TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moore,Tina
AU  - Cunningham,Sheila
TI  - Clinical skills for nursing practice
SN  - 1138791199
AV  - RT41 .C55 2017
U1  - 610.73 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Clinical competence
KW  - Nursing Care
KW  - methods
KW  - Clinical Competence
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; List of figures --; List of tables --; Notes on contributors --; Foreword; Alina Garofil --; Foreword; Lisa Smith --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; 1; Professional Role of the Nurse; Kathy Wilson and Nora Cooper --; Part I; Care and Compassion and Communication :--; 2; Communication; Brian Richardson --; 3; Personal care; Mariama Seray-Wurie --; 4; Elimination; Marion Hinds and Sheila Cunningham --; 5; Pain Assessment and Management; Sheila Cunningham --; 6; End of Life Care; Kirsty Dye --; Part II; Essential skills :--; 7; Observations and Monitoring (vital signs); Tina Moore --; 8; Monitoring and Interpreting; Tina Moore --; 9; Oxygenation; Tina Moore --; 10; Emergency Management and Resuscitation; José Hernandez-Padilla & Fiona Suthers --; Part III; Organisational aspects of care :--; 11; Moving and Handling; Sinna Ramonaledi --; 12; Wound Care; Jane Preece --; 13; Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care; Jenny Phillips and Carolyn Perriman --; 14; Tracheostomy care; Tina Moore --; Part IV; Safety and Protection :--; 15; Infection control; Sheila Cunningham --; 16; Safe and Accurate Administration of Medicines; Sheila Cunningham --; Part V; Nutrition and Fluid balance :--; 17; Nutrition; Susan Kaur Lawrence --; 18; Hydration and Fluid Balance; Margaret Herlihy and Dee Anderson --; Index
N2  - "Employing an evidence-based approach, this comprehensive textbook introduces the core clinical skills and competencies a newly-qualified nurse is required to have for professional practice. Designed to allow readers to develop and enhance their clinical skills with one key textbook, each chapter contains learning outcomes, recommendations for practice, case studies, activities, 'clinical significance' highlights and step-by-step guides to important procedures. This invaluable clinical skills textbook is an essential reference for pre-registration nursing students."--Publisher's website
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