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| About the Author | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Advanced Patient Care Skills | |
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| Clean and Sterile Dressing Changes and Ostomy Care | |
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| Changing a Clean Dressing | |
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| Changing an Ostomy Appliance | |
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| Changing a Sterile Dressing | |
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| Urinary Catheterization | |
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| Inserting a Straight Urinary Catheter | |
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| Clean Intermittent Catheterization-Home Use Only | |
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| Inserting an Indwelling Urinary Catheter | |
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| Discontinuing an Indwelling Urinary Catheter | |
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| Staple and Suture Removal | |
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| Removing Staples | |
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| Removing Sutures | |
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| Checking Blood Products | |
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| Checking Blood Products | |
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| Specimen Collection | |
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| Collecting a Sterile Urine Specimen | |
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| Obtaining a Sputum Specimen | |
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| Obtaining a Gastric Specimen | |
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| Collecting Stool for Hemoccult Testing | |
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| Checking Blood Glucose | |
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| The Digestive System and the Administration of Enteral Nutrition | |
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| Overview of the Digestive System | |
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| Inserting a Nasogastric Tube | |
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| Administering a Nasogastric Tube Feeding | |
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| Unclogging a Nasogastric Tube | |
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| Discontinuing and Removing a Nasogastric Tube | |
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| Administering an Enteral Feeding Using a Gastrostomy Tube | |
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| Administering an Enteral Feeding Using a Gastrostomy Button | |
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| Administering an Enteral Feeding Using a Jejunostomy Tube (J-Tube) | |
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| Neurological Function Observation | |
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| Neurological Function | |
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| The Central Nervous System | |
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| Neurological Observation | |
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| Performing a Pupil Check | |
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| Performing a Neurological Check Using the Glasgow Coma Scale | |
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| Giving Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive Level Care | |
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| Caring for a Patient During a Seizure | |
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| Phlebotomy and IV Therapy | |
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| Phlebotomy | |
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| Selecting a Vein | |
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| Blood Specimen Collection | |
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| Obtaining Blood Cultures | |
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| Using a Lancet or a Microlance for a Microdraw or an Infant Heel Stick | |
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| IV Therapy | |
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| Inserting a Heplock | |
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| Inserting a Butterfly (Winged Infusion Device) | |
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| Inserting a Peripheral IV in an Adult | |
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| Inserting a Peripheral IV in a Child | |
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| Recognizing Problems in IV Therapy | |
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| ECG Monitoring, Arrhythmia Recognition, and Advanced Cardiac Care Skills | |
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| ECG Monitoring and Arrhythmia Recognition | |
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| Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart | |
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| Setting Up Continuous Three- or Five-Lead Cardiac Monitoring and Telemetry | |
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| Monitoring Methods | |
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| The ECG Graph Paper | |
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| Determining Heart Rate and Regularity | |
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| Recognizing ECG Rhythms That Require RN Notification or Intervention | |
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| Additional Advanced Cardiac Care Skills | |
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| Caring for the Patient with an Arterial Line | |
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| Pertinent Points: Advantages and Risks of an Arterial Line | |
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| Changing an Arterial Line Dressing | |
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| Withdrawing Blood from an Arterial Line | |
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| Removing an Arterial Line | |
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| Palpating Dorsalis Pedis and Posterior Tibial Pulses | |
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| Removing a PTCA Femoral Sheath | |
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| Performing a Postcardiac Catheterization Check | |
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| Oxygen Therapy and Respiratory Therapy | |
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| Oxygen-Delivery and Monitoring Devices | |
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| Introduction to Respiratory Therapy | |
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| Oxygen Therapy | |
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| Preparing an Oxygen Cylinder for Use | |
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| Setting Up a Nasal Cannula | |
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| Setting Up a Simple Face Mask | |
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| Assessing the Need for Oxygen | |
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| Setting Up the Pulse Oximeter | |
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| Humidity Therapy | |
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| Humidification Devices Used in Respiratory Therapy | |
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| Setting Up an Oxygen Bubble Humidifier | |
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| Pulmonary Hygiene | |
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| Suctioning a Tracheostomy | |
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| Performing Tracheostomy Care | |
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| Instructing the Patient in the Use of the Incentive Spirometer | |
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| Performing Tracheostomy Stoma Care | |
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| Index | |