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Mosby's Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills and Procedures

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ISBN-10: 0323074545

ISBN-13: 9780323074544

Edition: 7th 2011

Authors: Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter

List price: $49.95
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Take this pocket reference to clinicals on the job for quick access to nursing skills! Based on Perry & Potter's market-leading Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 7th Edition, Mosby's Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures, 7th Edition presents 83 key skills in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format. Step-by-step instructions include full-color photos plus rationales explaining why to use specific techniques. With the latest in evidence-based practice, this book helps you perform basic nursing skills safely and effectively. Also available on Skyscape for use on any hand-held device! A clear, two-column format presents skills with rationales for each step explaining why to use specific…    
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Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 5/3/2010
Binding: Comb Bound 
Pages: 640
Size: 4.63" wide x 7.56" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Acapella Device
Apical Radial Pulse
Aquathermia and Heating Pads
Aspiration Precautions
Assistive Device Ambulation (Use of Crutches, Cane, and Walker)
Automatic External Defibrillator
Bladder Volume Measurement
Blood Administration
Blood Pressure by Auscultation: Upper extremities, Lower extremities, Palpation
Blood Pressure: Automatic
Central Venous Access Device Care; CVC, Ports
Chest Tube Care
Cold Applications
Condom Catheter
Continuous Passive motion Machine
Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion
Dressings; Dry and Moist-to-Dry,
Dressings: Hydrocolloid, Foam, or Absorption
Dressings: Transparent
Ear Drop Administration
Ear Irrigations
Enemas
Enteral Nutrition via Gastrostomy or Jejunostomy Tube
Enteral Nutrition via a Nasogastric Feeding Tube
Epidural Analgesia
Eye Irrigation
Eye Medications: Drops and Ointment
Fall Prevention in a Health Care Facility
Fecal Impaction: Removing Digitally
Hypothermia and Hyperthermia Blankets
Incentive Spirometery
Intradermal Injections
Intramuscular Injections
Intravenous Medications: Adding Medications to Intravenous Fluid Containers
Intravenous Medications: Intermittent infusion sets and Mini-infusion Pumps
Intravenous Medications: Intravenous Bolus
Isolation Precautions
Mechanical Lifts
Metered-Dose Inhalers
Moist Heat (Compress and Sitz Bath)
Mouth Care: Unconscious or Debilitated clients
Nail and Foot Care
Nasoenteral Tube: Placement, Irrigation, and Removal
Nasogastric Tube for Gastric Decompression: Insertion and Removal
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Oral Medications
Oral Medications: Nasogastric Tube Administration
Ostomy Care (Pouching)
Oxygen Therapy: Nasal Cannula, Oxygen Mask, T Tube, or Tracheostomy Collar
Parenteral Medication Preparation: Ampules and Vials
Parenteral Medications: Mixing Medications in One Syringe
Patient-Controlled Analgesia
Peripheral Intravenous Care: Regulating Intravenous Flow Rate, Changing Tubing and Solution, Dressing Care
Peripheral Intravenous Insertion.
Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Care
Postoperative Exercises
Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment
Pressure Ulcer Treatment
Pulse Oximetry
Rectal Suppository Insertion
Respiration Assessment
Restraint Application
Restraint-Free Environment
Seizure Precautions
Sequential Compression Device and Elastic Stockings
Specialty Beds: Air-Fluidized, Air Suspension, Rotokenetic
Sterile Gloving
Sterile technique: Donning and Removing Cap, Mask, and Protective Eyewear
Subcutaneous Injections
Suctioning: Closed (In-line)
Suctioning: Nasopharyngeal, Nasotracheal, and Artificial Airway
Suprapubic Catheter Care
Suture and Staple Removal
Topical Skin Applications
Tracheostomy Care
Urinary Catheter: Indwelling, Straight, Care and Removal
Urinary Catheter Irrigation
Urinary Diversion: Maintaining a Continent Diversion
Urinary Diversion, Pouching an Incontinent Urinary Diversion
Vaginal Instillations
Venipuncture: Collecting Blood Specimens and Cultures by Syringe and Vacutainer Method
Wound Drainage Devices: Jackson Pratt, Hemovac
Wound Irrigation
Standard Protocol for All Nursing Interventions