Directly aligned to the 6th edition of Potter and Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing, this Clinical skills workbook by Geraldine Rebeiro, Damian Wilson and Stacey Fuller allows Australian and New Zealand undergraduate nursing students to apply clinical skills to the real world effectively and according to contemporary local best practice standards. Clear instructions and reflective learning support students to work through and master 81 clinical skills featured in the Potter and Perry’s text and this Skills workbook. Detailed checklists and assessment tools enable both students and assessors to track progress. Comprehensively updated and revised, the Fundamentals of Nursing Clinical Skills workbook 4e is an essential tool to support students to become confident and effective nurses.
1. Introduction - p. x 2. The bondy rating scale - p. xii 3. Acknowledgements - p. xiii 4. Authors - p. xvi 5. Overview: Placing communication at the centre of person-centred care - p. 1 6. Overview: The vital signs: Using a primary survey approach for patient assessment - p. 6 7. Overview: Undertaking a focused assessment: Physical assessment of body systems - p. 37 8. Overview: Preventing and controlling infection - p. 75 9. Overview: Optimising skin integrity and wound care - p. 101 10. Overview: Ensuring medication safety - p. 123 11. Administering oral medications - p. 129 12. Administering nasal instillations - p. 134 13. Administering ophthalmic medications - p. 141 14. Administering vaginal medications - p. 147 15. Administering rectal suppositories - p. 153 16. Using metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) - p. 160 17. Preparing injections - p. 167 18. Administering injections - p. 175 19. Adding medications to intravenous fluid containers - p. 180 20. Administering medications by intravenous bolus - p. 185 21. Administering intravenous medications by a secondary infusion - p. 190 22. Administering intravenous medications by a syringe driver/mini-infuser pump - p. 195 23. References - p. 197 24. Overview: Promoting mobility - p. 198 25. Overview: Assessing and managing pain - p. 226 26. Overview: Supporting oxygenation and perfusion - p. 232 27. Overview: Balancing fluid, electrolyte and acid–base status - p. 279 28. Overview: Meeting nutritional needs - p. 334 29. Overview: Maintaining hygiene - p. 359 30. Bathing a patient - p. 368 31. Perineal care - p. 375 32. Menstrual hygiene - p. 380 33. Administering a back rub - p. 384 34. Performing nail and foot care - p. 390 35. Providing oral hygiene - p. 396 36. Performing mouth care for an unconscious or debilitated patient - p. 401 37. Caring for the patient with contact lenses - p. 409 38. Making an occupied bed - p. 417 39. Making a postoperative bed - p. 422 40. Overview: Managing continence: Urinary - p. 424 41. Overview: Managing continence: Bowel - p. 460 42. Overview: Working in the acute care sector - p. 485 43. Overview: Working in the mental health sector - p. 501 44. Overview: Nursing informatics and digital health - p. 510 45. Overview: Extended nursing skills - p. 522 46. Registered Nurse Standards for Practice 2016 – Australia - p. 534 47. Picture credits - p. 541 48. Index - p. 543
Directly aligned to the 6th edition of Potter and Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing, this Clinical skills workbook by Geraldine Rebeiro, Damian Wilson and Stacey Fuller allows Australian and New Zealand undergraduate nursing students to apply clinical skills to the real world effectively and according to contemporary local best practice standards. Clear instructions and reflective learning support students to work through and master 81 clinical skills featured in the Potter and Perry’s text and this Skills workbook. Detailed checklists and assessment tools enable both students and assessors to track progress. Comprehensively updated and revised, the Fundamentals of Nursing Clinical Skills workbook 4e is an essential tool to support students to become confident and effective nurses.
1. Introduction - p. x 2. The bondy rating scale - p. xii 3. Acknowledgements - p. xiii 4. Authors - p. xvi 5. Overview: Placing communication at the centre of person-centred care - p. 1 6. Overview: The vital signs: Using a primary survey approach for patient assessment - p. 6 7. Overview: Undertaking a focused assessment: Physical assessment of body systems - p. 37 8. Overview: Preventing and controlling infection - p. 75 9. Overview: Optimising skin integrity and wound care - p. 101 10. Overview: Ensuring medication safety - p. 123 11. Administering oral medications - p. 129 12. Administering nasal instillations - p. 134 13. Administering ophthalmic medications - p. 141 14. Administering vaginal medications - p. 147 15. Administering rectal suppositories - p. 153 16. Using metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) - p. 160 17. Preparing injections - p. 167 18. Administering injections - p. 175 19. Adding medications to intravenous fluid containers - p. 180 20. Administering medications by intravenous bolus - p. 185 21. Administering intravenous medications by a secondary infusion - p. 190 22. Administering intravenous medications by a syringe driver/mini-infuser pump - p. 195 23. References - p. 197 24. Overview: Promoting mobility - p. 198 25. Overview: Assessing and managing pain - p. 226 26. Overview: Supporting oxygenation and perfusion - p. 232 27. Overview: Balancing fluid, electrolyte and acid–base status - p. 279 28. Overview: Meeting nutritional needs - p. 334 29. Overview: Maintaining hygiene - p. 359 30. Bathing a patient - p. 368 31. Perineal care - p. 375 32. Menstrual hygiene - p. 380 33. Administering a back rub - p. 384 34. Performing nail and foot care - p. 390 35. Providing oral hygiene - p. 396 36. Performing mouth care for an unconscious or debilitated patient - p. 401 37. Caring for the patient with contact lenses - p. 409 38. Making an occupied bed - p. 417 39. Making a postoperative bed - p. 422 40. Overview: Managing continence: Urinary - p. 424 41. Overview: Managing continence: Bowel - p. 460 42. Overview: Working in the acute care sector - p. 485 43. Overview: Working in the mental health sector - p. 501 44. Overview: Nursing informatics and digital health - p. 510 45. Overview: Extended nursing skills - p. 522 46. Registered Nurse Standards for Practice 2016 – Australia - p. 534 47. Picture credits - p. 541 48. Index - p. 543
