This pocket-sized book provides step-by-step instructions on how to carry out advanced clinical skills such as medicine administration, giving transfusions, catheterisation, and other key skills across both acute and community settings. It is ideal for second and third year students and has been updated for the 2018 NMC standards, including the most up-to-date evidence base for the procedures.
Each section features:
Handy checklists detailing the essential equipment and things to consider before starting.
Helpful tips and advice on what to watch out for and the relevant action to take for each skill.
Care setting considerations exploring patient requirements depending on where care is being given.
Clear instructions guiding you step by step through each procedure.
Whether you are revising, practicing, or preparing for a clinical placement, this book will become a trusted companion and daily reference that will help to develop and improve your nursing skills.
Chapter 1: Introduction and General Considerations - Wendy Wright and Fiona Everett
Chapter 2: Basic Airway Management - Sophie Newcombe
Chapter 3: Advanced Airway Management - Kamal Dhindsa
Chapter 4: Lung Sounds - Kamal Dhindsa
Chapter 5: Oxygen Therapy - Karen Elliott
Chapter 6: Nebulisers - Karen Elliott
Chapter 6: Venepuncture - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum
Chapter 7: Peripheral IV Cannulation - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum
Chapter 8: Intravenous Fluids - Meghan Bateson and Lizanne Hamilton-Smith
Chapter 9: Blood Transfusion - Sally Richardson and Karen Elliott
Chapter 10: Central Venous Access Devices - Kamal Dhindsa
Chapter 11: ECG - Meghan Bateson and Lizanne Hamilton-Smith
Chapter 12: Resuscitation - Emily Marron and Sophie Newcombe
Chapter 13: Neurological Examination - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum
Chapter 14: Medicines Administration - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum
Chapter 15: Bowel Sounds - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum
Chapter 16: Gastric Aspiration - Sue McGrouther and Julie Orr
Chapter 17: Enteral Feeding - Mark Molesworth and Moira Dale
Chapter 18: Removal of Sutures and Staples - Francina Hyatt
Chapter 19: Urinary Catheterisation - Fiona Lundie and Debbie McCraw
Chapter 20: Urinalysis Interpretation - Fiona Lundie and Debbie McGraw
Chapter 21: Sepsis - Lizanne Hamilton-Smith and Meghan Bateson
