The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, Professional Edition (eBook)

Lisa Dougherty OBE, RN, MSc, DClinP: Nurse Consultant Intravenous Therapy, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Sara Lister RN, PGDAE, BSc (Hons), MSc, MBACP: Assistant Chief Nurse/Head of School, The Royal Marsden School of Cancer Nursing & Rehabilitation, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed table of contents vii

Foreword to the ninth edition xiii

Acknowledgements xiv

List of contributors xv

List of abbreviations xix

Quick reference to the procedure guidelines xxiii

How to use your manual xxvii

1 Introduction 1

Part One Managing the patient journey 7

2 Assessment and discharge 9

3 Infection prevention and control 49

Part Two Supporting the patient with human functioning 95

4 Communication 97

5 Elimination 133

6 Moving and positioning 207

7 Nutrition, fl uid balance and blood transfusion 253

8 Patient comfort and end-of-life care 331

9 Respiratory care 431

Part Three Supporting the patient through the diagnostic process 507

10 Interpreting diagnostic tests 509

11 Observations 595

Part Four Supporting the patient through treatment 673

12 Medicines management 675

13 Perioperative care 789

14 Vascular access devices: insertion and management 861

15 Wound management 935

Index 967

"This is a book that should be in any library associated with nursing. Any nurse, no matter at what point they are on in their journey through the profession, will find a good reason to dip into this book at some time." (Nursing times 2016)