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Children and Young People's Nursing Skills at a Glance


Children and Young People's Nursing Skills at a Glance


At a Glance (Nursing and Healthcare) 1. Aufl.

von: Elizabeth Gormley-Fleming, Deborah Martin

34,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 15.02.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9781119078548
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 160

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<p><i>Children and Young People’s Nursing Skills at a Glance </i>is the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration children’s nursing students. Highly visual, each clinical skill is covered in a two-page spread, with superb colour illustrations accompanied by clear informative text.</p> <p>Providing up to date, evidence-based information on a wide range of clinical skills that are required by today’s children’s nurses, this comprehensive and accessible text makes it easy for the reader to grasp the fundamentals in order to meet the care needs of the child and family, both in the hospital and community setting.  Structured around the key systems of the body, the book is divided into sixteen sections, and covers all the essential clinical skills, including:</p> <ul> <li>Principles of assessment</li> <li>Communication</li> <li>Record keeping</li> <li>Drug calculations and administration</li> <li>Safeguarding</li> <li>Care planning</li> <li>Respiratory and cardiac care</li> <li>Gastrointestinal care</li> <li>ECG reading and interpretation</li> <li>Neurological assessment</li> <li>Musculoskeletal care.</li> </ul> <p>Aimed at both student nurses and those newly qualified, <i>Children and Young People’s Nursing Skills at a Glance</i> provides need to know, rapid information to ensure safe and effective clinical practice.</p>
<p>Contributors ix</p> <p>Preface x</p> <p><b>Part 1: Assessing children: Principles</b></p> <p>1 Initial assessment: subjective 2</p> <p>2 History taking 4</p> <p>3 Principles of systematic assessment 6</p> <p>4 Communication 8</p> <p>5 Developmental considerations 10</p> <p>6 Informed consent 12</p> <p>7 Safeguarding 14</p> <p>8 Family-centred care 16</p> <p>9 Record keeping 18</p> <p>10 Planning care 20</p> <p><b>Part 2: Assessment of the child: Objective data</b></p> <p>11 Airway and breathing 22</p> <p>12 Circulatory assessment 24</p> <p>13 Measuring blood pressure 26</p> <p>14 Assessment of pain 28</p> <p>15 Moving and handling 30</p> <p>16 Measuring temperature 32</p> <p>17 Weight, BMI, height/length and head circumference 34</p> <p>18 Blood glucose monitoring 36</p> <p>19 Skin integrity 38</p> <p>20 Pulse oximetry 40</p> <p><b>Part 3: Drug administration</b></p> <p>21 Principles of drug administration 42</p> <p>22 Drug calculations 44</p> <p>23 Administration of medication 46</p> <p>24 Inhaled drug administration 48</p> <p>25 Intranasal diamorphine 50</p> <p>26 Intravenous fluid administration 52</p> <p><b>Part 4: Respiratory</b></p> <p>27 Spirometry 54</p> <p>28 Peak expiratory flow 56</p> <p>29 Arterial blood gas sampling 58</p> <p>30 Oxygen administration 60</p> <p>31 Suctioning 62</p> <p>32 Tracheostomy care 64</p> <p>33 Non-invasive ventilation 66</p> <p>34 Underwater seal drain 68</p> <p><b>Part 5: Gastrointestinal</b></p> <p>35 Infant feeding 70</p> <p>36 Breastfeeding 72</p> <p>37 Formula feeding 74</p> <p>38 Insertion of nasogastric and nasojejunal tubes 76</p> <p>39 Nasogastric tube feeding 78</p> <p>40 Gastrostomy feeding 80</p> <p><b>Part 6: Renal</b></p> <p>41 Urine collection 82</p> <p>42 Catheter insertion 84</p> <p>43 Catheter care 86</p> <p><b>Part 7: Neurological</b></p> <p>44 Neurological assessment in children 88</p> <p>45 Preparation for lumbar puncture 90</p> <p><b>Part 8: Musculoskeletal</b></p> <p>46 Neurovascular assessment 92</p> <p>47 Care of a cast 94</p> <p>48 Skin traction 96</p> <p><b>Part 9: Skin</b></p> <p>49 SteriStrip™ application 98</p> <p>50 Wet wrapping in atopic eczema 100</p> <p><b>Part 10: Cardiac</b></p> <p>51 12-lead electrocardiography 102</p> <p>52 3-lead electrocardiography 104</p> <p><b>Part 11: Pre- and post-operative care</b></p> <p>53 Pre-operative care and transfer to theatre 106</p> <p>54 Post-operative recovery 108</p> <p><b>Part 12: Emergency Care</b></p> <p>55 Basic life support (BLS) 110</p> <p>56 Advanced resuscitation of the infant and child 112</p> <p>57 Transfer of the critically ill child 114</p> <p><b>Part 13: Newborn</b></p> <p>58 Phototherapy 116</p> <p>59 Care of the umbilicus 118</p> <p><b>Part 14: Infection control</b></p> <p>60 Hand washing 120</p> <p>61 Aseptic non-touch technique 122</p> <p><b>Part 15: Haematology</b></p> <p>62 Obtaining blood samples 124</p> <p>63 Transfusion of blood and blood components 126</p> <p>64 Cannulation 129</p> <p><b>Part 16: End-of-life care</b></p> <p>65 Care of the dying child 132</p> <p>66 Care after death 134</p> <p>Index 136</p>
<p><b>Elizabeth Gormley-Fleming</b> is Head of Department for Nursing (Children’s, Learning Disability and Mental Health) and Social Work, School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.</p> <p><b>Deborah Martin </b>is Senior Lecturer Children’s Nursing, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.</p>
<p> <em>Children and Young People's Nursing Skills at a Glance </em>is the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration children's nursing students. Highly visual, each clinical skill is covered in a two-page spread, with superb colour illustrations accompanied by clear informative text. <p> Providing up-to-date, evidence-based information on a wide range of clinical skills that are required by today's children's nurses, this comprehensive and accessible text makes it easy for the reader to grasp the fundamentals in order to meet the care needs of the child and family, both in the hospital and community setting. Structured around the key systems of the body, the book is divided into 16 sections and covers all the essential clinical skills, including: <ul> <li>Principles of assessment</li> <li>Communication</li> <li>Record keeping</li> <li>Drug calculations and administratio</li> <li>Safeguarding</li> <li>Care planning</li> <li>Respiratory and cardiac care</li> <li>Gastrointestinal care</li> <li>ECG reading and interpretation</li> <li>Neurological assessment</li> <li>Musculoskeletal care</li> </ul> <br> <p> Aimed at both student nurses and those newly qualified, <em>Children and Young People's Nursing Skills at a Glance</em> provides need-to-know, rapid information to ensure safe and effective clinical practice.

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