Care Skills for Nurses

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-65738-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Reihe: Student Survival Skills

Survive clinical skills training with this essential guide for all student nurses.

Providing words of wisdom and advice from real-life student nurses, Care Skills for Nurses is an easy-to-read, quick-reference guide to all the key care skills you need to know – boosting your confidence and competence both in the clinical skills lab and on your clinical placements.

Special features:

- Developed by students, for students
- Clear, straightforward, and jargon-free
- Ties in with the NMC standards for pre-registration education and the Essential Skills Clusters
- Examples and questions based on real life nursing and healthcare situations
- Available in a range of digital formats

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boyd, Claire

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Ausbildung in der Pflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE vii

INTRODUCTION ix

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi

1 CARE AND COMPASSION IN NURSING 1

2 BASIC INFECTION CONTROL AND ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE 7

3 PERFORMING PERSONAL CARE 23

4 CONTINENCE CARE 35

5 PRESSURE ULCER CARE 49

6 PATIENT SAFETY 63

7 STOMA CARE 81

8 PERI-OPERATIVE CARE 93

9 ANAPHYLAXIS 105

10 ECG RECORDING 125

11 NUTRITION AND HYDRATION CARE 139

12 WOUND CARE 153

ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES, QUESTIONS AND TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE 167

APPENDIX 1: THE COMPONENTS OF MEDICAL WORDS AND TERMS 175

APPENDIX 2: WEIGHT CONVERSION CHARTS 189

INDEX 191

Über Autor(innen)

Claire Boyd is a Practice Development Trainer at North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.