Contents: Principles -- Communication skills -- Assessment of the patient -- Infection control -- Pain management and last offices -- Drug administration -- Peripheral intravenous access and care -- Care of the theatre patient -- Emergency and high dependency care -- Respiratory system -- Cardiovascular system -- Gastrointestinal system -- Genito-urinary system -- Musculoskeletal system -- Wound care -- Neurological system -- Ear, nose, throat system -- Ophthalmology -- Haematology.

Contents:

4 Infection control 75

5 Pain management and last offices 105

6 Drug administration 125

7 Peripheral intravenous access and care 159

8 Care of the theatre patient 187

9 Emergency and highdependency care 201

10 Respiratory system 285

11 Cardiovascular system 363

13 Genitourinary system 455

14 Musculoskeletal system 493

15 Wound care 533

16 Neurology 575

17 Earnosethroat system 609

18 Ophthalmology 633

19 Haematology 659

12 Gastrointestinal system 397

Index 673

With the rise of post-registration clinical skills courses, advanced practitioners, and the new medical assistant roles, it is anticipated that future professional practice will involve more emphasis on clinical skills for nurses.
The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Skills in Adult Nursing provides a practical, easily accessible, concise, and evidence-based guide to all the essential elements of clinical skills for nursing practice in one portable format. The first section deals with the principles underlying patient assessment, and professional issues relating to clinical skills in order to help practitioners perform procedures safely and competently. This is followed by chapters on generic skills such as communication, hygiene and comfort, infection control, intravenous access, and care of the theatre patient. There are separate sections on drug administration and emergency and dependency care. The book then takes a systems-based approach to the care of patients covering the key concepts which underpin all good nursing practice, including the social and psychological aspects of nursing. Information is included on how to relate the principles of clinical skills to different groups such as the elderly and the mentally ill, which will have relevance to practitioners whether in a hospital or community setting.
A unique and comprehensive guide to clinical skills in nursing, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Skills in Adult Nursing will help nurses and other health care workers to perform clinical skills safely and competently.