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Front Cover; Essential Nursing Skills ; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface ; Chapter 1: Observation and monitoring; Temperature Recording; Use of electronic thermometers; Cooling the patient; Warming the patient; Pulse recording; Assessment of breathing and counting respirations; Blood Pressure Recording; Cardiac monitoring; Recording a 12-lead ECG; Observation of limb perfusion, movement and sensation; Assessment of level of consciousness; Care of the patient having a seizure; Weighing patients; Blood Glucose Monitoring; Pain Assessment; Patient-Controlled Analagesia (PCA); Epidural Analgesia. Removal of CVC (Non-Tunnelled)Care of Long-Term CVCs; References and further reading; Chapter 5: Blood transfusion; Checking Compatibility; Care and management of a transfusion; Use of Blood Filters and Blood Warmers; References and further reading; Websites; Chapter 6: Nutrition and hydration; Nutritional Assessment; Feeding Adults; Nausea and Vomiting; Subcutaneous Fluids (Hyperdermoclysis); Nasogastric Tube Insertion; Nasogastric Feeding; Care of Gastrostomy Site; Feeding Via Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG); References and further reading; Websites; Chapter 7: Medicines. Storage of MedicinesSelf-Administration; Principles; Drug Calculations; Principles of Administration; Oral Route; Nasogastric Route; Controlled Drugs; Subcutaneous Injection; Intramuscular Injection; Intravenous Drug Administration; Instillation of Nose Drops; Instillation of Ear Drops; Instillation of Eye Drops or Ointment; Topical Application; Vaginal Preparations; Administration of Suppositories; Respiratory Route --
Metered Dose Inhaler; References and further reading; Websites; Chapter 8: Elimination; Observation of Faeces; Obtaining a Specimen of Faeces; Administration of an Enema. Assisting with a BedpanAssisting with a Commode; Use of Urinal; Monitoring Fluid Balance; Application of a Penile Sheath; Observation of Urine; Urinalysis; Midstream Specimen of Urine; Catheter Specimen of Urine; 24-hour Urine Collection; Early Morning Urine Specimen; Female Catheterisation; Male CatheTerisation; Urethral Catheter Care; Emptying a Catheter Bag; Continuous Bladder Irrigation; Bladder Washout/Lavage; Catheter Removal; Stoma Care; Changing a Stoma Bag; References and further reading; Chapter 9: Prevention of cross-infection; Standard Precautions.