Preceded by: Developing practical adult nursing skills / edited by Lesley Baillie. 3rd ed. 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Practical nursing skills: A caring approach / Lesley Baillie -- The nature of practical nursing skills -- The context for practical nursing skills -- Practical skills and their application across the life span and in different healthcare settings -- A caring and compassionate approach to practical nursing skills -- Cultural competence and practical nursing skills -- Dignity and practical nursing skills -- Learning practical nursing skills -- Recommended reading -- Chapter summary -- References -- Useful websites -- 2. The nurse's approach and communication: Foundations for compassionate care / Nicola M. Neale -- Practice scenarios -- Understanding what influences the nurse's approach to care -- The communication process -- Developing and maintaining therapeutic relationships -- Communication in challenging situations -- Chapter summary -- Answer to abbreviations (activity section 2) -- References.

Contents note continued: 3. Infection prevention and control / Lesley Baillie -- Practice scenarios -- Principles for preventing HCAI: An introduction -- Hand hygiene -- Use of personal protective equipment, including gloves, aprons and gowns -- Healthcare waste disposal and linen management -- Sharps disposal -- Healthcare environmental hygiene and multiuse equipment -- Aseptic technique -- Specimen collection: Key principles -- MRSA screening and suppression procedures -- Isolation procedures (source and protective) -- Chapter summary -- References -- 4. Measuring and monitoring vital signs / Sue Maddex -- Practice scenarios -- Equipment required for this chapter -- Key principles in vital signs measurement -- Measuring and recording temperature -- Measuring and recording the pulse -- Measuring and recording respirations -- Measuring and recording blood pressure -- Measuring oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry -- Neurological assessment -- Chapter summary -- References.

Contents note continued: 5. Administering medicines / Martina O'Brien -- Practice scenarios -- Legal and professional issues in medicine administration -- Safety, storage and general principles of medicine administration -- Administering oral medication -- Applying topical medication -- Administering medication by injection routes -- Administering inhaled and nebulised medication -- Intravenous fluid and blood administration -- Calculating medicine and intravenous fluid administration doses -- Preventing and managing anaphylaxis -- Chapter summary -- Acknowledgement -- Answers to exercises -- References -- 6. Caring for people with impaired mobility / Glynis Pellatt -- Practice scenarios -- Pressure ulcer risk assessment -- Pressure ulcer prevention -- Prevention of other complications of immobility -- Key principles of moving and handling people -- Assisting with mobilisation and preventing falls -- Chapter summary -- References -- 7. Principles of wound care / Janine Ashton.

Contents note continued: Practice scenarios -- The phases of wound healing -- Classification of wounds and wound closure -- Factors affecting wound healing -- Wound assessment -- Wound management -- Chapter summary -- References -- Useful websites -- 8. Meeting personal hygiene needs / Moira Walker -- Practice scenarios -- Rationale for meeting hygiene needs and potential hazards -- Bathing a person in bed -- Bathing and showering in the bathroom -- Facial shaving -- Oral hygiene -- Care of the body after death -- Chapter summary -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 9. Meeting elimination needs / Rachel Busuttil Leaver -- Practice scenarios -- Assisting with elimination: Helping people to use the toilet, bedpans, urinals and commodes -- Urinalysis -- Collecting urine and stool specimens -- Caring for people with urinary catheters -- Preventing and managing constipation -- Stoma care -- Promoting continence and managing incontinence -- Chapter summary -- References.

Contents note continued: 10. Assessing and meeting fluid and nutritional needs / Sue Maddex -- Practice scenarios -- Nutrition in healthcare: Concerns and initiatives -- Recognising the contribution of nutrition to health -- Assessing and maintaining hydration -- Promoting healthy eating and addressing people's choices -- Nutritional screening -- Assisting people with eating and drinking -- Additional nutritional support strategies -- Enteral and parenteral feeding -- Chapter summary -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 11. Assessing physical health and responding to sudden deterioration / Tracey Valler-Jones -- Practice scenarios -- Equipment required for this chapter -- Recognising and responding to people who are deteriorating: An overview -- Airway management problems and related skills -- Breathing problems and related skills -- Circulatory problems and related skills -- Unconsciousness and related skills -- Chapter summary -- References -- Useful websites.

Contents note continued: 12. Managing pain and promoting comfort and sleep / Stephanie Forge -- Practice scenarios -- Managing pain in a variety of settings -- Promoting comfort -- Promoting sleep -- Chapter summary -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Websites.

"Developing Practical Nursing Skills, Fourth Edition, will help you to learn and perfect the practical skills required to become a qualified nurse. Patient-focussed and adopting a caring approach, this essential text will also help you to integrate nursing values alongside physical skills in your daily practice. Key features include: Full colour text design with clear illustrations and clinical photographs to aid visual learning, Evidence-based and clearly mapped to key guidelines to ensure best practice, Reader-friendly style with learning outcomes, activities and reflection points to help you link theory to practice, Scenarios from a range of settings, including community, mental health and learning disabilities nursing, A focus on adults and young people, and with "pointers" on caring for children to promote a lifespan approach, Free companion website providing image library, videos of key skills, and MCQs as well as additional resources for lecturers to download. This is a complete clinical skills resource for all pre-registration nursing students"--Provided by publisher.