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Clinical Skills for Nurses Student Survival Skills.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2013.
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| Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- CLINICAL SKILLS FOR NURSES
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 PERFORMING OBSERVATIONS
- CONSENT
- OBSERVATION CHARTS
- BODY TEMPERATURE
- Body Temperature Physiology
- Procedure to Obtain the Temperature Using a Tympanic Membrane Thermometer
- Documenting a Temperature Reading on an Observation Chart
- BLOOD PRESSURE
- Blood pressure equipment
- Procedure to Obtain Blood Pressure Using an Aneroid Sphygmomanometer and Stethoscope
- HEART RATE
- Procedure to Obtain a Pulse Reading
- RESPIRATIONS
- Procedure to Obtain a Reading for Respiratory Rate
- NEUROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
- Procedure for Obtaining an AVPU Recording
- OXYGEN SATURATION
- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
- Chapter 2 MALE URETHRAL CATHETERISATION
- POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
- WHY IS URINARY CATHETERISATION PERFORMED?
- Drainage
- Investigation
- Instillation
- FLUID OUTPUT
- HIGH-RISK PROCEDURE
- PERSONAL CARE AND THE NEED FOR STRICT ASEPSIS
- ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- The Prostate
- CATHETERISATION
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR URETHRAL CATHETERISATION
- CATHETER MATERIAL AND SELECTION
- CATHETER LENGTH AND DESIGN
- REMOVING THE CATHETER
- DRAINAGE BAGS AND SECURING DEVICES
- Latex
- Lubrication
- Antibiotic cover
- PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CATHETERISATION
- HOW TO TAKE A CATHETER SAMPLE OF URINE
- EMPTYING A DRAINAGE BAG
- PROCEDURE FOR MALE URETHRAL CATHETERISATION
- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
- Chapter 3 FEMALE URETHRAL CATHETERISATION
- WHY IS URINARY CATHETERISATION PERFORMED?
- ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- Pelvic Floor
- FLUID BALANCE
- PERSONAL CARE
- PROCEDURE FOR FEMALE URETHRAL CATHETERISATION
- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
- Chapter 4 BOWEL CARE
- ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BOWELS
- ASSESSMENT
- THE BRISTOL STOOL CHART
- MEDICATION REVIEW
- BOWEL CARE MANAGEMENT
- EXCLUSIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
- RISK ASSESSMENT
- Circumstances When Extra Care is Required
- Observations
- DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION (DRE)
- ADMINISTRATION OF ENEMAS AND/OR SUPPOSITORIES
- DIGITAL REMOVAL OF FAECES (DRF) IN ADULTS
- DIGITAL RECTAL STIMULATION (DRS)
- AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA
- Signs and Symptoms of Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Treatment of Autonomic Dysreflexia
- THE PROCEDURES: STEP BY STEP
- Procedural Steps for Digital Rectal Examination
- Procedural Steps for Administration of Enemas and Suppositories
- Procedural Steps for Digital Removal of Faeces
- Procedural Steps for Digital Rectal Stimulation
- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
- Chapter 5 TRACHEOSTOMY CARE
- ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- TRACHEOSTOMY TUBES
- Cuffed Tracheostomy Tube
- Un-cuffed Fenestrated Tracheostomy Tube
- Adjustable-Flange Tracheostomy Tube
- Cricothyroidotomy or Mini-Tracheostomy Tube
- Inner Cannula
- SUCTIONING TECHNIQUE
- Equipment
- Suction Catheter Size and Suction Pressure
- Procedure
- CUFF PRESSURE MONITORING