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Fundamentals & Skills
Taylor’sClinicalNursingSkills:ANursingProcessApproach,
FourthEdition
PamelaLynn,MSN, RN
978-1-4511-9271-1 •October2014 • Softbound •8.375” x10.875” • 1136pp •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!DelegationConsiderations
assist you indeveloping the
critical decision-making skills needed to transfer responsibility for
theperformanceof anactivity toanother individual.
•
Step-by-StepSkills
arepresented ina concise, straightforward, and
simplified two-column format facilitating competent performance
of nursing skills.
•
UnexpectedSituations
highlight abnormal outcomeswhile
providingexplanationsof how to react toprovide thebest care.
•
Evidence forPractice
boxes present current best practice
guidelines andup-to-date research relevant to the skills.
•
ANursingProcessFramework
integrates relatednursing
responsibilities for eachof thefive steps.
•
SkillVariations
provide clear, start-to-finish instructions for
variations inequipmentor technique.
•
DocumentationGuidelines
direct you inaccuratedocumentation
of skills andfindings.
•
ScientificRationales
accompanyeachnursingaction topromote
adeeper understandingof thebasicprinciples supportingnursing
care.
•
HandHygiene icons
alert you to this crucial step that prevents the
spreadofmicroorganisms.
•
Patient Identification icons
alert you to this crucial stepensuring
the right patient receives the interventionandhelpingprevent
errors.
Table of Contents
Unit I:
ActionsBasic toNursingCare
Ch. 1: Asepsis and InfectionControl
Ch. 2: Vital Signs
Ch. 3:HealthAssessment
Ch. 4: Safety
Ch. 5:MedicationAdministration
Ch. 6: PerioperativeNursing
Unit II:
PromotingHealthy
PhysiologicResponses
Ch. 7:Hygiene
Ch. 8: Skin Integrity andWoundCare
Ch. 9: Activity
Ch. 10: Comfort andPainManagement
Ch. 11:Nutrition
Ch. 12: UrinaryElimination
Ch. 13: Bowel Elimination
Ch. 14:Oxygenation
Ch. 15: Fluid, Electrolyte, andAcid-Base
Balance
Ch. 16: CardiovascularCare
Ch. 17:NeurologicCare
Ch. 18: Laboratory SpecimenCollection
Unit III:
IntegratedCaseStudies
Part 1: BasicCase Studies
Part 2: IntermediateCase Studies
Part 3: AdvancedCase Studies
AppendixA:
Guidelines for
DelegationDecisionMaking
SkillChecklists forTaylor’sClinicalNursingSkills:
ANursingProcessApproach, FourthEdition
PamelaLynn,MSN, RN
978-1-4511-9273-5 •October2014 •Softbound•8.375”x10.875” •424pp.
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