Clinical Skills Manual for Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
$46.99
- UPDATED: An all-in-one, easy-to-use reference for maternal-newborn and pediatric nursing skills that combines content from the Clinical Skills Manual for Maternal & Child Nursing Care and the Clinical Skills Manual for Pediatric Nursing.
- UPDATED: More than 150 skills reflect the latest evidence and most up-to-date nursing techniques.
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- The time-out procedure is now included in Chapter 1, “Protective Methods.”
- UPDATED: External fetal monitoring content is now included before NST and CST in Chapter 2, “Women’s Health and Prenatal Care.”
- UPDATED: More full-color photographs provide a visualization of equipment and procedures.
- UPDATED: Streamlined pedagogical features make accessing content even easier for the reader.
- UPDATED: In response to faculty reviewers, more Home Care Consideration boxes aid nursing students in planning home care.
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Clinical Skills Manual for Maternity and Pediatric Nursing emphasizes childbearing and pediatric variations and the essential information needed to perform the most vital skills with childbearing women, newborns, children, and youth. Showcasing more than 150 skills commonly performed in both maternal-newborn and pediatric nursing, this portable reference guides the reader through protective methods, pain assessment and management, administration of medicine and irrigation, physical assessment, and other information crucial to nurses using full-color photographs and rationales. Throughout the manual, boxes and tables highlight important safety issues, growth and development considerations, teaching for families, and clinical tips. Appendices provide information on growth grids and calculation of body surface area for medication administration.
KEY TOPICS: Protective Methods; Women’s Health and Prenatal Care; Intrapartum; Postpartum; Newborn; Informed Consent; Physical Assessment; Pain Assessment and Management; Positioning and Restraining Therapies; Specimen Collection; Administering Medications and Irrigations; Intravenous Access; Neurologic Assessment and Care; Cardiorespiratory Care; Nutrition; Elimination; Skin and Musculoskeletal Care.
