Photo Guide of Nursing Skills is a photo atlas which provides a full-color presentation of all basic and intermediate skills.

Photo Guide of Nursing Skills has unique and easy-to-use format which presents each procedure in logical steps—complete with appropriate illustrations, descriptions, and rationales.

A critical thinking section focuses on unexpected outcomes when performing skills, and encourages problem solving in a clinical context using alternative nursing actions.

Contents

Introduction to Nursing Practice

1. Legal and Ethical Practice
2. Documentation and Care Planning

Medical Asepsis and Standard Precautions

3. Medical Asepsis
4. Infection Control

Personal Care and Safety

5. Safe Client Environment
6. Bathing and Bedmaking
7. Personal Hygiene

Health Evaluation

8. Admission to a Health Care Facility
9. Vital Signs

Skin and Tissue Integrity

10. Heat and Cold
11. Wound Care and Dressings

Mobility

12. Body Mechanics and Positioning
13. Exercise and Ambulation
14. Orthopedic Measures

Medication Administration

15. Nonparenteral Medications
16. Parenteral Medications

Intravenous Therapy

17. Intravenous Fluids and Blood
18. Intravenous Medications

Gastrointestinal Therapy and Nutritional Support

19. Gastrointestinal Therapy
20. Nutritional Support

Elimination

21. Urinary Elimination
22. Bowel Elimination

Oxygenation and Circulation

23. Respiratory Skills
24. Cardiovascular Skills
25. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Emergencies

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