Learn the clinical nursing skills you will use every day and prepare for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination! Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 11th Edition provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills. With more than 1,200 full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and a focus on evidence-based practice, this manual helps you learn to think critically, ask the right questions at the right time, and make timely decisions. Written by a respected team of experts, this trusted text is the bestselling nursing skills book on the market!
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Copyright - p. vii 4. Dedication - p. viii 5. About the Authors - p. ix 6. Contributors - p. x 7. Reviewers - p. xi 8. Preface - p. xii 9. Contents - p. xiii 10. Unit 1 Supporting the patient through the health care system - p. 1 11. 1: Clinical judgment in nursing practice - p. 1 12. 2: Communication and collaboration - p. 16 13. 3: Admitting, transfer, and discharge - p. 39 14. 4: Documentation and informatics - p. 51 15. Unit 2 Vital signs and physical assessment - p. 69 16. 5: Vital signs - p. 69 17. 6: Health assessment - p. 109 18. Unit 3 Special procedures - p. 177 19. 7: Specimen collection - p. 177 20. 8: Diagnostic procedures - p. 226 21. Unit 4 Infection control - p. 259 22. 9: Medical asepsis - p. 259 23. 10: Sterile technique - p. 276 24. Unit 5 Activity and mobility - p. 295 25. 11: Safe patient handling and mobility - p. 295 26. 12: Exercise, mobility, and immobilization devices - p. 323 27. 13: Support surfaces and special beds - p. 361 28. Unit 6 Safety and comfort - p. 381 29. 14: Patient safety - p. 381 30. 15: Disaster preparedness - p. 416 31. 16: Pain management - p. 442 32. 17: End-of-life care - p. 497 33. Unit 7 Hygiene - p. 519 34. 18: Personal hygiene and bed making - p. 519 35. 19: Care of the eye and ear - p. 564 36. Unit 8 Medications - p. 585 37. 20: Safe medication preparation - p. 585 38. 21: Nonparenteral medications - p. 607 39. 22: Parenteral medications - p. 658 40. Unit 9 Oxygenation - p. 717 41. 23: Oxygen therapy - p. 717 42. 24: Airway management - p. 752 43. 25: Cardiac care - p. 788 44. 26: Closed chest drainage systems - p. 798 45. 27: Emergency measures for life support - p. 820 46. Unit 10 Fluid balance - p. 841 47. 28: Intravenous and vascular access therapy - p. 841 48. 29: Blood therapy - p. 894 49. Unit 11 Nutrition - p. 915 50. 30: Oral nutrition - p. 915 51. 31: Enteral nutrition - p. 939 52. 32: Parenteral nutrition - p. 965 53. Unit 12 Elimination - p. 983 54. 33: Urinary elimination - p. 983 55. 34: Bowel elimination and gastric intubation - p. 1017 56. 35: Ostomy care - p. 1037 57. Unit 13 Care of the surgical patient - p. 1058 58. 36: Preoperative and postoperative care - p. 1058 59. 37: Intraoperative care - p. 1094 60. Unit 14 Dressings and wound care - p. 1109 61. 38: Wound care and irrigation - p. 1109 62. 39: Pressure injury prevention and care - p. 1139 63. 40: Dressings, bandages, and binders - p. 1159 64. Unit 15 Home care - p. 1197 65. 41: Home care safety - p. 1197 66. 42: Home care teaching - p. 1221 67. Appendix A: Terminology/combining forms: Prefixes and suffixes - p. 1264 68. Answers to clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions - p. 1264 69. Answers to next-generation NCLEX® (NGN)–style unfolding case studies - p. 1264 70. Index - p. 1299 71. Index of skills and procedural guidelines - p. 1325
Learn the clinical nursing skills you will use every day and prepare for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination! Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 11th Edition provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills. With more than 1,200 full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and a focus on evidence-based practice, this manual helps you learn to think critically, ask the right questions at the right time, and make timely decisions. Written by a respected team of experts, this trusted text is the bestselling nursing skills book on the market!
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Copyright - p. vii 4. Dedication - p. viii 5. About the Authors - p. ix 6. Contributors - p. x 7. Reviewers - p. xi 8. Preface - p. xii 9. Contents - p. xiii 10. Unit 1 Supporting the patient through the health care system - p. 1 11. 1: Clinical judgment in nursing practice - p. 1 12. 2: Communication and collaboration - p. 16 13. 3: Admitting, transfer, and discharge - p. 39 14. 4: Documentation and informatics - p. 51 15. Unit 2 Vital signs and physical assessment - p. 69 16. 5: Vital signs - p. 69 17. 6: Health assessment - p. 109 18. Unit 3 Special procedures - p. 177 19. 7: Specimen collection - p. 177 20. 8: Diagnostic procedures - p. 226 21. Unit 4 Infection control - p. 259 22. 9: Medical asepsis - p. 259 23. 10: Sterile technique - p. 276 24. Unit 5 Activity and mobility - p. 295 25. 11: Safe patient handling and mobility - p. 295 26. 12: Exercise, mobility, and immobilization devices - p. 323 27. 13: Support surfaces and special beds - p. 361 28. Unit 6 Safety and comfort - p. 381 29. 14: Patient safety - p. 381 30. 15: Disaster preparedness - p. 416 31. 16: Pain management - p. 442 32. 17: End-of-life care - p. 497 33. Unit 7 Hygiene - p. 519 34. 18: Personal hygiene and bed making - p. 519 35. 19: Care of the eye and ear - p. 564 36. Unit 8 Medications - p. 585 37. 20: Safe medication preparation - p. 585 38. 21: Nonparenteral medications - p. 607 39. 22: Parenteral medications - p. 658 40. Unit 9 Oxygenation - p. 717 41. 23: Oxygen therapy - p. 717 42. 24: Airway management - p. 752 43. 25: Cardiac care - p. 788 44. 26: Closed chest drainage systems - p. 798 45. 27: Emergency measures for life support - p. 820 46. Unit 10 Fluid balance - p. 841 47. 28: Intravenous and vascular access therapy - p. 841 48. 29: Blood therapy - p. 894 49. Unit 11 Nutrition - p. 915 50. 30: Oral nutrition - p. 915 51. 31: Enteral nutrition - p. 939 52. 32: Parenteral nutrition - p. 965 53. Unit 12 Elimination - p. 983 54. 33: Urinary elimination - p. 983 55. 34: Bowel elimination and gastric intubation - p. 1017 56. 35: Ostomy care - p. 1037 57. Unit 13 Care of the surgical patient - p. 1058 58. 36: Preoperative and postoperative care - p. 1058 59. 37: Intraoperative care - p. 1094 60. Unit 14 Dressings and wound care - p. 1109 61. 38: Wound care and irrigation - p. 1109 62. 39: Pressure injury prevention and care - p. 1139 63. 40: Dressings, bandages, and binders - p. 1159 64. Unit 15 Home care - p. 1197 65. 41: Home care safety - p. 1197 66. 42: Home care teaching - p. 1221 67. Appendix A: Terminology/combining forms: Prefixes and suffixes - p. 1264 68. Answers to clinical judgment and next-generation NCLEX® examination–style questions - p. 1264 69. Answers to next-generation NCLEX® (NGN)–style unfolding case studies - p. 1264 70. Index - p. 1299 71. Index of skills and procedural guidelines - p. 1325