TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perry, Anne Griffin
AU  - Potter, Patricia Ann 
TI  - Clinical nursing skills & techniques
SN  - 9780323052894
AV  - RT 41 .P47 2010 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - St. Louis
PB  - Mosby/Elsevier, 
KW  - NURSING -- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC
KW  - CLINICAL MEDICINE -- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC
N1  - Includes bibliographic references and index; 	Supporting the client through the health care system. Using evidence in nursing practice / Patricia A. Potter ; Admitting, transfer, and discharge / Patricia A. Stockert ; Communication / Jackie Raybuck Saleeby ; Reporting and recording / Wendy Ostendorf --
Vital signs and physical assessment. Vital signs / Susan Jane Fetzer ; Health assessment / Elaine K. Neel --
Infection control. Medical asepsis / Ruth Curchoe ; Sterile technique / Ruth Curthoe [sic] --
Activity and mobility. Safe patient handling, transfer, and positioning / Rita Wunderlich ; Exercise and ambulation / Rita Wunderlich ; Orthopedic measures / Wanda Cleveland Dubuisson ; Support surfaces and special beds / Nancy Tomaselli --
Safety and comfort. Safety / Patricia A. Potter ; Disaster preparedness / Barbara A. Caton ; Pain assessment and basic comfort measures / Cathy Flasar ; Palliative care / Valerie Yancy --
Hygiene. Personal hygiene and bedmaking / Sylvia K. Baird ; Pressure ulcer care / Janice C. Colwell ; Care of eye and ear prostheses / Anne Griffin Perry --
Medications. Safe medication preparation / Patricia A. Potter ; Oral and topical medications / Julie S. Snyder ; Parenteral medications / Wendy Ostendorf --
Oxygenation. Oxygen therapy / Anne Griffin Perry ; Performing chest physiotherapy / Anne Griffin Perry ; Airway management / Kelly Jo Cone ; Closed chest drainage / Anne Griffin Perry ; Emergency measures for life support / Nelda K. Martin --
Fluid balance. Intravenous and vascular access therapy / Wendy Ostendorf ; Blood transfusions / Jeanette S. Adams --
Nutrition. Oral nutrition / Patricia A. Potter ; Enteral nutrition / Lynne M. Murphy ; Parenteral nutrition / Patricia A. Potter --
Elimination. Urinary elimination / Terry L. Wood ; Bowel elimination / Lori Klingman ; Ostomy care / Jane Fellows --
Care of the surgical client. Preoperative and postoperative care / Rhonda Yancey ; Intraoperative care / Kelly Schwartz --
Dressings and wound care. Wound care and irrigations / Janice C. Colwell ; Dressings, bandages, and binders / Kim Campbell Oliveri ; Warm and cold therapy / Mary Jane Ruhland --
Home care. Home care safety / Nancy Laplante ; Home care teaching / Amy Hall --
Special procedures. Specimen collection / Aurelie Chinn ; Diagnostic procedures / Anne Griffin Perry
N2  - Offers hundreds of full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and step-by-step instructions - with rationales for various steps
ER  -