Care Skills for Nurses.

Intro -- CARE SKILLS FOR NURSES -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 CARE AND COMPASSION IN NURSING -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 BASIC INFECTION CONTROL AND ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE -- VIRUSES -- BACTERIA -- HAND WASHING -- Hand Hygiene -- Hand-Washing Procedure -- When to Wash the Hands -- Alcohol Gel -- Wearing Gloves -- APRONS -- PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT -- UNIFORMS -- ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Website -- Chapter 3 PERFORMING PERSONAL CARE -- SKIN CARE -- THE SKIN AND THE AGEING PROCESS -- CARING FOR BABIES AND INFANTS SKIN -- BED BATHING -- COMPRESSION STOCKINGS -- Procedure for Applying Compression Stockings -- MOUTH CARE -- The Mouth Care Procedure -- EAR, EYE AND NOSE CARE -- NAIL CARE -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 CONTINENCE CARE -- URINE -- Urinary Incontinence -- Facts and Figures -- Babies and Children -- Types and Causes of Urinary Incontinence -- Promoting Continence -- FLUIDS -- FAECES -- Babies and Children -- Bowel Assessment -- Bowel Dysfunction -- Causes of Bowel Dysfunction -- Pelvic Floor Exercises -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Website -- Chapter 5 PRESSURE ULCER CARE -- PRESSURE ULCER ASSESSMENT -- A CROSS-SECTION OF THE SKIN -- WHAT IS A PRESSURE ULCER? -- Pressure: Weight of the Body Pressing on the Skin -- Friction: the Result of Two Surfaces Rubbing Together -- Shearing: Skin and Muscle Rubbing Together During Movement -- HOW TO RECOGNISE A PRESSURE ULCER -- TESTING FOR SIGNS OF A PRESSURE ULCER -- Other factors -- COMMON AREAS FOR PRESSURE AREA FORMATION -- CHANGING POSITION -- SKIN CARE -- NUTRITION -- EPUAP CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM -- PRESSURE ULCER RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Website -- Chapter 6 PATIENT SAFETY -- SAFETY BRIEFINGS -- PATIENT SAFETY.

FALLS PREVENTION -- FALLS AT HOME -- IN-PATIENT FALLS -- REDUCING PATIENT FALLS -- FOOTWEAR -- IN VERY HIGH-RISK PATIENTS -- THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM -- FALLS AND DELIRIUM -- FALLS RISK ASSESSMENT -- BEDRAILS -- USING AN ULTRA-LOW BED -- VERY HIGH-RISK PATIENTS -- WHAT TO DO IF A PATIENT FALLS -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 STOMA CARE -- THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM -- THE RENAL SYSTEM -- WHAT IS A STOMA? -- STOMAL APPEARANCE -- REASONS FOR STOMA SURGERY -- DRAINAGE DEVICES -- Pouches, Flanges and Wafers -- SKIN CONDITION -- BODY IMAGE -- CHANGING A STOMA BAG -- DISPOSAL OF THE STOMA BAG -- ISSUES TO CONSIDER -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Website -- Chapter 8 PERI-OPERATIVE CARE -- WHAT IS PERI-OPERATIVE CARE? -- PRE-ADMISSION ASSESSMENT -- NURSING ASSESSMENT AND THE NURSING PROCESS -- PRE-OPERATIVE PREPARATION -- FASTING: ADULTS AND CHILDREN -- Adults -- Children -- MANAGEMENT OF MEDICATIONS -- INTRA-OPERATIVE CARE -- POST-OPERATIVE CARE -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9 ANAPHYLAXIS -- WHAT IS ANAPHYLAXIS? -- WHAT IS AN ANAPHYLACTOID EVENT? -- WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ANTIBODY AND AN ANTIGEN? -- FOODS -- INJECTED VENOM -- DRUGS -- LATEX -- ROUTES -- WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ANAPHYLAXIS? -- Cutaneous -- Respiratory -- Central Nervous System -- Gastrointestinal -- Cardiovascular -- MANAGEMENT -- ADRENALINE -- What is a PGD? -- How Does Adrenaline Work? -- AFTERCARE -- BIPHASIC RESPONSE -- DOCUMENTATION -- INVESTIGATIONS OF ANAPHYLAXIS -- Clotted Blood Samples -- Urine -- Immunology Therapy -- Skin Tests -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Website -- Chapter 10 ECG RECORDING -- HEART MONITORS -- BASIC ANATOMY OF THE HEART -- THE PROCEDURE -- PERFORMING THE ECG -- PLACEMENT OF THE LEADS -- Chest Leads -- Limb Leads -- RECORDING -- AFTERCARE -- DOCUMENTATION.

PROBLEMS WITH THE RECORDING -- WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? -- A NORMAL ECG -- A Shivering Patient -- AC INTERFERENCE (ARTEFACT) -- Tricks of the Trade -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11 NUTRITION AND HYDRATION CARE -- NUTRITION -- PARENTERAL NUTRITION -- KEY ASPECTS OF PROVIDING A CONDUCIVE EATING ENVIRONMENT -- HYDRATION -- CHILDREN -- GOOD HYDRATION IN THE OLDER PATIENT -- INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES -- Positive Fluid Balance -- Negative Fluid Balance -- FLUID REPLACEMENT -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12 WOUND CARE -- WOUND CARE PREVENTION -- THE SKIN -- The Epidermis -- The Dermis -- The Subcutaneous Layer -- WOUNDS: CAUSES AND TYPES -- CLASSIFICATION OF WOUNDS -- WOUND COLOUR CODING -- WOUND HEALING -- Wound Healing by First Intention -- Wound Healing by Second Intention -- Wound Cleaning -- Factors Known to Infl uence Wound Healing -- Factors Known to Promote the Wound Healing Process -- OVERVIEW OF WOUND CARE PRODUCTS -- SPECIALIST PRODUCTS -- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Bibliography -- Answers to Activities, Questions and Test Your Knowledge -- Appendix 1 THE COMPONENTS OF MEDICAL WORDS AND TERMS -- Appendix 2 WEIGHT CONVERSION CHARTS -- Index.

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