Maternal-Newborn and Child Nursing: Family Centered Care Skills Manual - Softcover

Bindler, Ruth C.; Ball DrPH RN CPNP, Jane W.; London, Marcia; Ladewig, Patricia

9780130490643: Maternal-Newborn and Child Nursing: Family Centered Care Skills Manual

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130490644 ISBN 13: 9780130490643

Publisher: Pearson, 2002

Saleable supplement with step-by-step full color, photographed skills and rationales. Textbook contains numerous cross-references to these skills so students have a visual guide to help prepare for clinical experience. Also contains a chapter on pain assessment, as well as physical assessment of the child.

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This colorful skills atlas serves as a portable, quick-reference to step-by-step maternal-newborn and pediatric nursing procedures. The manual guides you through more than 85 skills using full-color photographs and rationales. It also includes chapters on physical assessment, special pain management techniques, cardiorespiratory care, administration of medications, including intravenous access, and other information useful to nurses in the clinical setting. Throughout the companion textbook, Maternal-newborn and Child Nursing, special cross-reference icons refer readers to the complete skill presentation in this manual.

This Clinical Skill Manual includes:

A short description of each skill, followed by the preparation needed by the nurse, equipment and supplies required, and the procedure.
Margin boxes and tables with important safety issues, growth and development considerations, teaching for families, and clinical tips.
Appendices that provide information on growth grids and calculation of body surface area for medication administration.

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