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For practitioners and students, this guide describes about 400 nursing procedures, with many new for this edition, such as sexual assault examination, basic sterile technique, immunization guidelines, use of bariatric beds, hearing aid care, arterial and venous sheath removal, chest tube removal, and amnioinfusion. Procedures cover every clinical area, including maternal-neonatal, pediatric, and psychiatric care, with information on documentation, equipment, and complications. Additional illustrations and photos have been incorporated. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The newly revised and updated Fifth Edition of this popular and widely used reference is a start-to-finish guide for more than 400 basic to advanced nursing procedures. It provides step-by-step instructions for each procedure, explains how to use and troubleshoot equipment, and presents key information on rationales, cautions, complications, patient teaching, and documentation. The user-friendly format includes checklists, quick-scanning tables, logos that flag essential information, and more than 500 illustrations and photographs of equipment and techniques. This edition features a new full-color design, scores of new illustrations, 26 important procedures new to the book, evidence-based information, and reference citations for every procedure.
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