1001 Nursing Tips and Timesavers

 

Learning Objectives

Having read the text, and possessing the knowledge foundation necessary to administer nursing care, you will learn some innovative techniques and/or solutions for solving problems in the areas of:

  1. Communicating
  2. Teaching
  3. Adult Patient Care
  4. Pediatric Patient Care
  5. Home Care
  6. Assessment
  7. Procedures
  8. I.V. Therapy
  9. Medications
  10. Safety
  11. Cost andTime-saver Tips
  12. Activities of Daily Living
  13. Potpourri    

At last! Easy-to-read solutions to scores of nursing problems

1,001 Nursing Tips and Timesavers, Third Edition, is packed with ingenious, fun-to-read ideas on how to provide safer, more efficient patient care. Ideal for RN’s, LPN’s, and nursing students, this unique reference offers surefire solutions to your most pressing problems

Improve patient care with hundred of tips on:

Save time and money with proven ways to:

Keep up-to-date on:

Course Outline

Foreword

1. Communicating

With the patient

Patient information

With significant others

Staff information

2. Teaching

The patient

The diabetic patient

Significant others

The public

The staff

3. Adult patient care

Fluid and nutrition

Mobility

Restraints

Physical care

Comfort

Emergencies

Supportive measures

4. Pediatric patient care

Fluid and nutrition

Play therapy

Mobility

Skin care

Physical care

Comfort

Emergencies

Supportive measures

5. Home care

Administering self‑medication

Fostering independence

Improvising equipment

Resolving elimination

Solving intake problems

Improving physical care

Travel tips

Pediatric care

6. Assessment

Obtaining a history .

Performing physical examinations

Obtaining accurate measure

7. Procedures

Performing mouth care

Providing eye and ear care

Caring for equipment

Preparing hot/cold therapy

Positioning patients

Making occupied beds

Managing elimination and drainage

Collecting specimens

Securing tubes and drainage sets

Applying dressings, bandages, and compresses

Caring for skin and wounds

8. I.V. Therapy

Preparation and catheter insertion

Administration

Maintenance

9. Medications

Preparation

Administration

Documentation

10. Safety

Patient safety

Staff safety

11. Cost and timesaver tips

Equipment

Supplies

Time

12. Activities of daily living

For the patient

For the staff

13. Potpourri

Laboratory test tips

Charting

Miscellaneous suggestions

Appendices

A. Compatibility of drugs combined in a syringe

B. Table of abbreviations

C. Equivalent measures

D. NANDA taxonomy 1, revised

E. Common laboratory tests

Index

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FOREWORD

We know how precious a nurse's time is. To help make the most of your valuable time, the editors have collected, reviewed, and organized the best Tips & Timesavers, Charting Tips, and Lab Test Tips published in the pages of Nursing magazine.We've looked for better ways to help you do your work, to save you money, and to make every minute count.

The tips included in this book show how to improve communications and computer skills, per­form procedures efficiently, cut costs, administer medications safely, document effectively, and increase your confidence in handling almost any situation.

From the time you spend with patients to the time you spend keeping up with the changing profes­sion, this book will help you save time. That's what 1,001 Nursing Tips & Timesavers is all about saving time. And more time is something you can really use, isn't it?  

The Editors

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