiene moments” provides a quick visual prompt to this important protocol.
- NEW! Case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX® on the Evolve companion website, with accompanying questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX®, challenge you to apply critical thinking and clinical judgement, providing optimal preparation for the exam.
- UNIQUE! Evidence-Informed Nursing Practice chapter covers the entire process of conducting research, including collecting, evaluating, and applying evidence from published research.
- UNIQUE! Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions sections alert you to what might go wrong and how to appropriately intervene.
- Coverage includes the Canadian concepts of person-centred care, evidence-informed practice, interprofessional collaboration and delegation, and care in the community.
- Emphasis on cultural assessment/considerations and caring for Indigenous and vulnerable populations.
- Comprehensive coverage includes more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills.
- Streamlined theory content in each chapter features a quick, easy-to-read bullet format to help reduce repetition and emphasize the clinical focus of the book.
- Case-based review questions at the end of each chapter focus on issues such as managing conflict, care prioritization, patient safety, and decision-making to help you better prepare for the clinical setting.
- Nursing process framework incorporates the areas of delegation and collaboration; reporting and recording; safety guidelines; and teaching, pediatric, geriatric, and home care considerations.
- Basic skills presented in streamlined procedural guidelines format makes it easy learn and review basic nursing skills.
- Critical Decision Points within skills address key safety issues or possible skill modifications for specific patient needs.
- Rationales for each skill step explain why steps are performed in a specific way, including their clinical significance and benefit, and incorporate the latest research findings.
- Video clip icons indicate video clips that are related to skills and procedures in the book and related lessons in Nursing Skills Online.
- Online checklists and video clips may be downloaded to mobile devices.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface to the Student
- Preface to the Instructor
- Unit 1. Supporting the Patient Through the Health Care System
- Introduction
- 1. Evidence-Informed Nursing Practice
- Media Resources
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- KNOWLEDGE-TO-ACTION FRAMEWORK
- 2. Transitions in Care
- Media Resources
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES for PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 2.1. Admitting Patients
- SKILL 2.2. Transitioning Patients
- SKILL 2.3. Discharging Patients
- 3. Communication and Collaboration
- Media Resources
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 3.1. Establishing the Nurse–Patient Relationship
- SKILL 3.2. Communicating With Patients Who Have Difficulty Coping
- SKILL 3.3. Communicating With a Patient Who Is Cognitively Impaired
- SKILL 3.4. Communicating With Colleagues
- 4. Documentation and Informatics
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- COMMON RECORD-KEEPING FORMS OR SCREENS
- CHARTING SYSTEMS
- DOCUMENTATION OF CARE IN THE COMMUNITY
- LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE DOCUMENTATION
- Unit 2. Infection Control
- Introduction
- 5. Medical Asepsis
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 5.1. Hand Hygiene
- SKILL 5.2. Applying and Removing Cap, Mask, and Protective Eyewear
- SKILL 5.3. Caring for Patients Under Transmission-Based Precautions
- 6. Sterile Technique
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 6.1. Preparing a Sterile Field
- SKILL 6.2. Sterile Gloving
- Unit 3. Vital Signs and Physical Assessment
- Introduction
- 7. Vital Signs
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 7.1. Measuring Body Temperature
- SKILL 7.2. Teaching Patients to Measure Body Temperature
- SKILL 7.3. Assessing Radial Pulse
- SKILL 7.4. Assessing Apical Pulse
- SKILL 7.5. Assessing Respirations
- SKILL 7.6. Assessing Arterial Blood Pressure
- SKILL 7.7. Teaching Blood Pressure and Pulse Measurement
- 8. Health Assessment
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES
- PREPARATION FOR ASSESSMENT
- PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT OF VARIOUS AGE GROUPS
- SKILL 8.1. General Survey
- SKILL 8.2. Head and Neck Assessment
- SKILL 8.3. Thorax and Lung Assessment
- SKILL 8.4. Cardiovascular Assessment
- SKILL 8.5. Abdominal Assessment
- SKILL 8.6. Genitalia and Rectum Assessment
- SKILL 8.7. Musculoskeletal and Neurological Assessment
- Unit 4. Special Procedures
- Introduction
- 9. Specimen Collection
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 9.1. Urine Specimen Collection: Midstream (Clean-Voided) and Sterile Urinary Catheter
- SKILL 9.2. Measuring Occult Blood in Stool
- SKILL 9.3. Measuring Occult Blood in Gastric Secretions (Gastroccult)
- SKILL 9.4. Collecting Nose and Throat Specimens for Culture
- SKILL 9.5. Obtaining Vaginal or Urethral Discharge Specimens
- SKILL 9.6. Collecting a Sputum Specimen by Suction
- SKILL 9.7. Obtaining Wound Specimens for Culture
- SKILL 9.8. Collecting Blood Specimens and Culture by Venipuncture (Syringe and Vacutainer Method)
- SKILL 9.9. Blood Glucose Monitoring
- SKILL 9.10. Obtaining an Arterial Specimen for Blood Gas Measurement
- 10. Diagnostic Procedures
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 10.1. Intravenous Moderate Sedation
- SKILL 10.2. Contrast Media Studies: Arteriogram (Angiogram), Cardiac Catheterization, and Intravenous Pyelogram
- SKILL 10.3. Assisting With Aspirations: Bone Marrow Aspiration/Biopsy, Lumbar Puncture, Paracentesis, and Thoracentesis
- SKILL 10.4. Care of a Patient Undergoing Bronchoscopy
- SKILL 10.5. Care of a Patient Undergoing Endoscopy
- Unit 5. Activity and Mobility
- Introduction
- 11. Safe Patient Handling, Transfer, and Positioning
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 11.1. Using Safe and Effective Transfer Techniques
- SKILL 11.2. Moving and Positioning Patients in Bed
- 12. Exercise, Mobility, and Immobilization Devices
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED 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
- 13. Support Surfaces and Specialty Beds
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 13.1. Placing a Patient on a Support Surface
- SKILL 13.2. Placing a Patient on a Specialty Bed
- Unit 6. Safety and Comfort
- Introduction
- 14. Patient Safety
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 14.1. Fall Prevention in Health Care Facilities
- SKILL 14.2. Designing a Restraint-Free Environment
- SKILL 14.3. Applying Physical Restraints
- SKILL 14.4. Seizure Precautions
- 15. Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 15.1. Care of a Patient After Biological or Chemical Exposure
- SKILL 15.2. Care of a Patient After Radiation Exposure
- 16. Pain Assessment and Management
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 16.1. Pain Assessment and Basic Comfort Measures
- SKILL 16.2. Nonpharmacological Pain Management
- SKILL 16.3. Monitoring Patients Receiving Patient-Controlled Analgesia
- SKILL 16.4. Monitoring Patients Receiving Epidural Analgesia
- SKILL 16.5. Monitoring Patients Receiving Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- 17. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PALLIATIVE CARE IN CANADA
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- CULTURAL SAFETY
- COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATIVE CARE PLANNING
- SKILL 17.1. Optimizing Comfort and Quality of Life
- END-OF-LIFE CARE
- SKILL 17.2. Care of a Person’s Body After Death
- SKILL 17.3. Supporting Ill Persons and Families in Grief
- Unit 7. Hygiene
- Introduction
- 18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- THE SKIN
- THE MOUTH
- EYES, EARS, AND 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
- 19. Care of the Eye and Ear
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 19.1. Eye Irrigation
- SKILL 19.2. Ear Irrigation
- SKILL 19.3. Care of Hearing Aids
- Unit 8. Medications
- Introduction
- 20. Safe Medication Preparation
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- NURSING PROCESS
- PATIENT AND CAREGIVER TEACHING
- SKILL 20.1. Teaching Medication Self-Administration
- 21. Nonparenteral Medications
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED 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
- SKILL 21.8. Using Small-Volume Nebulizers
- SKILL 21.9. Administering Vaginal Instillations
- SKILL 21.10. Administering Rectal Suppositories
- 22. Parenteral Medications
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 22.1. Preparing Injections From Ampoules and Vials
- SKILL 22.2. Administering Intradermal Injections
- SKILL 22.3. Administering Subcutaneous Injections
- SKILL 22.4. Administering Continuous Subcutaneous Infusions
- SKILL 22.5. Administering Intramuscular Injections
- SKILL 22.6. Administering Intravenous Medications by Direct Route
- SKILL 22.7. Administering Intravenous Medications by Intermittent Infusion
- Unit 9. Oxygenation
- Introduction
- 23. Airway Management
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 23.1. Performing Oropharyngeal Suctioning
- SKILL 23.2. Performing Airway Suctioning
- SKILL 23.3. Performing Endotracheal Tube Care
- SKILL 23.4. Performing Tracheostomy Care
- SKILL 23.5. Teaching Home Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning
- 24. Performing Chest Physiotherapy
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 24.1. Performing Postural Drainage
- 25. Oxygen Therapy
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 25.1. Applying an Oxygen Delivery Device
- SKILL 25.2. Teaching Patients to Use Home Oxygen Equipment
- SKILL 25.3. Using Incentive Spirometry
- SKILL 25.4. Care of a Patient Receiving Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation
- SKILL 25.5. Care of a Patient on a Mechanical Ventilator
- 26. Cardiac Monitoring
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 26.1. Obtaining a 12-Lead Electrocardiogram
- SKILL 26.2. Applying a Continuous (Telemetry) Cardiac Monitor
- 27. Closed Chest Drainage Systems
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 27.1. Managing Closed Chest Drainage Systems
- SKILL 27.2. Assisting With Removal of Chest Tubes
- SKILL 27.3. Autotransfusion of Chest Tube Drainage
- 28. Emergency Measures for Life Support
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 28.1. Inserting an Oropharyngeal Airway
- SKILL 28.2. Inserting a Nasopharyngeal Airway
- SKILL 28.3. Resuscitation Management
- Unit 10. Fluid Balance
- Introduction
- 29. Vascular Access and Infusion Therapy
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 29.1. Inserting a Short Peripheral Intravenous Catheter
- SKILL 29.2. Initiating, Regulating, and Discontinuing Intravenous Infusions
- SKILL 29.3. Changing Intravenous Solution Containers
- SKILL 29.4. Changing Administration Sets (Infusion Tubing)
- SKILL 29.5. Changing a Short Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Dressing
- SKILL 29.6. Caring for Patients With Central Vascular Access Devices
- 30. Blood Therapy
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 30.1. Initiating Blood Therapy
- SKILL 30.2. Monitoring for Adverse Transfusion Reactions
- Unit 11. Nutrition
- Introduction
- 31. Oral Nutrition
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 31.1. Performing a Nutritional Screening and Physical Examination
- SKILL 31.2. Assisting an Adult Patient With Oral Nutrition
- SKILL 31.3. Aspiration Precautions
- 32. Enteral Nutrition
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 32.1. Inserting and Removing a Small-Bore Feeding Tube
- SKILL 32.2. Verifying Feeding Tube Placement
- SKILL 32.3. Irrigating a Feeding Tube
- SKILL 32.4. Administering Enteral Nutrition: Nasogastric, Nasointestinal, Gastrostomy, or Jejunostomy Tube
- SKILL 32.5. Managing Feeding Tubes in the Home
- 33. Parenteral Nutrition
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 33.1. Administering Central Parenteral Nutrition
- SKILL 33.2. Administering Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition With Lipid (Fat) Emulsion
- SKILL 33.3. Managing Parenteral Nutrition in the Home
- Unit 12. Elimination
- Introduction
- 34. Urinary Elimination and Catheterization
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 34.1. Inserting a Straight or In-dwelling Urinary Catheter
- SKILL 34.2. Care and Removal of an in-dwelling Catheter
- SKILL 34.3. Performing Closed Intermittent Urinary Catheter Irrigation
- SKILL 34.4. Performing Closed Continuous Urinary Catheter Irrigation
- SKILL 34.5. Applying a Condom-Type External Catheter
- SKILL 34.6. Suprapubic Catheter Care
- SKILL 34.7. Teaching Intermittent Self-Catheterization
- 35. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 35.1. Providing a Bedpan
- SKILL 35.2. Removing Fecal Impaction Digitally
- SKILL 35.3. Administering an Enema
- SKILL 35.4. Inserting, Maintaining, and Removing a Nasogastric Tube for Gastric Decompression
- 36. Ostomy Care
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 36.1. Pouching a Colostomy or an Ileostomy
- SKILL 36.2. Pouching a Urostomy
- SKILL 36.3. Catheterizing a Urinary Diversion
- Unit 13. Care of the Surgical Patient
- Introduction
- 37. Preoperative and Postoperative Care
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 37.1. Preoperative Assessment
- SKILL 37.2. Preoperative Teaching
- SKILL 37.3. Physical Preparation for Surgery
- SKILL 37.4. Providing Immediate Anaesthesia Recovery in the Postanaesthesia Care Unit
- SKILL 37.5. Providing Early Postoperative and Convalescent-Phase Recovery
- 38. Intraoperative Care
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 38.1. Surgical Hand Antisepsis
- SKILL 38.2. Donning a Sterile Gown and Closed Gloving
- Unit 14. Dressings and Wound Care
- Introduction
- 39. Prevention and Care of Skin Breakdown
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 39.1. Risk Assessment, Skin Assessment, and Prevention Strategies: Pressure Injury
- SKILL 39.2. Performing a Wound Irrigation
- SKILL 39.3. Removing Sutures and Staples
- SKILL 39.4. Managing Wound Drainage: Emptying, Shortening, and Removing Drains
- SKILL 39.5. Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy
- 40. Wound Care Management and Dressings
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 40.1. Applying a Dry Dressing
- SKILL 40.2. Applying a Pressure Bandage
- SKILL 40.3. Applying a Transparent Dressing
- SKILL 40.4. Applying a Hydrocolloid, Hydrogel, Foam, Alginate, or Hydrofibre Dressing
- 41. Therapeutic Use of Heat and Cold
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PATIENT-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 41.1. Application of Moist Heat (Compress and Sitz Bath)
- SKILL 41.2. Application of Aquathermia and Dry Heat
- SKILL 41.3. Application of Cold
- SKILL 41.4. Caring for Patients Requiring Hypothermia or Hyperthermia Blankets
- Unit 15. Nursing in the Community
- Introduction
- 42. Safety in the Community
- MEDIA RESOURCES
- PURPOSE
- STANDARDS OF CARE
- PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE
- PERSON-CENTRED CARE
- EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
- SAFETY GUIDELINES
- SKILL 42.1. Home Environment Assessment and Safety
- SKILL 42.2. Adapting the Home Setting for Patients With Cognitive Deficits
- SKILL 42.3. Medication and Medical Device Safety
- Appendix A
- Index
- Index of Skills and Procedural Guidelines
- Edition: 2
- Published: November 10, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 1264
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323827447
- eBook ISBN: 9780323872973
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Shelley Cobbett
Shelley Cobbett, RN, BN, GnT, MN, EdD
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor; Nursing and BScN Site Administrator, School of Nursing – Yarmouth Campus, Dalhousie University, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia