Lippincott Nursing Procedures 5.5.5

About: Lippincott Nursing Procedures

This comprehensive guide covers over 400 nursing procedures, ranging from basic to advanced.

Full Description

Each entry provides equipment lists, step-by-step instructions for bedside execution, and explanations and precautions to ensure patient safety and positive outcomes. This edition of Lippincott Nursing Procedures is organized alphabetically for quick and easy access. It focuses on best-practice procedures related to infection control, specimen collection, physical assessment, drug administration, IV therapy, hemodynamic monitoring, and various body systems such as chest tube insertion, peripheral nerve stimulation, and intra-abdominal pressure monitoring.

In addition to its thorough updates, this edition includes new evidence-based entries on synchronized cardioversion, gait belt use, intermittent infusion device flushing and locking, isolation garb use, nasal bridal insertion and removal, pneumatic antishock garment application and removal, self-medication administration practice, and weaning a patient from a ventilator.

With clear step-by-step guidelines and numerous sidebars, photos, illustrations, and attention-grabbing alerts (Nursing Alerts, Pediatric Alerts, Elder Alerts, Hospital-Acquired Condition Alerts), this reference provides the level of detail needed for optimal hands-on patient care. It also offers pre- and post-procedure nursing considerations, warnings about potential complications, troubleshooting tips, and other helpful advice for nurses at all stages of their careers.

Key Features

• NEW - Brand-new procedures on synchronized cardioversion, ventilator weaning, safe medication practices, and more
• NEW - Hospital-acquired conditions easily identified with an icon
• New - Updated evidence-based references in each procedure
• New - Latest Joint Commission Standards, AACN guidelines, INS standards, and more included
• New - Scores of new illustrations
• Full-color design
• Entry headings: Overview, Equipment, Preparation of equipment, Implementation (with rationales in italics), Special considerations, Patient teaching, Complications, Documentation
• Every procedure thoroughly reviewed and updated
• Eye-catching icons for nursing alerts, cautions, and emergency procedures
• Troubleshooting and Equipment icons
• Home care tips emphasized and identified with an icon
• Over 400 nursing procedures, ranging from basic to advanced
• Over 750 illustrations, photographs, and tables
• Variations on Pediatric care, Eldercare, and Hospital-acquired conditions identified and highlighted with an icon

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (ISBN-13: 978-1469853031)

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