Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques

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Reviewer: Val M. Viers, PhD, RN, CNS(Texas A & M University)
Description: This fourth edition describes 220 clinical nursing procedures included in medical-surgical courses and clinicals. It covers clinical skills and techniques, including basic, intermediate, and advanced. Each skill also describes four other areas for consideration: pediatrics, geriatrics, teaching, and special. A 5-step nursing process presents the steps and rationale for each skill in an easy-to-follow, two-column format. The third edition was published in 1994.
Purpose: The purpose is to present comprehensive, current, and accurate coverage of clinical skills and techniques performed by students and practitioners. This successful book integrates critical decision points and critical thinking activities into the nursing process.
Audience: This book is written for today's nurse, nurses needing a clinical skills update, and especially nursing students and faculty. The book is a valuable resource for today's nurses working in acute, subacute, and community-based settings, and home care agencies.
Features: Each chapter begins with learning objectives, key terms, pertinent information, and practice guidelines for implementing the skills. Each skill section presents equipment needed, considerations, nursing diagnosis, skill steps with rationale, expected and unexpected outcomes, recording and reporting, and follow-up activities. There are nearly 1,000 drawings and photographs, examples of reporting and recording forms, an excellent glossary of terms and a new unit on homecare.
Assessment: This comprehensive book is a must for clinical nursing students as well as experienced clinical nurses. It describes the most current standards for 22 clinical nursing procedures.

Val M. Viers

This fourth edition describes 220 clinical nursingprocedures included in medical-surgical courses and clinicals. Itcovers clinical skills and techniques, including basic, intermediate,and advanced. Each skill also describes four other areas forconsideration: pediatrics, geriatrics, teaching, and special. A 5-stepnursing process presents the steps and rationale for each skill in aneasy-to-follow, two-column format. The third edition was published in1994. The purpose is to present comprehensive, current, and accuratecoverage of clinical skills and techniques performed by students andpractitioners. This successful book integrates critical decisionpoints and critical thinking activities into the nursingprocess. This book is written for today's nurse, nurses needing aclinical skills update, and especially nursing students and faculty. The book is a valuable resource for today's nurses working in acute,subacute, and community-based settings, and home care agencies. Eachchapter begins with learning objectives, key terms, pertinentinformation, and practice guidelines for implementing the skills. Eachskill section presents equipment needed, considerations, nursingdiagnosis, skill steps with rationale, expected and unexpectedoutcomes, recording and reporting, and follow-up activities. There arenearly 1,000 drawings and photographs, examples of reporting andrecording forms, an excellent glossary of terms and a new unit onhomecare. This comprehensive book is a must for clinical nursingstudents as well as experienced clinical nurses. It describes the mostcurrent standards for 22 clinical nursing procedures.

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