Clinical nursing skills : basic to advanced skills - Smith; Martin; Duell (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008)
Professional nursing - Nursing process and critical thinking -- Managing client care: documentation and delegation -- Communication and nurse-client relationship -- Administation, transfer, and discharge -- Client education and discharge planning -- Safe client environment and restraints -- Bathing, bedmaking, and maintaining skin integrity -- Personal hygiene -- Vital signs -- Physical assessment -- Body mechanics and positioning -- Exercise and ambulation -- Infection control -- Disaster preparedness; bioterrorism -- Pain management -- Alternative therapies and stress management -- Medication administration -- Nutrition management and NG intubation -- Speciment collection -- Diagnostic procedures -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Heat and cold therapies -- Wound care and dressings -- Respiratory care -- Circulatory maintenance -- Intravenous therapy -- Central vascular access devices -- Orthopedic intervention -- Postoperative care -- End-of-life care -- Advanced nursing skills -- Community-based nursing -- Appendix: Answers and rationales to review questions
Includes 1 CD-ROM titled "Clinical nursing skills : basic to advanced skills : Skill checklist / Sandra F. Smith, Donna J. Duell, Barbara C. Martin"
FHMS
Includes bibliographical references (p. 1415-1425) and index
Keywords: Nursing; Nursing Care; Nursing Process