Boyd Clinical Skills for Nurses

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-44875-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Student Survival Skills

Specifically designed for student nurses, Clinical Skills forNurses provides a handy, portable introduction to both theknowledge and practical procedures that first year nursing studentsrequire. Giving you the knowledge behind the skill, this book willboost your confidence and competence for your clinical placementsand time in the clinical skills lab.
Clinical Skills for Nurses covers the skills andprocedures used most frequently in clinical practice, and includesPoint of Care training; blood transfusion and tracheotomy care;continence and bowel care; and early patient assessment andresponse. This book uniquely incorporates words of wisdom andadvice from real-life student nurses; in other words: developed bystudents, for students!
Special features:
* Tips, advice and words of wisdom from real-life studentsincluded throughout
* Pocket sized for portability on your clinical placement
* Clear, straightforward, and jargon-free
* Ties in with the NMC standards for pre-registration educationand the Essential Skills Clusters
* Examples and questions based on real life nursing &healthcare examples

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boyd, Claire

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE vi
INTRODUCTION vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x
1 PERFORMING OBSERVATIONS 1
2 MALE URETHRAL CATHETERISATION 19
3 FEMALE URETHRAL CATHETERISATION 49
4 BOWEL CARE 57
5 TRACHEOSTOMY CARE 83
6 POINT-OF-CARE TRAINING 97
7 BLOOD TRANSFUSION 117
8 VENEPUNCTURE 133
9 PERIPHERAL CANNULATION 151
10 EARLY PATIENT ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE 161
11 INTRAVENOUS THERAPY 173
12 BASIC LIFE SUPPORT 183
ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES, QUESTIONS AND "TEST YOURKNOWLEDGE" 191
APPENDIX 1: THE BRISTOL OBSERVATION CHART 201
BIBLIOGRAPHY 205
INDEX 209

Über Autor(innen)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Claire Boyd is a Practice Development Trainer at North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.