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Real Nurses, Real People, Real Skills!
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The Real Nursing Skills series provides a complete foundation for competency in clinical nursing skills.
Each module includes:
Purpose
Delegation - NEW!
Preparation
Procedure
Post-Procedure
Expected Outcomes
Unexpected Outcomes - NEW!
Documentation - NEW Sample Documentation!
Variations (if appropriate)
References and Resources - NEW!
Other Features:
- Skills Checklists- NEW!
- Search Capabilities- NEW!
- Audio Glossary
Real Nursing Skills 2.0: Skills for the RN 2e
Master Basic, intermediate and advanced nursing skills!
This volume includes skills for:
- Asepsis
- Vital Signs and Physical Assessment
- Diagnostic Testing
- Activity and Exercise
- Hygiene
- Safety
- Skin/Wound Management
- Medication Administration
- Administering Intravenous Therapy
- Nutritional Support and Nasogastric Tube Management
- Urinary Elimination
- Bowel Elimination
- Oxygenation and Ventilation
- Circulatory Support
- Post Mortem Care
Series Consultant:
Teri Boese, MSN, RN
Co-Founding President International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL)
Associate Professor, Clinical
The University of Iowa College of Nursing
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Synopsis
Prentice Hall's Real Nursing Skills series continues to offer nurses the complete foundation for competency in performing clinical nursing skills. The volumes in this series consist of interactive DVD-ROMs with comprehensive procedures and rationales demonstrated in hundreds of realistic video clips, animations, illustrations, and photographs. For each skill, students will review: Purpose * Equipment * Preparation * Procedure * Post-Procedure * Expected Outcomes * Documentation * and Variation (if applicable). This is the only skills series designed to help students visualize how to perform clinical nursing skills and understanding the concepts and rationales for each skill. Throughout the videos, viewers will experience the real-life aspects of: therapeutic communication between the nurse and the client, the client's reaction to invasive skills, and cultural, gender, and age diversity among nurses and clients. Skills sets include Risk Management, Activity and Exercise, Self-Care Facilitation, Immobility Management, Skin and Wound Management.
Synopsis
Package consists of:
013508492X / 9780135084922 Real Nursing Skills 2.0 for Skills -- Access Card -- for the RN Online Version
0138024618 / 9780138024611 Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing
Synopsis
This package contains:
0013508492X: Real Nursing Skills 2.0 for Skills -- Access Card -- for the RN Online Version
0013511473X: Clinical Nursing Skills
Synopsis
0133472809 / 9780133472806 Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning, Volume 1 & Nursing: A Concept–Based Approach to Learning, Volume 2 & Real Nursing Skills 2.0 for Skills -- Access Card -- for the RN Online Version Package
Package consists of:
0135078067 / 9780135078068 Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning, Volume 1
013508492X / 9780135084922 Real Nursing Skills 2.0 for Skills -- Access Card -- for the RN Online Version
0135103517 / 9780135103517 Nursing: A Concept–Based Approach to Learning, Volume 2
Table of Contents
Asepsis - Hand Hygiene
i. Using Soap and Water
ii. Variation: Using Waterless Antiseptic
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
i. Applying Personal Protective Equipment
ii. Variation: With Face Mask and Shield
iii. Removing Personal Protective Equipment
- Establishing and Maintaining a Sterile Field
i. Applying and Removing Sterile Gloves
ii. Preparing a Sterile Field
iii. Preparing a Sterile Field: Prepackaged Kit
- Vital Signs and Physical Assessment
- Measuring Body Temperature: Oral Non-Mercury
- Measuring Body Temperature: Rectal
- Measuring Body Temperature: Axillary
- Measuring Body Temperature: Tympanic
- Measuring Pulse Rate and Rhythm: Radial
- Measuring Pulse Rate and Rhythm: Apical
- Measuring Blood Pressure
- Measuring Orthostatic Blood Pressure
- Assessing the Client’s Respiration
- Assessing Oxygen Saturation
i. Variation: Ear Clip
- Assessing Peripheral Pulses
i. Variation: Using a Doppler
- Assessing Carotid Arteries
- Diagnostic Testing
- Collecting a Blood Specimen from a Central Venous Catheter
- Occult Diagnostic Test on a Stool Specimen
- Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Sputum
i. Variation: Collecting a Specimen via Suction
- Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Throat
- Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Nasal
- Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Urine
i. Variation: Indwelling Catheter
- Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Wound
- Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Blood
- Performing a Blood Glucose Evaluation
i. Variation: Set Up
- Phlebotomy
- Activity and Exercise
- Utilizing Safe Lifting Practices
- Moving the Client up in Bed with Assistance
i. Teaching the Client to Reposition in Bed
ii. Variation: Using Crossed Arms
iii. Two Nurses and Friction Reducing Sheet
- Turning the Client to Lateral Position in Bed
- Logrolling the Client to Lateral Position in Bed
- Positioning the Client
i. Lateral Position
ii. Prone Position
iii. Supine Position
iv. Fowler’s Position
v. Sims’ Position
vi. Dorsal Recumbent Position
vii. Lithotomy Position
- Assisting with Ambulation
i. One Assistant
ii. Fall Assist Procedure
- Assisting Clients to Use Mechanical Aids for Walking
i. Walker
ii. Cane
iii. Crutches
iv. Two-Point Gait
v. Three-Point Gait
vi. Four-Point Gait
vii. Swing-Through Gait
viii. Swing to Gait
ix. Climbing Stairs with Crutches
x. Descending Stairs with Crutches
- Performing Range of Motion Exercises
i. Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises: Neck (Pivot Joint)
ii. Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises: Hip (Ball and Saddle Joints)
iii. Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises: Knee (Hinge Joint)
iv. Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises: Ankle (Hinge Joint)
v. Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises: Toes (Hinge and Gliding Joints)
vi. Performing Passive Range of Motion Exercises: Shoulder (Ball and Socket Joint)
vii. Performing Passive Range of Motion Exercises: Elbow (Hinge Joint)
viii. Performing Passive Range of Motion Exercises: Wrist (Condyloid Joint)
ix. Performing Active and Passive Range of Motion Exercises: Fingers (Condyloid and Hinge Joints)
x. Performing Active and Passive Range of Motion Exercises: Thumb (Saddle Joint)
- Transferring Client Between Bed and Stretcher
- Assisting Client to Sit on Side of Bed
- Transferring Client Between Bed and Chair
- Traction
i. Variation: Pin Care
- Hygiene
- Oral Hygiene
i. Brushing Teeth
ii. Oral Care for the Unconscious Client
iii. Providing Denture Care
- Bathing an Adult Client
- Providing Perineal Care
i. Circumcised Male
ii. Variation: Uncircumcised Male
iii. Female
- Massaging the Client
- Shampooing the Hair of a Bedridden Client
- Shaving
i. Straight Edge
ii. Variation: Electric Razor
- Making the Occupied Bed
- Making the Unoccupied Bed
- Safety
- Applying Restraints
i. Jacket Restraint
ii. Wrist/Ankle Restraint
- Skin/Wound Management
- Applying Dressing Using Clean Technique
- Changing a Dry, Sterile Dressing
- Irrigating Wounds
- Applying Wet-to-Moist Dressing
- Closed Wound Drainage System
i. Jackson Pratt
ii. Hemovac
- Changing a Central Line Dressing
- Performing a Surgical Skin Preparation
- Removing Intermittent Sutures
- Removing Staples
- Applying Heat Therapy to a Client
- Applying Cold Therapy to a Client
- Applying an Elastic Bandage
i. Circular Turn
ii. Figure Eight
iii. Spiral
iv. Recurrent
v. Spiral Reverse
- Medication Administration
- Administering Oral Medications
- Administering Dermatologic Medications
i. Variation: Transdermal Patch
- Administering Ophthalmic Medications
- Administering Otic Medications
- Administering Nasal Medications
- Administering Inhaled Medications
i. Metered-Dose Inhaler
ii. Variation: Using Inhaler with Open Mouth Technique or Spacer Device
- Administering Vaginal Medications
i. Vaginal Suppository
ii. Vaginal Cream or Lotion
iii. Vaginal Irrigation or Douche
- Administering Rectal Medications
- Administering Nasogastric and Enteral Tube Medications
i. Liquid Medications
ii. Crushed Medications
- Administering Parenteral Medications
i. Withdrawing Medication From a Vial: Using a Syringe and Needle
ii. Withdrawing Medication From a Vial: Using a Syringe and Needleless Adapter
iii. Withdrawing Medication From an Ampule
iv. Mixing Medication From Two Vials
v. Intradermal Injections
vi. Subcutaneous Injections: Arm
vii. Subcutaneous Injections: Abdomen
viii. Subcutaneous Injections: Thigh
ix. Intramuscular Injections: Vastus Lateralis
x. Intramuscular Injections: Ventral Gluteal
xi. Intramuscular Injections: Deltoid
- Administering IV Medications via Intermittent Infusion
i. Piggyback
ii. Volume-Controlled Device
iii. Mini-Infusion Pump
- Administering Medication by Intravenous Bolus
i. Saline Lock
ii. Maintenance IV Infusion
iii. Small Volume Bag
- Administering Intravenous Therapy
- Starting an IV
- Establishing an Intravenous Infusion
i. Variation: Electronic Infusion Pump
- Regulating Intravenous Flow Rate
i. Variation: Using a Pump to Adjust Flow Rate
- Discontinuing a Peripheral IV Line
- Initiating Blood Therapy
- Nutritional Support and Nasogastric Tube Management
- Assisting the Adult Client with Oral Nutrition
- Inserting a Nasogastric Tube
- Discontinuing a Nasogastric Tube
- Inserting a Small Bore Nasogastric Tube
- Discontinuation of a Nasogastric Feeding Tube
- Administering Enteral Feedings
i. Intermittent via Syringe
ii. Intermittent via Bag
iii. Continuous
iv. Gastrostomy Tube
- Performing Gastric Lavage
- Urinary Elimination
- Applying a Condom Catheter
- Urinary Catheterization
i. Straight Catheter (Female)
ii. Straight Catheter (Male)
iii. Indwelling Catheterization (Female)
iv. Indwelling Catheterization (Male)
- Caring for the Client with an Indwelling Catheter
- Removing an Indwelling Catheter
- Emptying the Urine Drainage Collection Bag
i. Variation: Leg Bag
- Performing Catheter Irrigation
i. Opening a Closed System
ii. Through a Closed System (Intermittent)
iii. Continuous Bladder Irrigation
- Pouching a Noncontinent Urinary Diversion
- Caring for a Suprapubic Catheter Insertion Site
- Bowel Elimination
- Assisting the Client to Use a Bedpan
i. Variation: Fractured Bedpan
- Administering an Enema
i. Large Volume
ii. Prepackaged Small Volume
- Removing a Fecal Impaction Digitally
- Pouching an Enterostomy
- Oxygenation and Ventilation
- Administering Oxygen
i. Nasal Cannula
ii. Face Mask
- Using an Incentive Spirometer
- Inserting a Nasal Airway
- Inserting an Oropharyngeal Airway
- Using a Bag-Valve-Mask Unit
i. Variation: Client with Tracheostomy or Endotracheal Tube
- Caring for a Tracheostomy
- Setting Up and Assisting with Intubation
- Suctioning
i. Oropharyngeal Suctioning
ii. Nasotracheal Suctioning
iii. Tracheostomy Tube Suctioning
iv. Mechanically Ventilated Client
v. Variation: In-Line Suction
- Draining Chest Tube
i. Assisting with Insertion and Management of Closed Chest Drain
ii. Changing a Disposable Chest Tube System
iii. Assisting with Discontinuation of Chest Tube
- Circulatory Support
- Applying Elastic Stockings
- Applying Pneumatic External Compression Device
- Checking the Emergency Cart
- Automatic External Defibrillation (AED)
- Post Mortem Care
- Post Mortem Care