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Medical Surgical
Nurses’ Guide to Clinical Procedures, Sixth Edition
Jean Smith-Temple
978-0-7817-7795-7 • December 2009 • Spiralbound • 4.25” x 7.125” • 968 pp. • 250 Illus.• 25Tables
This handy pocket reference delivers step by step instruction on about
200 of the most commonly performed nursing skills. Each skill is
presented according to its place in the nursing process and includes
relevant information on required equipment, assessment needed,
sample diagnosis, care planning, implementation, expected outcomes,
and sample documentation.
Features
•
Chapter Overviews
highlight the basic principles underlying each
procedure.
• Includes sample evaluations that help you assess how well
outcomes meet the goals of care.
•
Helpful Icons
throughout the text highlight standard precautions,
cultural considerations, and cost cutting tips.
• Presents documentation samples for each procedure to help build
sound practice performance.
• Provides step-by-step guidance on how to perform a procedure with
the rationale behind each step.
• Includes special considerations that outline how to alter a procedure
based on client, plus, home health considerations, cost-cutting tips
and when to delegate a procedure.
Table of Contents
Ch.1:
Safety, Asepsis, and Infection
Control
Ch.2:
Documenting and Reporting
Ch.3:
Essential Assessment
Components
Ch.4:
Hygiene
Ch.5:
Medication Administration
Ch.6:
Oxygenation
Ch.7:
Fluids and Nutrition
Abbreviated Table of Contents