Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures (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 Alex West-Oram, Programme Leader, The Royal Marsden School of Cancer Nursing & Rehabilitation, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Foreword to the ninth edition xv

Acknowledgements xvii

List of contributors xix

List of abbreviations xxiii

Quick reference to the procedure guidelines xxvii

How to use your manual xxix

About the companion website xxxii

Introduction 1

Part One Managing the patient journey

Assessment and discharge 9

Infection prevention and control 37

Part Two Supporting the patient with human functioning

Communication 89

Elimination 127

Moving and positioning 201

Nutrition, fluid balance and blood transfusion 247

Patient comfort and end-of-life care 305

Respiratory care 377

Part Three Supporting the patient through the diagnostic process

Interpreting diagnostic tests 435

Observations 495

Part Four Supporting the patient through treatment

Medicines management 575

Perioperative care 675

Wound management 745

Appendix: The Code 781

Index 789