Description
This workbook allows students to practice and record the mastery of skills found in Taylor's Fundamentals of Nursing, Seventh Edition by providing checklists designed to record every step of each procedure. This set of checklists is valuable as a self-assessment tool for students and a means for faculty to record student performance.
Features
-- Every checklist includes space for evaluation of each step of the skill--"Excellent," "Satisfactory," or "Needs Improvement"--as well as for comments.
-- Three-hole punched and perforated format is convenient for use in lab or clinical.
-- Customizable versions of the Skill Checklists in Word document format are also available on thePoint for purchasers of this book.
About the Author(s)
- Carol R Taylor PhD, MSN, RN
- Center for Clinical Bioethics, Professor of Nursing, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- Carol Lillis MSN, RN
- Faculty Emerita, Assistant to the Provost, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
- Priscilla LeMone DSN, RN, FAAN
- Associate Professor and Director, Undergraduate Program, Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Pamela Lynn MSN, RN
- Instructor, School of Nursing, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, PA
- Marilee LeBon BA
- Editor/Writer, Brigantine, New Jersey
Specs
- Edition: Seventh
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9780781793858
- Trim Size: 8.375 x 10.875
- Pages: 168
- Pub Date: Nov 1, 2010
- Weight: 1.0
Associated Specialties
Table of contents
Chapter 24 Vital Signs SKILL 24-1 Assessing Body Temperature SKILL 24-2 Assessing a Peripheral Pulse by Palpation SKILL 24-3 Assessing Respiration SKILL 24-4 Assessing a Brachial Artery Blood Pressure Chapter 26 Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness SKILL 26-1 Applying an Extremity Restraint Chapter 27 Asepsis and Infection Control SKILL 27-1 Performing Hand Hygiene Using Soap and Water (Handwashing) SKILL 27-2 Using Personal Protective Equipment SKILL 27-3 Preparing a Sterile Field and Adding Sterile Items to a Sterile Field SKILL 27-4 Putting on Sterile Gloves and Removing Soiled Gloves Chapter 29 Medications SKILL 29-1 Administering Oral Medications SKILL 29-2 Removing Medication from an Ampule SKILL 29-3 Removing Medication From a Vial SKILL 29-4 Mixing Medications From Two Vials in One Syringe SKILL 29-5 Administering an Intradermal Injection SKILL 29-6 Administering a Subcutaneous Injection SKILL 29-7 Administering an Intramuscular Injection SKILL 29-8 Administering Medications by Intravenous Bolus or Push Through an Intravenous Infusion SKILL 29-9 Administering a Piggyback Intermittent Intravenous Infusion of Medication SKILL 29-10 Introducing Drugs Through a Medication or Drug-Infusion Lock (Intermittent Peripheral Venous Access Device) Using the Saline Flush Chapter 30 Perioperative Nursing SKILL 30-1 Providing Preoperative Patient Care: Hospitalized Patient SKILL 30-2 Providing Postoperative Care When Patient Returns to Room Chapter 31 Hygiene SKILL 31-1 Giving a Bed Bath SKILL 31-2 Assisting the Patient With Oral Care SKILL 31-3 Providing Oral Care for the Dependent Patient SKILL 31-4 Making an Unoccupied Bed SKILL 31-5 Making an Occupied Bed Chapter 32 Skin Integrity and Wound Care SKILL 32-1 Cleaning a Wound and Applying a Dry, Sterile Dressing SKILL 32-2 Applying a Saline-Moistened Dressing SKILL 32-3 Performing Irrigation of a Wound SKILL 32-4 Caring for a Jackson-Pratt Drain SKILL 32-5 Caring for a Hemovac Drain SKILL 32-6 Collecting a Wound Culture SKILL 32-7 Applying Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy SKILL 32-8 Applying an External Heating Pad SKILL 32-9 Applying a Warm Compress Chapter 33 Activity SKILL 33-1 Applying and Removing Antiembolism Stockings SKILL 33-2 Assisting a Patient With Turning in Bed SKILL 33-3 Moving a Patient Up in Bed With the Assistance of Another Nurse SKILL 33-4 Transferring a Patient From the Bed to a Stretcher SKILL 33-5 Transferring a Patient From the Bed to a Chair SKILL 33-6 Providing Range-of-Motion Exercises Chapter 35 Comfort SKILL 35-1 Giving a Back Massage Chapter 36 Nutrition SKILL 36-1 Inserting a Nasogastric (NG) Tube SKILL 36-2 Administering a Tube Feeding SKILL 36-3 Removing a Nasogastric Tube SKILL 36-4 Obtaining a Capillary Blood Sample for Glucose Testing Chapter 37 Urinary Elimination SKILL 37-1 Assessing Bladder Volume Using an Ultrasound Bladder Scanner SKILL 37-2 Assisting With the Use of a Bedpan SKILL 37-3 Assisting With the Use of a Urinal SKILL 37-4 Applying an External Condom Catheter SKILL 37-5 Catheterizing the Female Urinary Bladder SKILL 37-6 Catheterizing the Male Urinary Bladder SKILL 37-7 Performing Intermittent Closed Catheter Irrigation SKILL 37-8 Administering a Continuous Closed Bladder Irrigation SKILL 37-9 Emptying and Changing a Stoma Appliance on an Ileal Conduit SKILL 37-10 Caring for a Hemodialysis Access (Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft) SKILL 37-11 Caring for a Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Chapter 38 Bowel Elimination SKILL 38-1 Administering a Large-Volume Cleansing Enema SKILL 38-2 Irrigating a Nasogastric Tube Connected to Suction SKILL 38-3 Changing and Emptying an Ostomy Appliance Chapter 39 Oxygenation SKILL 39-1 Using a Pulse Oximeter SKILL 39-2 Suctioning the Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Airways SKILL 39-3 Administering Oxygen by Nasal Cannula SKILL 39-4 Administering Oxygen by Mask SKILL 39-5 Suctioning the Tracheostomy: Open System SKILL 39-6 Providing Tracheostomy Care Chapter 40 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance SKILL 40-1 Initiating a Peripheral Venous Access IV Infusion SKILL 40-2 Changing an IV Solution Container and Administration Set SKILL 40-3 Monitoring an IV Site and Infusion SKILL 40-4 Changing a Peripheral Venous Access Dressing SKILL 40-5 Capping for Intermittent Use and Flushing a Peripheral Venous Access Device SKILL 40-6 Administering a Blood Transfusion
