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Informationen zum Autor ABOUT THE AUTHOR Claire Boyd is a Practice Development Trainer at North Bristol NHS Trust! Bristol! UK. Klappentext A handy, portable introduction to both the knowledge and practical procedures that first year nursing students require. Provides words of wisdom and advice from real-life student nurses. Pocket sized for portability on clinical placement Examples and questions based on real life nursing & healthcare examples. Zusammenfassung A handy! portable introduction to both the knowledge and practical procedures that first year nursing students require. Provides words of wisdom and advice from real-life student nurses. Pocket sized for portability on clinical placement Examples and questions based on real life nursing & healthcare examples. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE vi INTRODUCTION vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x 1 PERFORMING OBSERVATIONS 1 2 MALE URETHRAL CATHETERISATION 19 3 FEMALE URETHRAL CATHETERISATION 49 4 BOWEL CARE 57 5 TRACHEOSTOMY CARE 83 6 POINT-OF-CARE TRAINING 97 7 BLOOD TRANSFUSION 117 8 VENEPUNCTURE 133 9 PERIPHERAL CANNULATION 151 10 EARLY PATIENT ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE 161 11 INTRAVENOUS THERAPY 173 12 BASIC LIFE SUPPORT 183 ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES! QUESTIONS AND "TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE" 191 APPENDIX 1: THE BRISTOL OBSERVATION CHART 201 BIBLIOGRAPHY 205 INDEX 209
