Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques

Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN, Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO

Unit 1: Supporting the Client through the Health Care System 1.Using Evidence in Nursing Practice NEW! 2.Admission, Transfer, and Discharge 3.Communication 4.Reporting and Recording Unit 2: Vital Signs and Physical Assessment 5.Vital Signs 6.Health History and Physical Examination Unit 3: Infection Control 7.Medical Asepsis 8.Sterile Technique Unit 4: Activity and Mobility 9.Safe Patient Handling-Transfer and Positioning 10.Exercise and Ambulation 11.Orthopedic Measures 12.Support Surfaces and Special Beds Unit 5: Safety and Comfort 13.Safety 14.Disaster Preparedness 15.Pain Assessment and Basic Comfort Measures 16.Palliative Care Unit 6: Hygiene 17.Personal Hygiene and Bedmaking 18.Pressure Ulcer Care 19.Care of Eye and Ear Prosthesis Unit 7: Medications 20.Preparing for Medicine Administration 21.Oral and Topical Medications 22.Parenteral Medications Unit 8: Oxygenation 23.Oxygen Therapy 24.Performing Chest Physiotherapy 25.Airway Management 26.Closed Chest Drainage Systems 27.Emergency Measures for Life Support Unit 9: Fluid Balance 28.Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy 29.Blood Transfusions Unit 10: Nutrition 30.Oral Nutrition 31.Enteral Nutrition 32.Parenteral Nutrition Unit 11: Elimination 33.Urinary Elimination 34.Bowel Elimination 35.Ostomy Care Unit 12: Care of Surgical Client 36.Preoperative and Postoperative Care 37.Intraoperative Care Unit 13: Dressings and Wound Care 38.Wound Care and Irrigations 39.Dressings, Binders and Bandages 40.Warm and Cold Therapy Unit 14: Home Care 41.Home Care Safety 42.Home Care Teaching Unit 15: Special Procedures 43.Specimen Collection 44.Diagnostic Procedures