Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills (7th Edition) – PDF/AZW3

Learn nursing skills easily with the trusted Perry, Potter & Ostendorf author team’s guide – Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition (AZW3/PDF). This edition offers clear and concise instructions covering more than 160 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills commonly used in everyday practice. The step-by-step guidance derives from evidence-based concepts to enhance patient safety and outcomes. The 7th edition presents an easy-to-read visual streamlined platform. Besides, the Evolve companion website offers review questions and helpful checklists for each clinical skill, enhancing learning.

The following are the features of Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills, 7th Edition:

• A new chapter on Disaster Preparedness focuses on providing care for patients after chemical, biological, or radiation exposure.
• The latest 2017 Infusion Nurses Society standards are included, which covers administering IVs and other changes in evidence-based practice.
• The Practice Reflections sections containing clinical scenarios and questions help in reflecting on clinical and simulation experiences.
• Coverage of more than 160 skills and interventions addresses basic, intermediate and advanced everyday practice.
• The nursing skills consist of a consistent format, organized by Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation, making them easier to perform.
• The Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter provides the required information that will assist in evidence-based care to resolve clinical issues.
• The book includes 3 Master Debriefs, which helps develop a better understanding of the “big picture” by synthesizing skill performance with overall patient care.
• Safe Patient Care Alerts highlight risks or other relevant information in skills performance, assisting you in planning nursing care.
• SBAR samples are added to show how to communicate a patient’s condition quickly and effectively, in terms of Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation.
• Special Considerations entail additional risks or accommodations when caring for pediatric or geriatric patients or patients in a home care environment.
• Media resources contain the skills performance checklists on the Evolve companion website and related lessons, videos, and interactive exercises on Nursing Skills Online.
• The Teach-Back step outlines how to evaluate the success of patient teaching, providing an assessment if the patient understands a specific task or topic or if extra teaching is necessary.
• The Delegation & Collaboration guidelines help in making decisions regarding delegating a skill to unlicensed assistive personnel and indicate critical information to be shared.
• Coverage of Evidence-based nursing techniques includes the concept of care bundles, structured practices that improve patient safety and outcomes, in addition to the coverage of Teach-Back.
• Recording guidelines illustrate what to report and document after completing skills, with Hand-off Reporting sections containing essential patient care information to include in the handoff.

NOTE: This sale only includes Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills 7th edition in AZW3 (Adobe Reader) format. COnverted PDF is also included. However, page numbers will not match the original physical book because of the AZW3 format (it is without page numbers).