Skills for Critical Care

Name: Skills for Critical Care
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ISBN: 9780135073667

ISBN-10: 0135073669

ISBN-13: 9780135073667

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Prentice Hall Pearson Staff, Sara J. Pearson, Richard J. Pearson, Nina Pearson, Craig Pearson

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Prentice Hall's Real Nursing Skillsseries continues to offer nurses the complete foundation for competency in performing clinical nursing skills. The volumes in this series consist of interactive DVD-ROMs with comprehensive procedures and rationales demonstrated in hundreds of realistic video clips, animations, illustrations, and photographs. For each skill, students will review: Purpose * Equipment * Preparation * Procedure * Post-Procedure * Expected Outcomes * Documentation * and Variation (if applicable). This is theonlyskills series designed to help students visualize how to perform clinical nursing skills and understanding the concepts and rationales for each skill. Throughout the…

Book details

List price: $86.65
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 4/8/2010
Binding: DVD-ROM
Pages: 99998
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English



Cr> Basic Code Management


Checking the Emergency Crash Cart


Elimination Management


Performing a Peritoneal Dialysis


Neurological Management


Measuring Intracranial Pressure Monitoring (ICP)


Variation: Care of ventriculostomy drain


Respiratory Management


Assisting with Insertion and Management of Closed Chest Drain


Changing a Disposable Chest Tube System


Assisting with Discontinuation of a Chest Tube


Suctioning a Mechanically Ventilated Client


Variation: In-Line Suction Setting Up and Assisting with Intubation


Nursing Care of the Client with an Endotracheal Tube


Checking Cuff Pressure


Tissue Perfusion Management


Removing a Femoral Sheath


Performing an Allen's test


Withdrawing arterial blood samples


Removing an arterial line


Performing a central line set up and insertion


Electrode placement for ECG and cardiac monitor


Variation: Three Lead Electrode Placement for ECG and Cardiac Monitoring


Performing Defibrillation


Performing Cardioversion with Paddles


Performing Automatic electric defibrillation


Assisting with Insertion of transvenous pacing


Performing Transcutaneous pacing


Nurse's Role in Pulmonary Artery (PA) catheter insertion


Setting Up, Attaching, and Performing Hemodynamic Monitoring on a Client


Checking Cardiac output