The Nurse's Clinical Skills Pocketbook 3/e

Common Abbreviations - Wendy Wright and Fiona Everett Useful Prefixes and Suffixes - Wendy Wright and Fiona Everett Infection and Prevention Control - Rose Gallagher Hand-washing Using hand sanitiser When to remove your gloves and why Clinical Measurement - Caroline Dobson and Trevor Simpson Fundamental steps for all clinical measurements Respirations Pulse/heart rate Manual blood pressure Measuring body temperature Pain Assessment - Ann Kettyle Undertaking a pain assessment Aseptic Technique and Specimen Collection - Rose Gallagher Principles of asepsis Common steps for the collection of all types of specimen Taking a wound swab Collecting a faeces specimen Collecting a urine specimen Collecting a sputum sample Taking a throat swab Skin Integrity - Alexandra Carlin Principles of wound care Removal of clips/sutures Safe Movement of People - Michelle O'Reilly and David Best Movement guidelines Emergency Care - Sara Morgan Head tilt chin lift Jaw thrust Using an oropharyngeal airway Recovery position Paediatric life support Dislodging an obstruction to the airway Medicines Administration - Carol Hall, updated by Christina Roulston Administering medication (oral or topical route) Administering a subcutaneous injection Administering an intramuscular injection Recording administration and outcome Assisting People with their Nutritional Need - Kate Goodhand and Jane Ewen Nutrition-related skills Weighing a patient Assisting a patient to eat and drink Passing a nasogastric tube Maintaining a nasogastric tube Removing a nasogastric tube Caring for a PEG (pertcutaneous endoscopic gastronomy) Stoma care Peripheral vascular cannula care Assisting People with their Elimination Needs - Mairead Collie, David J. Hunter and Valerie Foley Common steps for all elimination-related skills Assessing bowel function Assisting a patient to use a bedpan, urinal or commode Performing catheter care Emptying a patient's catheter bag Urinalysis Assisting Patients with their Hygiene Needs - Catherine Delves-Yates Common steps for all hygiene procedures Bathing a person in bed Assisting a patient with a wash (out of bed) Shaving Teeth-cleaning Trimming nails Washing a patient's hair in bed Care after Death - Maria Parry Care after death Appendix 1: Commonly Used Medication and Side Effects - Wendy Wright and Fiona Everett Appendix 2: Normal Laboratory Values - Wendy Wright and Fiona Everett Appendix 3: Hand-washing technique References