Nursing & Health: Clinical Skills Survival Guide, 2nd edition

By Kerry Reid-Searl, et al.
August 2012
Pearson Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780273763734
54 pages, Illustrated
$14 .95 Spiral Bound

OUT OF PRINT

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Do you need accurate information fast? The ward is a busy place with little time to check facts and figures. With this pocket-sized reference book you can quickly and accurately check everything from nursing terminology to CPR procedures.

Contents:

COMMON LABORATORY BLOOD TESTS

24-HOUR CLOCK

MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION

Five rights and three checks

Tips in preventing medication errors

Safety tips with oral medications

Safety tips with injections

Abbreviations used in medication administration

Metric system and symbols

Drug calculations

Some common drug classes

Drug name endings and related information

Drugs utilised as antidotes

OXYGEN

FLUID BALANCE

Measurements useful for fluid balance charts

Tips with fluid balance charts

Types of IV fluids

VITAL SIGNS

QUICK HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT

PAIN ASSESSMENT

MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

Bodily fluids exposure

RESUSCITATION

Cardiac rhythms

When to seek help

Common emergency drugs: dose and action

WOUND CARE

DOCUMENTATION

General points

Tips with verbal handovers

Nursing process

GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS

USEFUL WEBSITES

TIME MANAGEMENT GRID

OTHER THINGS TO REMEMBER

 

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