Nursing student's clinical survival guide / Kerry Reid-Searl, Trudy Dwyer, Lorna Moxham
- Bib ID:
- 7886864
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Reid-Searl, Kerry, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Related Online Resources:
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- Edition:
- 4th edition.
- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Melbourne, Vic. : Pearson Australia, [2019]
- ©2019
- 1 online resource : illustrations (some colour)
- ISBN:
- 9781488622748
- Summary:
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This quick-reference guide is not rivalled by anything else on the market. As a support text, Reid-Searl's Nursing Student's Clinical Survival Guide assists students with tips to competently conduct clinical skills for safe and person-centred care in clinical settings.. Whether used individually across students' education and into early practice or as a tool to complement a comprehensive text such as Berman, Skills in Clinical Nursing, Clinical Survival Guide students to deliver competent person-centred care in professional practice. practices and standards. Additionally, this product Has respected and updated/current content, mapped to NSQHS and NMBA Standards for the Registered Nurse Can be used across any level of the Nursing curriculum Is a part of the Survival Guide series, five texts known to be reliable and accurate from a respected author team The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you will receive via email the code and instructions on how to access this product. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.
- Full contents:
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- Front Cover; Front Matter; Imprint; Contents; 24-hour clock; Protecting yourself and the patient; Standard precautions; Transmission-based precautions; Other precautions; Hand hygiene; Personal protective equipment (PPE); Body fluids exposure; Moving patients safely; Falls prevention; Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): Safe sleeping; Medication safety; Five rights and more; Medication orders; Medication safety tips; Medication administration and student nurses; Abbreviations used in medication administration.
- Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) maintenanceMetric system and symbols; Drug calculations/formulas; Drug name endings and related information; High-risk medicines resource (APINCHS); Drugs and antidotes; Oxygen concentration delivery; Fluid balance; Useful measurements for fluid balance charts; Fluid balance safety tips; Classification of urine output; Fluid losses; Fluid redistribution properties; Body weight method for calculating daily maintenance fluids; Patient assessments; Vital signs; Vital signs: normal ranges; Early warning systems (adult); Quick head-to-toe assessment.
- Pressure injury risk assessment toolsPressure injury prevention; Wound-care products; Calculation of ankle/brachial pressure index (ABPI); Skin tears; Nursing process; Clinical reasoning cycle; Documentation; Practice guidelines for all documentation (written or electronic); Writing with SOAPIE; Writing with PIE; Clinical handover; ISBAR; PACE; Time management grid; The national safety and quality health service (NSQHS) standards; General abbreviations; Useful websites; Endnotes; Credits.
- Signs of strokeSigns of sepsis; Neurovascular assessment; Pain assessment; Common sites of referred pain from various body organs; The four abdominal quadrants; Blood values; Normal values in a urinalysis; Mental health assessment; Resuscitation; Cardiac rhythms; When to seek help/patient review; CPR; Basic life support flow chart; Paediatric advanced cardiovascular life support; Adult advanced cardiovascular life support; Choking flow chart; Wound care; Factors that inhibit healing; Wound types; Phases of wound healing; Wound assessment; Pressure injuries; Stages of pressure injuries.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 15, 2019)
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