Kozier and Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing, Volumes 1-3 + Skills in Clinical Nursing + Nursing Student's Clinical Survival Guide

This pack contains 1 copy of Kozier and Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing, 1 copy of Skills in Clinical Nursing, 1 copy of Nursing Student's Clinical Survival Guide.  The 4th Australian edition of Kozier and Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing has undergone a rigorous review and writing process and reflects the contemporary changes in the regulation of nursing. It continues to focus on the three core philosophies of person-centred care, critical thinking and clinical reasoning and cultural safety. These three philosophical foundations are interwoven in a meaningful way through each chapter. With an evidence-based approach, students will develop skills in problem solving, critical thinking, clinical reasoning and learn to care for people in ways that signify respect, acceptance, empathy, connectedness, cultural sensitivity and genuine concern. Note: This edition provides relevant nursing diagnoses written in a way that is reflective of Australia nursing practice and nomenclature and does not refer to NANDA taxonomy of diagnostic terminology. This product displayed is the 4th Edition. We have a new edition available. Click here for further details. Berman, Skills in Clinical Nursing is a visual Australian resource to support nurses to achieve competency in the most relevant skills performed in clinical practice, aligned to the NMBA standards for professional practice. The first Australian edition of Skills in Clinical Nursing is a definitive resource that has been designed as a practical and easy-to-navigate reference for both the classroom and clinical practice settings. This text includes 95 of the most important skills performed by nursing students and graduates, organised from simple to complex and written to reflect current evidence-based practice guidelines. Nursing Student's Clinical Survival Guide This quick-reference guide is not rivalled by anything else on the market. As a support text, Reid-Searl’s Nursing Student's Clinical Survival Guide assists students with tips to competently conduct clinical skills for safe and person-centred care in clinical settings.. Whether used individually across students’ education and into early practice or as a tool to complement a comprehensive text such as Berman, Skills in Clinical Nursing, Clinical Survival Guide students to deliver competent person-centred care in professional practice. practices and standards. Additionally, this product Has respected and updated/current content, mapped to NSQHS and NMBA Standards for the Registered Nurse Can be used across any level of the Nursing curriculum Is a part of the Survival Guide series, five texts known to be reliable and accurate from a respected author team

Table of Contents:
Skills in Clinical Nursing UNIT 1 Infection Control Section 1.1 Introduction Section 1.2 Hand hygiene Section 1.3 Using personal protective equipment Section 1.4 Standard and transmission-based precautions Section 1.5 Gowning and gloving Section 1.6 Aseptic technique UNIT 2 Safe Patient Moving Section 2.1 Introduction Section 2.2 Mobility and falls risk assessment Section 2.3 Helping a person out of bed Section 2.4 Assisting with mobilisation Section 2.5 Turning or moving a dependent person Section 2.6 Using a lifting device UNIT 3 Health Assessment Section 3.1 Introduction Section3.2 Examination Techniques Section 3.3 Assessing Vital Signs Section 3.4 Primary Survey Section 3.5 Secondary Survey Section 3.6 Diagnostic Testing: 3.6.1 Blood Glucose 3.6.2 Mid Stream Urine      UNIT 4 Hygiene Care Section 4.1 Introduction Section 4.2 Bed-bathing a dependent person Section 4.3 Assisting with showering Section 4.4 Oral care UNIT 5 Skin and Wound Care Section 5.1 Introduction Section 5.2 Pressure injury assessment Section 5.3 Wound assessment Section 5.4 Simple wound dressing Section 5.5 Wound irrigation Section 5.6 Wound packing and/or removal of pack Section 5.7 Wound drainage care Section 5.8 Staples/sutures/clip removal UNIT 6 Medication Administration Section 6.1 Introduction Section 6.2 Oral medication administration Section 6.3 Topical medication administration Section 6.4 Medication administration via enteral tubes Section 6.5 Rectal medication administration Section 6.6 Subcutaneous medication administration Section 6.7 Intramuscular medication administration Section 6.8 Intravenous medication administration (bolus and burette) UNIT 7 Pain Management Section 7.1 Introduction Section 7.2 Pain assessment Section 7.3 Patient controlled analgesia Section 7.4 Non-pharmacological pain management UNIT 8 Perioperative Nursing Skills Section 8.1 Introduction Section 8.2 Preparing a person for surgery Section 8.3 Post-operative care UNIT 9 Gastrointestinal Nursing Skills Section 9.1 Introduction Section 9.2 Abdominal assessment Section 9.3 Assisting with feeding Section 9.4 Nasogastric tube insertion and removal Section 9.5 Enteral feeds Section 9.6 Changing a stoma appliance Section 9.7 Administration of an enema UNIT 10 Genitourinary Nursing Skills Section 10.1 Introduction Section 10.2 Urinary assessment Section 10.3 Urinary elimination Section 10.4 Catheter management UNIT 11 Cardiovascular Nursing Skills Section 11.1 Introduction Section 11.2 Cardiovascular assessment Section 11.3 Taking a 12 lead electrocardiograph Section 11.4 Cardiac monitoring Section 11.5 Basic life support Section 11.6 Advanced life support Section 11.7 Venipuncture Section 11.8 Managing intravenous lines Section 11.9 Administering intravenous fluid therapy Section 11.10 Administering blood component therapy Section 11.11 Managing central lines UNIT 12 Respiratory Nursing Skills Section 12.1 Introduction Section 12.2 Respiratory assessment Section 12.3 Deep breathing and coughing exercises Section 12.4 Incentive spirometry Section 12.5 Providing oxygen Section 12.6 Use of a nebuliser Section 12.7 Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning Section 12.8 Tracheostomy care UNIT 13 Neurological Nursing Skills Section 13.1 Introduction Section 13.2 Neurological assessment Section 13.3 Neurovascular assessment UNIT 14 Mental Health Nursing Skills Section 14.1 Introduction Section 14.2 Mental health assessment Section 14.3 Caring for a person having Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Download the detailed table of contents > Nursing Student's Clinical Survival Guide 24-HOUR CLOCK Protecting yourself and the patient Standard precautions Additional precautions Hand hygiene Personal protective equipment (PPE) Body fluids exposure Moving patients safely Falls prevention Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention Signs of stroke MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION Five rights and more Tips in preventing medication errors Safety tips with oral medications Safety tips with injections Medication administration and student nurses Abbreviations used in medication administration Checks for medications and intravenous fluids at shift changeover Medication orders Metric system and symbols Drug calculations/formulas Drug name endings and related information Drugs and antidotes OXYGEN CONCENTRATION DELIVERY FLUID BALANCE Measurements useful for fluid balance charts Tips with fluid balance charts Classification of urine output Types of IV fluids Drip rates Intravenous site checks Body weight method for calculating daily maintenance fluids VITAL SIGNS Vital signs: Normal ranges Early warning systems QUICK HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT PAIN ASSESSMENT Common sites of referred pain from various body organs LANDMARKS TO IDENTIFY ABDOMINAL AREAS The nine abdominal regions The four abdominal quadrants BLOOD VALUES NORMAL VALUES IN A URINALYSIS MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT RESUSCITATION Cardiac rhythms Recognition of deterioration CPR Basic life support flow chart Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest flow chart Adult cardiorespiratory arrest flow chart Choking flow chart WOUND CARE Factors that inhibit healing Wound types Phases of wound healing Wound assessment Pressure injuries Stages of pressure injuries Pressure injury risk assessment tools Pressure injury prevention Wound dressings Some wound-care products Calculation of ankle/brachial pressure index (ABPI) Skin tears NURSING PROCESS DOCUMENTATION Practice guidelines Writing with SOAPIE CLINICAL HANDOVER ISBAR Tips for verbal shift-to-shift handovers for students CHECKLIST TO BE COMPLETED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SHIFT USEFUL WEBSITES GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS Kozier and Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing VOLUME ONE UNIT 1 The Nature of Nursing Chapter 1 Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Chapter 2 Nurse Education, Research and Evidence-based Practice Chapter 3 Nursing Theories and Conceptual Frameworks Chapter 4 Legal Aspects of Nursing Chapter 5 Values, Ethics and Advocacy UNIT 2 Contemporary Health Care Chapter 6 Health Care Delivery Systems Chapter 7 Community Health Chapter 8 Home Care Chapter 9 Regional, Rural and Remote Nursing Chapter 10 Health Informatics UNIT 3 The Nursing Process Chapter 11 Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process Chapter 12 Assessing Chapter 13 Diagnosing Chapter 14 Planning Chapter 15 Implementing and Evaluating Chapter 16 Documenting and Reporting UNIT 4 Health Beliefs and Practices Chapter 17 Health Promotion Chapter 18 Health, Wellness and Illness Chapter 19 Culture, Nursing and Indigenous Health Chapter 20 Complementary and Alternative Therapies UNIT 5 Lifespan Development Chapter 21 Concepts of Growth and Development Chapter 22 Promoting Health from Conception through to Adolescence Chapter 23 Promoting Health in Young and Middle-aged Adults Chapter 24 Promoting Health in Older Adults Chapter 25 Promoting Family Health VOLUME TWO UNIT 6 Integral Aspects of Nursing Chapter 26 Caring Chapter 27 Communicating Chapter 28 Teaching and Learning Chapter 29 Leading and Managing UNIT 7 Assessing Health Chapter 30 Vital Signs Chapter 31 Health Assessment UNIT 8 Integral Components of Individualised Care Chapter 32 Infection Prevention and Control Chapter 33 Safety Chapter 34 Hygiene Chapter 35 Diagnostic Testing Chapter 36 Medications Chapter 37 Skin Integrity and Wound Care Chapter 38 Perioperative Nursing VOLUME THREE UNIT 9 Promoting Psychosocial Health Chapter 39 Sensory Perception Chapter 40 Self-concept Chapter 41 Sexuality Chapter 42 Spirituality Chapter 43 Stress and Coping Chapter 44 Loss, Grieving and Death Chapter 45 Mental Health Nursing UNIT 10 Promoting Physiological Health Chapter 46 Activity and Exercise Chapter 47 Sleep Chapter 48 Pain Management Chapter 49 Nutrition Chapter 50 Urinary Elimination Chapter 51 Faecal Elimination Chapter 52 Oxygenation Chapter 53 Circulation Chapter 54 Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid–Base Balance Download the detailed table of contents >