Potter & Perry’s Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures

1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Inside Front Cover - p. ES2 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Preface - p. v 7. A - p. v 8. Skill 1: Acapella Device - p. 1 9. Skill 2: Aquathermia and Heating Pads - p. 5 10. Skill 3: Aspiration Precautions - p. 10 11. Skill 4: Assisting with Use of Canes, Crutches, and Walkers - p. 20 12. B - p. 35 13. Skill 5: Bladder Scan - p. 36 14. Skill 6: Blood Administration - p. 41 15. Skill 7: Blood Glucose Monitoring - p. 57 16. Skill 8: Blood Pressure by Auscultation: Upper Extremities, Lower Extremities, Palpation - p. 66 17. Skill 9: Blood Pressure: Automatic - p. 79 18. C - p. 83 19. Skill 10: Cardiac Monitor Application - p. 84 20. Skill 11: Central Vascular Access Device Care: Central and Peripherally Inserted - p. 89 21. Skill 12: Chest Tube Insertion and Management - p. 115 22. Skill 13: Cold Applications - p. 133 23. Skill 14: Condom and External Urinary Catheters - p. 141 24. Skill 15: Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion - p. 150 25. D - p. 162 26. Skill 16: Dressings (Dry and Damp-to-Dry) - p. 163 27. Skill 17: Dressings: Hydrocolloid, Hydrogel, Foam, and Alginate Dressing - p. 179 28. Skill 18: Dressings: Transparent Dressing - p. 194 29. E - p. 199 30. Skill 19: Ear Medications - p. 200 31. Skill 20: Ear Irrigation - p. 207 32. Skill 21: Obtaining a 12-Lead Electrocardiogram - p. 214 33. Skill 22: Enema Administration - p. 221 34. Skill 23: Enteral Nutrition: Nasogastric, Nasointestinal, Gastrostomy, or Jejunostomy Tube - p. 232 35. Skill 24: Enteral Tube Insertion - p. 247 36. Skill 25: Epidural Analgesia - p. 265 37. Skill 26: Eye Irrigation - p. 282 38. Skill 27: Eye Medications - p. 291 39. F - p. 303 40. Skill 28: Fall Prevention in a Health Care Facility - p. 304 41. Skill 29: Fecal Impaction - p. 321 42. H - p. 325 43. Skill 30: Hypothermia and Hyperthermia Blankets - p. 326 44. I - p. 331 45. Skill 31: Using Incentive Spirometry - p. 332 46. Skill 32: Intradermal Injections - p. 338 47. Skill 33: Intramuscular Injections - p. 347 48. Skill 34: Intravenous Medications by Piggyback and Syringe Pumps - p. 362 49. Skill 35: Intravenous Medications: Intravenous Bolus - p. 378 50. Skill 36: Isolation Precautions - p. 392 51. M - p. 412 52. Skill 37: Mechanical Lifts: Transfer Skills - p. 413 53. Skill 38: Metered-Dose Inhalers - p. 427 54. Skill 38: Moist Heat Applications (Compress and Sitz Bath) - p. 438 55. Skill 40: Mouth Care for an Unconscious or Debilitated Patient - p. 450 56. N - p. 457 57. Skill 41: Nail and Foot Care - p. 458 58. Skill 42: Nasogastric Tube Insertion for Gastric Decompression: Maintenance and Removal - p. 467 59. Skill 43: Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy - p. 486 60. O - p. 498 61. Skill 44: Oral Medications - p. 499 62. Skill 45: Oral Medications Administered Through a Feeding Tube - p. 513 63. Skill 46: Ostomy Care (Colostomy and Ileostomy Pouching) - p. 526 64. Skill 47: Oxygen Therapy - p. 538 65. P - p. 550 66. Skill 48: Parenteral Medication Preparation: Ampules and Vials - p. 551 67. Skill 49: Parenteral Medication Preparation: Mixing Medications in One Syringe - p. 565 68. Skill 50: Patient-Controlled Analgesia - p. 573 69. Skill 51: Peak Flowmeter - p. 586 70. Skill 52: Peripheral Intravenous Care: Dressing Change and Discontinuation - p. 592 71. Skill 53: Peripheral Intravenous Care: Regulating Intravenous Flow Rates and Changing Solutions - p. 604 72. Skill 54: Peripheral Intravenous Care: Short-Catheter Insertion - p. 623 73. Skill 55: Preoperative Teaching - p. 652 74. Skill 56: Pressure Bandage - p. 669 75. Skill 57: Pressure Injury Risk Assessment and Prevention - p. 676 76. Skill 58: Pressure Injury Treatment - p. 693 77. Skill 59: Pulse: Apical - p. 705 78. Skill 60: Pulse Oximetry - p. 716 79. R - p. 722 80. Skill 61: Rectal Suppositories - p. 723 81. Skill 62: Respiration Assessment - p. 730 82. Skill 63: Restraint Application (Physical) - p. 739 83. Skill 64: Restraint-Free Environment - p. 754 84. S - p. 763 85. Skill 65: Seizure Precautions - p. 764 86. Skill 66: Sequential Compression Devices and Elastic Stockings - p. 775 87. Skill 67: Sterile Gloving - p. 788 88. Skill 68: Sterile Field Preparation - p. 798 89. Skill 69: Subcutaneous Injections - p. 810 90. Skill 70: Suctioning: Open and Closed, for Nasotracheal/Pharyngeal and Artificial Airways - p. 823 91. Skill 71: Suctioning: Oropharyngeal - p. 850 92. Skill 72: Suprapubic Catheter Care - p. 858 93. Skill 73: Suture and Staple Removal - p. 866 94. T - p. 876 95. Skill 74: Topical Medications to the Skin - p. 877 96. Skill 75: Tracheostomy Care - p. 891 97. U - p. 912 98. Skill 76: Urinary Catheter Insertion: Straight or Indwelling Catheter - p. 913 99. Skill 77: Urinary Indwelling Catheter Care and Removal - p. 936 100. Skill 78: Urinary Indwelling Catheter Irrigation - p. 948 101. Skill 79: Urostomy Pouching - p. 956 102. V - p. 964 103. Skill 80: Vaginal Medication - p. 965 104. Skill 81: Venipuncture: Collecting Blood Specimens and Cultures by Syringe and Vacutainer Methods - p. 974 105. W - p. 989 106. Skill 82: Wound Drainage Evacuation - p. 990 107. Skill 83: Performing a Wound Irrigation - p. 999 108. References - p. 1008 109. Index - p. 1036 110. Inside Back Cover - p. ES3