Clinical Skills for Nursing Adults
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4739-7577-4 (ISBN)
This pocket-sized book provides step-by-step instructions on how to carry out advanced clinical skills such as medicine administration, giving transfusions, catheterisation, and other key skills across both acute and community settings. It is ideal for second and third year students and has been updated for the 2018 NMC standards, including the most up-to-date evidence base for the procedures.
Each section features:
Handy checklists detailing the essential equipment and things to consider before starting.
Helpful tips and advice on what to watch out for and the relevant action to take for each skill.
Care setting considerations exploring patient requirements depending on where care is being given.
Clear instructions guiding you step by step through each procedure.
Whether you are revising, practicing, or preparing for a clinical placement, this book will become a trusted companion and daily reference that will help to develop and improve your nursing skills.
Wendy Wright is an Adult Nursing lecturer in the pre-registration and the master′s level nursing programmes and is currently the BSc Adult Nursing Programme Lead. Wendy has a wide range of acute clinical experience including infectious diseases, stroke and elderly assessment and rehabilitation. Wendy has responsibilities interests including clinical skills education for student nurses, dementia, the frail older Adult and the student experience. With a particular interest in the development of Class in A Bag (CIAB) which has developed from the initial research of Dementia through the eyes of a child. She has published in these areas in nursing journals and has presented at national and international conferences. She is also an editor and author for SAGE publications in relation to Essentials of Nursing Practice and Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses. Wendy is the co-creator of "Class in a bag", which is a portable educational resource that enables the delivery of health promotion in a diverse range of environments to suit individual needs. (Winner of Scotland′s Dementia Awards, 2016, Best Educational Initiative) Paul Newcombe is Associate Professor in Adult Acute Care and BSc Nursing Course Leader at Kingston University and St George’s, University of London. Paul′s clinical background is in Emergency Nursing, Acute Medicine and Trauma, having worked in Oxford, London and Australia. Paul teaches across pre- and post-registration nursing courses and at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has a particular interest in developing high-fidelity simulation to help student nurses learn how to manage deteriorating patients. Paul has also staged an annual series of extra-curricular and cultural events with students, staff and local artists in celebration of International Nurses′ Day. He is the co-editor of Emergency Nursing at a Glance. Fiona Everett is currently a Nurse Lecturer within pre-registration and master’s level nursing programmes with teaching, co-ordination and research supervision responsibilities. Fiona has a wide range of clinical experience including adult nursing, midwifery, district nursing and research project management within primary care. She has particular interests in clinical skills, dementia care and developing contemporary, support mechanisms in nurse education. She has published in these areas in nursing journals and has disseminated her work at national and international conferences. She is also an editor and author for SAGE publications in relation to the Essentials of Nursing Practice and Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses: Step by Step. Fiona is the co-creator of “Class in a Bag’, which is a portable educational resource that enables the delivery of health promotion in a diverse range of environments to suit individual needs. (Winner of Scotland’s Dementia Awards, 2016, Best Educational Initiative)
Chapter 1: Introduction and General Considerations - Wendy Wright and Fiona Everett
Chapter 2: Basic Airway Management - Sophie Newcombe
Chapter 3: Advanced Airway Management - Kamal Dhindsa
Chapter 4: Lung Sounds - Kamal Dhindsa
Chapter 5: Oxygen Therapy - Karen Elliott
Chapter 6: Nebulisers - Karen Elliott
Chapter 6: Venepuncture - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum
Chapter 7: Peripheral IV Cannulation - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum
Chapter 8: Intravenous Fluids - Meghan Bateson and Lizanne Hamilton-Smith
Chapter 9: Blood Transfusion - Sally Richardson and Karen Elliott
Chapter 10: Central Venous Access Devices - Kamal Dhindsa
Chapter 11: ECG - Meghan Bateson and Lizanne Hamilton-Smith
Chapter 12: Resuscitation - Emily Marron and Sophie Newcombe
Chapter 13: Neurological Examination - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum
Chapter 14: Medicines Administration - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum
Chapter 15: Bowel Sounds - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum
Chapter 16: Gastric Aspiration - Sue McGrouther and Julie Orr
Chapter 17: Enteral Feeding - Mark Molesworth and Moira Dale
Chapter 18: Removal of Sutures and Staples - Francina Hyatt
Chapter 19: Urinary Catheterisation - Fiona Lundie and Debbie McCraw
Chapter 20: Urinalysis Interpretation - Fiona Lundie and Debbie McGraw
Chapter 21: Sepsis - Lizanne Hamilton-Smith and Meghan Bateson
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.06.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 110 x 174 mm |
| Gewicht | 150 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Fachpflege |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4739-7577-8 / 1473975778 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4739-7577-4 / 9781473975774 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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