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Advanced Skills for Nursing Assistants

by: Wolgin, Francie

Advanced Skills for Nursing Assistants

by: Wolgin, Francie

ISBN 13:
9780131779853
ISBN 10:
0131779850
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/08/2004
Publisher: Prentice Hall

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Summary

Today's health care environment requires nursing assistants to be highly versatile, flexible, multi-skilled caregivers. Advanced Skills for Nursing Assistants specifically addresses this need by facilitating the acquisition and development of additional patient care skills that can be performed in a variety of health care facilities. Book jacket.

About the Author

Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction

Advanced Patient Care Skills

(27)

Clean and Sterile Dressing Changes and Ostomy Care

(7)

Changing a Clean Dressing

(3)

Changing an Ostomy Appliance

(2)

Changing a Sterile Dressing

(2)

Urinary Catheterization

(11)

Inserting a Straight Urinary Catheter

(4)

Clean Intermittent Catheterization---Home Use Only

(1)

Inserting an Indwelling Urinary Catheter

(4)

Discontinuing an Indwelling Urinary Catheter

(2)

Staple and Suture Removal

(6)

Removing Staples

(3)

Removing Sutures

(3)

Checking Blood Products

(2)

Checking Blood Products

(2)

Specimen Collection

(11)

Collecting a Sterile Urine Specimen

(2)

Obtaining a Sputum Specimen

(2)

Obtaining a Gastric Specimen

(2)

Collecting Stool for Hemoccult Testing

(2)

Checking Blood Glucose

(2)

The Digestive System and the Administration of Enteral Nutrition

(26)

Overview of the Digestive System

(25)

Inserting a Nasogastric Tube

(4)

Administering a Nasogastric Tube Feeding

(3)

Unclogging a Nasogastric Tube

(2)

Discontinuing and Removing a Nasogastric Tube

(2)

Administering an Enteral Feeding Using a Gastrostomy Tube

(3)

Administering an Enteral Feeding Using a Gastrostomy Button

(4)

Administering an Enteral Feeding Using a Jejunostomy Tube (J-Tube)

(4)

Neurological Function Observation

(22)

Neurological Function

(21)

The Central Nervous System

(4)

Neurological Observation

(1)

Performing a Pupil Check

(3)

Performing a Neurological Check Using the Glasgow Coma Scale

(6)

Giving Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive Level Care

(3)

Caring for a Patient During a Seizure

(3)

Phlebotomy and IV Therapy

(31)

Phlebotomy

(15)

Selecting a Vein

(4)

Blood Specimen Collection

(5)

Obtaining Blood Cultures

(3)

Using a Lancet or a Microlance for a Microdraw or an Infant Heel Stick

100

(3)

IV Therapy

103

(15)

Inserting a Heplock

103

(3)

Inserting a Butterfly (Winged Infusion Device)

106

(3)

Inserting a Peripheral IV in an Adult

109

(4)

Inserting a Peripheral IV in a Child

113

(3)

Recognizing Problems in IV Therapy

116

(2)

ECG Monitoring, Arrhythmia Recognition, and Advanced Cardiac Care Skills

118

(58)

ECG Monitoring and Arrhythmia Recognition

119

(29)

Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart

119

(7)

Setting Up Continuous Three- or Five-Lead Cardiac Monitoring and Telemetry

126

(1)

Monitoring Methods

127

(2)

The ECG Graph Paper

129

(1)

Determining Heart Rate and Regularity

130

(3)

Recognizing ECG Rhythms That Require RN Notification or Intervention

133

(15)

Additional Advanced Cardiac Care Skills

148

(28)

Caring for the Patient with an Arterial Line

148

(1)

Pertinent Points: Advantages and Risks of an Arterial Line

148

(1)

Changing an Arterial Line Dressing

149

(3)

Withdrawing Blood from an Arterial Line

152

(6)

Removing an Arterial Line

158

(4)

Palpating Dorsalis Pedis and Posterior Tibial Pulses

162

(3)

Removing a PTCA Femoral Sheath

165

(9)

Performing a Postcardiac Catheterization Check

174

(2)

Oxygen Therapy and Respiratory Therapy

176

(35)

Oxygen-Delivery and Monitoring Devices

177

(18)

Introduction to Respiratory Therapy

177

(2)

Oxygen Therapy

179

(6)

Preparing an Oxygen Cylinder for Use

185

(3)

Setting Up a Nasal Cannula

188

(2)

Setting Up a Simple Face Mask

190

(1)

Assessing the Need for Oxygen

191

(1)

Setting Up the Pulse Oximeter

192

(3)

Humidity Therapy

195

(4)

Humidification Devices Used in Respiratory Therapy

195

(2)

Setting Up an Oxygen Bubble Humidifier

197

(2)

Pulmonary Hygiene

199

(12)

Suctioning a Tracheostomy

199

(4)

Performing Tracheostomy Care

203

(4)

Instructing the Patient in the Use of the Incentive Spirometer

207

(2)

Performing Tracheostomy Stoma Care

209

(2)

Index

211

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