Canadian clinical nursing skills + techniques

Cobbett, Shelley L., (editor,, author.). Perry, Anne Griffin, (editor,, author.). Potter, Patricia Ann, (editor,, author.). Ostendorf, Wendy, (editor,, author.).

Summary: Introducing the only fully comprehensive skills text on the market, distinctly for Canadian students! Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques helps equip you with the skills you need to successfully care for patients within the Canadian social and institutional context. Building on the strength of Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques’ comprehensive coverage of over 200 basic, intermediate and advanced skills, this textbook features nearly 1,000 full-colour photographs and drawings, a nursing process framework, step-by-step instructions with rationales, and a focus on critical thinking and evidence-informed practice. Written by the highly respected author team of Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter, Wendy Ostendorf, and Canadian author Shelley L. Cobbett, it offers all the guidance and tools you need to perform nursing skills with complete confidence! --

Record details

ISBN: 9781771722094
ISBN: 1771722096
Physical Description: print
xxiv, 1239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: [St. Louis, MO] : Elsevier, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Adapted from Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 9th edition, by Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter, and Wendy R. Ostendorf."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Unit I: Supporting the Patient Through the Health Care System -- 1. Evidence-Informed Nursing Practice -- 2. Transitions in Care -- 3. Communication and Collaboration -- 4. Documentation and Informatics -- Unit II: Infection Control -- 5. Medical Asepsis -- 6. Sterile Technique -- Unit III: Vital Signs and Physical Assessment -- 7. Vital Signs -- 8. Health Assessment -- Unit IV: Special Procedures -- 9. Specimen Collection -- 10. Diagnostic Procedures -- Unit V: Activity and Mobility -- 11. Safe Patient Handling, Transfer, and Positioning -- 12. Exercise and Mobility -- 13. Support Surfaces and Special Beds -- Unit VI: Safety and Comfort -- 14. Patient Safety -- 15. Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management -- 16. Pain Assessment and Management -- 17. Palliative Care -- Unit VII: Hygiene -- 18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making -- 19. Care of the Eye and Ear -- Unit VIII: Medications -- 20. Safe Medicine Preparation -- 21. Nonparenteral Medications -- 22. Parenteral Medications -- Unit IX: Oxygenation -- 23. Oxygen Therapy -- 24. Performing Chest Physiotherapy -- 25. Airway Management -- 26. Cardiac Care -- 27. Closed Chest Drainage Systems -- 28. Emergency Measures for Life Support -- Unit X: Fluid Balance -- 29. Vascular Access and Infusion Therapy -- 30. Blood Therapy -- Unit XI: Nutrition -- 31. Oral Nutrition -- 32. Enteral Nutrition -- 33. Parenteral Nutrition -- Unit XII: Elimination -- 34. Urinary Elimination and Catheterization -- 35. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation -- 36. Ostomy Care -- Unit XIII: Care of the Surgical Patient -- 37. Preoperative and Postoperative Care -- 38. Intraoperative Care -- Unit XIV: Dressings and Wound Care -- 39. Prevention and Care of Skin Breakdown -- 40. Wound Care Management and Dressings -- 41. Therapeutic Use of Heat and Cold -- Unit XV: Nursing in the Community -- 42. Safety in the Community -- 43. Self-Care Teaching in the Community