Main description:

This little book is an ideal clinical skills reference for nursing students and junior health care practitioners. Its easy to navigate design and step-by-step approach allows for information to be accessed quickly to help students review skills while on placement and prepare for their OSCE exams.

- Essential equipment tick lists helps ensure students know what they need to perform clinical skills.

- Patient considerations promote strategies to provide the best possible care.

- All fields of nursing are covered with tips throughout to help students support every patient group.

- Introduces different approaches to performing clinical skills in community and acute settings to help students and new practitioners feel confident performing the skill in any situation.

Contents:

Common Abbreviations - Wendy Wright and Fiona Everett
Useful Prefixes and Suffixes - Wendy Wright and Fiona Everett
Infection Prevention and Control - Rose Gallagher
Clinical Measurement - Valerie Foley
Pain Management - Ann Kettyle
Aseptic Technique and Specimen Collection - Rose Gallagher
Skin Integrity - Irene Anderson and Catherine Delves-Yates
Safer Handling of People - Diane Steele
First Aid - Chris Mulryan
Medicines Administration - Carol Hall and Catherine Delves-Yates
Assisting Patients with their Nutritional Needs - Kate Goodhand and Jane Ewan
Assisting Patients with their Elimination Needs - Mairead Collie, David J. Hunter and Valerie Foley
Assisting Patients with their Hygiene Needs - Catherine Delves-Yates
Last Offices - Jean Shapcott
Commonly Used Medication and Side Effects - Wendy Wright and Fiona Everett
Normal Laboratory Values - Wendy Wright and Fiona Everett