Clinical Nursing Skills An Australian Perspective

Clinical Nursing Skills provides students with a strong, industry-focused foundation in nursing across various clinical settings. It includes the essential theory as well as relevant practical examples, which illustrate the skills required to prepare students for the workplace and help them achieve clinical competence. Each chapter is written by leading academics and based on the registered nurse standards for practice. Pedagogical features include learning objectives, reflective questions, clinical tips, full-colour images, in-situ troubleshooting case studies, skills in practice case studies, keys terms and definitions, and research topics for further study. Clinical Nursing Skills is a highly practical and authoritative resource designed to educate the next generation of nurses. The book comes with free access to the VitalSource etext. This enhanced version of Clinical Nursing Skills houses homework assignments, tutorial assistance, guided solutions and additional content in one convenient resource, which you can download to your computer or mobile device.

Part I. Skills in Nursing: 1. The Australian healthcare context Rhonda Wilson; 2. Clinical skills and nursing care Jacqueline Bloomfield and Anne Pegram; 3. An introduction to evidence-based practice in nursing Alan Pearson; Part II. Communication and Assessment: 4. Interpersonal communication skills Jane Stein-Parbury; 5. Patient assessment Suzanne Robertson-Malt, Deborah Norton-Westwood and Alan Pearson; Part III. Fundamental Skills for Patient Care: 6. Infection prevention and control Peta-Anne Zimmerman, Thea van de Mortel, Marilyn Cruickshank and Ramon Z. Shaban; 7. Personal hygiene Jacqueline Bloomfield and Anne Pegram; 8. Elimination Rhonda Wilson and Sally Bristow; 9. Nutrition Jacqueline Bloomfield and Anne Pegram; 10. Medication administration Richard Lakeman and Elicia Kunst; 11. Promoting comfort Rhonda Wilson; 12. Mental health Nicholas Procter and Monika Ferguson; 13. Respiratory skills Benjamin Hay and Julie Dally; 14. Perioperative care Zaneta Smith and Brigid Gillespie; 15. Blood transfusion Erica Wood, Kylie Rushford, Christine Michael and Terri Dunstan; 16. Wound management William McGuiness; Part IV. Skills Required to Care for Patients with Specific Needs: 17. Care of the deteriorating and unconscious patient David Jackson and Liz Mackey; 18. Essential paediatric and neonatal skills Nikki Brown and Janet Green; 19. Care of the elderly Colleen Doyle and Dorothy Manwa; 20. Care of the person with a chronic disease Kate Cameron, Colleen Doyle and Chris Christensen.