Nursing ProceduresNursing Procedures, Second Edition, gives you complete, meticulous, start-to-finish instructions on virtually every procedure to help you meet today's clinical challenges. This comprehensive reference contains more than 340 procedures in all - from the basic to the most advanced. Plus you'll find new procedures, home care tips, photos, and illustrations that reflect the most recent clinical developments, including PICC lines, intrapleural drug administration, drug implants, ST-segment monitoring, automatic external defibrillation, and cerebral blood flow monitoring. More than 500 illustrations and photographs show you how to perform procedures, position patients, and use equipment. For every procedure you'll find what equipment is needed, including items that are optional or available in time-saving kit form; how to prepare the equipment, in step-by-step detail; how to implement the procedure, with each step clearly explained, together with rationales for key steps and action (Rationales appear in italicized type so you can find them easily); special considerations - tips and advice you'll need to perform the procedure correctly and to encourage critical thinking; complications to watch for, how to prevent them whenever possible, and what to do if they occur; documentation guidelines - a must for legal protections; plus, nursing alerts, highlighted in color, offer important - possibly life-saving - cautions and advice. |
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