Nursing Catalogue 2016

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Taylor’s Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach, Fourth Edition Pamela Lynn, MSN, RN 978-1-4511-9271-1 • October 2014 • Softbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 1136 pp • 927 illus.

Taylor’s Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach aims to help you learn the nursing skills necessary for safe and effective patient care. The text includes unexpected situations that you may encounter, along with related interventions for how to respond to these unexpected situations. With both basic and advanced skills, this text will be an essential resource to you across the curriculum and throughout your career. Features • NEW! Delegation Considerations assist you in developing the critical decision-making skills needed to transfer responsibility for the performance of an activity to another individual. • Step-by-Step Skills are presented in a concise, straightforward, and simplified two-column format facilitating competent performance of nursing skills. • Unexpected Situations highlight abnormal outcomes while providing explanations of how to react to provide the best care. • Evidence for Practice boxes present current best practice guidelines and up-to-date research relevant to the skills. • A Nursing Process Framework integrates related nursing responsibilities for each of the five steps. • Skill Variations provide clear, start-to-finish instructions for variations in equipment or technique. • Documentation Guidelines direct you in accurate documentation of skills and findings. • Scientific Rationales accompany each nursing action to promote a deeper understanding of the basic principles supporting nursing care. • Hand Hygiene icons alert you to this crucial step that prevents the spread of microorganisms. • Patient Identification icons alert you to this crucial step ensuring the right patient receives the intervention and helping prevent errors.

Table of Contents Unit I: Actions Basic to Nursing Care Ch. 1: Asepsis and Infection Control Ch. 2: Vital Signs Ch. 3: Health Assessment Ch. 4: Safety Ch. 5: Medication Administration Ch. 6: Perioperative Nursing Unit II: Promoting Healthy Physiologic Responses Ch. 7: Hygiene Ch. 8: Skin Integrity and Wound Care Ch. 9: Activity Ch. 10: Comfort and Pain Management Ch. 11: Nutrition Ch. 12: Urinary Elimination Ch. 13: Bowel Elimination Ch. 14: Oxygenation Ch. 15: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance Ch. 16: Cardiovascular Care Ch. 17: Neurologic Care Ch. 18: Laboratory Specimen Collection Unit III: Integrated Case Studies Part 1: Basic Case Studies

Fundamentals & Skills

Part 2: Intermediate Case Studies Part 3: Advanced Case Studies Appendix A: Guidelines for Delegation Decision Making

Skill Checklists for Taylor’s Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach, Fourth Edition Pamela Lynn, MSN, RN 978-1-4511-9273-5 •October2014 •Softbound•8.375”x10.875” •424pp.