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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 | |