Children and Young People's Nursing Skills at a Glance (At a Glance (Nursing and Healthcare))

Description

Children and Young People’s Nursing Skills at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration children’s nursing students. Highly visual, each clinical skill is covered in a two-page spread, with superb colour illustrations accompanied by clear informative text. Providing up to date, evidence-based information on a wide range of clinical skills that are required by today’s children’s nurses, this comprehensive and accessible text makes it easy for the reader to grasp the fundamentals in order to meet the care needs of the child and family, both in the hospital and community setting.  Structured around the key systems of the body, the book is divided into sixteen sections, and covers all the essential clinical skills, including: Principles of assessment Communication Record keeping Drug calculations and administration Safeguarding Care planning Respiratory and cardiac care Gastrointestinal care ECG reading and interpretation Neurological assessment Musculoskeletal care. Aimed at both student nurses and those newly qualified, Children and Young People’s Nursing Skills at a Glance provides need to know, rapid information to ensure safe and effective clinical practice. Children and Young People’s Nursing Skills at a Glance Contents Contributors Preface Part 1 Assessing children: Principles 1 Initial assessment: subjective 2 History taking 3 Principles of systematic assessment 4 Communication 5 Developmental considerations 6 Informed consent 7 Safeguarding 8 Family-centred care 9 Record keeping 10 Planning care Part 2 Assessment of the child: Objective data 11 Airway and breathing 12 Circulatory assessment 13 Measuring blood pressure 14 Assessment of pain 15 Moving and handling 16 Measuring temperature 17 Weight, BMI, height/length and head circumference 18 Blood glucose monitoring 19 Skin integrity 20 Pulse oximetry Part 3 Drug administration 21 Principles of drug administration 22 Drug calculations 23 Administration of medication 24 Inhaled drug administration 25 Intranasal diamorphine 26 Intravenous fluid administration Part 4 Respiratory 27 Spirometry 28 Peak expiratory flow 29 Arterial blood gas sampling 30 Oxygen administration 31 Suctioning 32 Tracheostomy care 33 Non-invasive ventilation 34 Underwater seal drain Part 5 Gastrointestinal 35 Infant feeding 36 Breastfeeding 37 Formula feeding 38 Insertion of nasogastric and nasojejunal tubes 39 Nasogastric tube feeding 40 Gastrostomy feeding Part 6 Renal 41 Urine collection 42 Catheter insertion 43 Catheter care Part 7 Neurological 44 Neurological assessment in children 45 Preparation for lumbar puncture Part 8 Musculoskeletal 46 Neurovascular assessment 47 Care of a cast 48 Skin traction Part 9 Skin 49 SteriStrip™ application 50 Wet wrapping in atopic eczema Part 10 Cardiac 51 12-lead electrocardiography 52 3-lead electrocardiography Part 11 Pre- and post-operative care 53 Pre-operative care and transfer to theatre 54 Post-operative recovery Part 12 Emergency Care 55 Basic life support (BLS) 56 Advanced resuscitation of the infant and child 57 Transfer of the critically ill child Part 13 Newborn 58 Phototherapy 59 Care of the umbilicus Part 14 Infection control 60 Hand washing 61 Aseptic non-touch technique Part 15 Haematology 62 Obtaining blood samples 63 Transfusion of blood and blood components 64 Cannulation Part 16 End-of-life care 65 Care of the dying child 66 Care after death Index EULA