Practices in Children's Nursing E-Book

Practices in Children's Nursing E-Book

Ethel Trigg, Toby Mohammed, Louise Ford

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Year: 2006
• eBook ISBN: 9780702033469
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Pedriatic Nursing

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Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Practices in Children’s Nursing: Guidelines for Hospital and Community
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Clinical Coordinators
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Concepts
• Control of Infection
• Introduction to Community
• Practice 1. Administration of Medicines
• Practice 2. Aseptic Non-Touch Technique
• Practice 3. Assessment
• Practice 4. Bereavement Care
• Practice 5. Blood Glucose Estimation
• Practice 6. Bowel Care
• Practice 7. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Practice 8. Central Lines
• Practice 9. Chest Drainage
• Practice 10. Feeding
• Practice 11. Hygiene
• Practice 12. Incubator Care
• Practice 13. Intravenous Therapy
• Practice 14. Isolation Nursing
• Practice 15. Lumbar Puncture
• Practice 16. Neurological Observations and Coma Scales
• Practice 17. Oxygen Therapy
• Practice 18. Pain Management
• Practice 19. Phototherapy
• Practice 20. Plaster Care
• Practice 21. Positioning, Handling and Exercises
• Practice 22. Postoperative Care
• Practice 23. Preoperative Care
• Practice 24. Pressure Area Care
• Practice 25. Radiography
• Practice 26. Removal of Drains and Packs
• Practice 27. Seizures
• Practice 28. Skin Care
• Practice 29. Specimen Collection
• Practice 30. Stoma Care
• Practice 31. Suctioning
• Practice 32. Temperature Control
• Practice 33. Tracheostomy Care
• Practice 34. Traction
• Practice 35. Urine Testing and Urinary Catheterisation
• Practice 36. Venepuncture and Cannulation
• Practice 37. Wound Care
• Appendix 1 Play
• Appendix 2 Complementary Therapies
• Index