Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses - Step By Step

This pocket-sized book is a quick guide to the basic clinical skills nursing students will need out on placements. The step-by-step approach helps students to quickly find the information they need to perform the skills and to revise for clinical skills exams.

List of contents

Common Abbreviations Useful Prefixes and Suffixes Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Measurement Pain Management Aseptic Technique and Specimen Collection Skin Integrity Safer Handling of People First Aid Medicines Administration Assisting Patients with their Nutritional Needs Assisting Patients with their Elimination Needs Assisting Patients with their Hygiene Needs Last Offices Commonly Used Medication and Side Effects Normal Laboratory Values Skills Mapped to NMC Essential Skills Clusters

Summary

This pocket-sized book is a quick guide to the basic clinical skills nursing students will need out on placements. The step-by-step approach helps students to quickly find the information they need to perform the skills and to revise for clinical skills exams.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Delves-Yates, Catherine Delves Yates, Catherine Ed Yates
• Assisted by: Catherine Delves-Yates (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2015
• EAN: 9781473913981
• ISBN: 978-1-4739-1398-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Nursing