Skills in Clinical Nursing (7th Edition) - Softcover

Berman, Audrey T; Snyder, Shirlee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132149648 ISBN 13: 9780132149648

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

Synopsis

Skills in Clinical Nursing, Seventh Edition brings together the 166 most important skills performed by nurses, including all common variations, organized from the simplest to the most complex. This edition has been revised, restructured, and updated to reflect current practice, responding to extensive feedback from clinical nurses, market surveys, and the authors’ own teaching and practice experience. Each chapter contains concise introductory material, placing skills in the context of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, and clearly explaining their purpose and rationale. Each skill is then presented in exceptional step-by-step detail, with 800+ illustrations. Skills coverage is complemented by critical-thinking insights on using assessment data, and essential guidance on appropriate delegation to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP).

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From the Back Cover:

Providing current information in a clear, concise format, the Sixth edition of Skills in Clinical Nursing continues to be a definitive source for the most important clinical nursing skills (including all common variations). Each chapter contains concise introductory material, placing skills in perspective to client anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, and provides an overview of the rationale and purpose of the skills.  The presentation of each skill follows the steps of the nursing process.

 

• NEW! Chapters on Assisting with Mechanical Ventilation, Orthopedic Care, and End-of-Life Care.
• NEW! Skills such as Assisting with a Sitz Bath, Performing Surgical Hand Sepsis, and Performing Postmortem Care.
• UNIQUE! Emphasis on Holistic Care to encompass the body-mind-spirit of every client encounter.
• UNIQUE! What If .... Concept maps help nurses visualize the steps of skills and unexpected outcomes of skills.
• NEW! Client Teaching Considerations, and Culturally Competent Care features to assist nurses in providing a positive client encounter.
• NEW! Clinical Alerts, Clinical Manifestations, and Practice Guidelines to remind nurses of client safety issues, signs and symptoms, and clinical do’s and don’ts.
• NEW! End of chapter NCLEX® review questions help students review chapter material and prepares them to answer NCLEX® questions effectively. Alternate style NCLEX® questions are included.
• NEW! Sample Documentation for specific skills to act as a model for nurses. Delegation is highlighted as part of the Planning phase of each skill to help the nurse make critical judgments about what to delegate.
• Expanded! Focus on Clinical Reasoning aids nurses in making appropriate clinical judgments and decisions through clinical cases.
• Companion CD! Every book includes a CD-ROM with Skill Checklists and NCLEX® review questions for every chapter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0132149648
• ISBN 13: 9780132149648
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 912