New to this edition
- NEW!
New skills are added and all skills throughout the book are updated to match the latest evidence-based practice, guidelines, and standards — ensuring safe, effective performance of skills.
Author Information
By Patricia A. Potter, RN, PhD, FAAN, Formerly, Director of Research, Patient Care Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA and Anne G. Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
1. Acapella Device
2. Aquathermia and Heating Pads
3. Aspiration Precautions
4. Assisting with Use of Canes, Walkers, and Crutches
5. Bladder Scan
6. Blood Administration
7. Blood Glucose Monitoring
8. Blood Pressure by Auscultation: Upper Extremities, Lower Extremities, Palpation
9. Blood Pressure: Automatic
10. Cardiac Monitor Application
11. Central Vascular Access Device CARE: Central and Peripherally Inserted
12. Chest Tube Insertion and Management
13. Cold Application
14. Condom and External Urinary Catheter
15. Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion
16. Dressings: Dry and Damp-to-Dry
17. Dressings: Hydrocolloid, Hydrogel, Foam, or Alginate Dressing
18. Dressings: Transparent Dressing
19. Ear Medications
20. Ear Irrigation
21. Obtaining a 12-Lead Electrocardiogram
22. Enema Administration
23. Enteral Nutrition: Nasogastric, Nasointestinal, Gastrostomy, or Jejunostomy Tube
24. Enteral Tube Insertion
25. Epidural Analgesia
26. Eye Irrigation
27. Eye Medications
28. Fall Prevention in a Health Care Facility
29. Fecal Impaction
30. Hypothermia and Hyperthermia Blankets
31. Using Incentive Spirometry
32. Intradermal Injections
33. Intramuscular Injections
34. Intravenous Medications by Piggyback and Syringe Pumps
35. Intravenous Medications: Intravenous Bolus
36. Isolation Precautions
37. Mechanical Lifts: Transfer Skills
38. Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs)
39. Moist Heat Applications (Compress and Sitz Bath)
40. Mouth Care for an Unconscious or Debilitated Patient
41. Nail and Foot Care
42. Nasogastric Tube Insertion for Gastric Decompression: Maintenance and Removal
43. Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy
44. Oral Medications
45. Oral Medications Administered Through a Feeding Tube
46. Ostomy Care (Colostomy and Ileostomy Pouching)
47. Oxygen Therapy
48. Parenteral Medication Preparation: Ampules and Vials
49. Parenteral Medication Preparation: Mixing Medications in One Syringe
50. Patient Controlled Analgesia
51. Peak Flowmeter
52. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Dressing Change and Discontinuation
53. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Regulating Intravenous Flow Rates and Changing Solutions
54. Peripheral Intravenous care: Short Catheter Insertion
55. Preoperative Teaching
56. Pressure Bandage
57. Pressure Injury Risk Assessment and Prevention
58. Pressure Injury Treatment
59. Pulse: Apical
60. Pulse Oximetry
61. Rectal Suppositories
62. Respiration Assessment
63. Restraint Application (Physical)
64. Restraint-Free Environment
65. Seizure Precautions
66. Sequential Compression Devices and Elastic Stockings
67. Sterile Gloving
68. Sterile Field Preparation
69. Subcutaneous Injections
70. Scutioning: Open and Closed for Nasotracheal/pharyngeal and Artificial Airways
71. Suctioning: Oropharyngeal
72. Suprapubic Catheter Care
73. Suture and Staple Removal
74. Topical Medications to the Skin
75. Tracheostomy Care
76. Urinary Catheter Insertion: Straight or Indwelling Catheter
77. Urinary Indwelling Catheter Care and Removal
78. Urinary Indwelling Catheter Irrigation
79. Urostomy Pouching
80. Vaginal Medications
81. Venipuncture: Collecting Blood Specimens and Cultures by Syringe and Vacutainer Method
82. Wound Drainage Evacuation
83. Performing a Wound Irrigation
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