Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 6th Ed - CLOSEOUT ITEM

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• NEW coverage of evidence-based techniquesto improve patient safety and outcomesincludes the concept of care bundles, structured practices that have been proven to improve the quality of care, and teach-back, a new step that shows how you can evaluate your success in patient teaching.
• NEW! Coverage of HCAHPS(Hospital Care Quality Information from the Consumer Perspective) introduces a concept now widely used to evaluate hospitals across the country.
• NEW! Teach-Backstepshows how to evaluate the success of patient teaching, so you can be sure that the patient has mastered a task or consider trying additional teaching methods.
• NEW! Updated 2012 Infusion Nurses Societystandardsare incorporated for administering IVs, as well as other changes in evidence-based practice.
• NEWtopicsinclude communication with cognitively impaired patients, discharge planning and transitional care, and compassion fatigue for professional and family caregivers.

Key Features:

• Coverage of 159 skills and interventionsaddresses basic, intermediate, and advanced skills you'll use every day in practice.
• UNIQUE!Using Evidence in Nursing Practicechapterprovides the information needed to use evidence-based practice to solve clinical problems.
• Safe Patient CareAlertshighlight unusual risks in performing skills, so you can plan ahead at each step of nursing care.
• Delegation & Collaborationguidelineshelp you make decisions in whether to delegate a skill to unlicensed assistive personnel, and indicates what key information must be shared.
• Special Considerationsindicate additional risks or accommodations you may face when caring for pediatric or geriatric patients, and patients in home care settings.
• Documentation guidelinesinclude samples of nurses’ notes showing what should be reported and recorded after performing skills.
• A consistent format for nursing skillsmakes it easier to perform skills, always including Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
• AGloveiconidentifies procedures in which clean gloves should be worn or gloves should be changed in order to minimize the risk of infection.
  

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