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Do you need accurate information fast? The ward is a busy place with little time to check facts and figures. With this pocket-sized reference book you can quickly and accurately check everything from nursing terminology to CPR procedures.



The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take a look at our our app for iPhone and iPad. "A neat, tidy and very handy book for nursing students and newly qualified staff to have whilst out in the clinical environment. ... What is great about this little pocket guide is that it uses the terminology regularly used in the clinical environment but provides examples of where it may be used ... This helps to link theory to practice and aid easy identification of drug classes and what they are." - Tianna Jarrett-Williams, Nursing Student

Clinical Skills

Contents Richards







COMMON LABORATORY BLOOD TESTS



24-HOUR CLOCK



MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION



Five rights and three checks



Tips in preventing medication errors



Safety tips with oral medications



Safety tips with injections



Abbreviations used in medication administration



Metric system and symbols



Drug calculations



Some common drug classes



Drug name endings and related information



Drugs utilised as antidotes



OXYGEN



FLUID BALANCE



Measurements useful for fluid balance charts



Tips with fluid balance charts



Types of IV fluids



VITAL SIGNS



QUICK HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT



PAIN ASSESSMENT



MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT



PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)



Bodily fluids exposure



RESUSCITATION



Cardiac rhythms



When to seek help



Common emergency drugs: dose and action



WOUND CARE



DOCUMENTATION



General points



Tips with verbal handovers



Nursing process



GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS



USEFUL WEBSITES



TIME MANAGEMENT GRID



OTHER THINGS TO REMEMBER