Care Skills for Nurses

Claire Boyd is a Practice Development Trainer at North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.

• PREFACE viiINTRODUCTION ixACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi1 CARE AND COMPASSION IN NURSING 12 BASIC INFECTION CONTROL AND ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE 73 PERFORMING PERSONAL CARE 234 CONTINENCE CARE 355 PRESSURE ULCER CARE 496 PATIENT SAFETY 637 STOMA CARE 818 PERI-OPERATIVE CARE 939 ANAPHYLAXIS 10510 ECG RECORDING 12511 NUTRITION AND HYDRATION CARE 13912 WOUND CARE 153ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES, QUESTIONS AND TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE 167APPENDIX 1: THE COMPONENTS OF MEDICAL WORDS AND TERMS 175APPENDIX 2: WEIGHT CONVERSION CHARTS 189INDEX 191

“All in all I think these books are great for students and newly qualified nurses and I think that Care Skills would probably be extremely useful for HCAs and APs too.”  (A Nurse’s Notes, 30 January 2014)“All in all, a really handy book to have that you can refer back to at any stage of your course to help you out with any aspect of drug administration.”  (The Student Nurse, 1 January 2014)“Receiving this book just before starting my first placement has been particularly helpful, and it has, as it promised to do, increased my confidence and competence in clinical practice. The fact that it provides advice based on student-nurse knowledge and reflects NMC standards assures me that the information given is appropriate but essential and detailed. It’ll be a great help to glance over at any stage of the course and will be a much-loved book of mine, I’m sure!.”  (Nursepraylove, 23 January 2014)