For use as a primary textbook in clinical nursing education programs,
and as a reference for practicing nurses
**Help each student think like a nurse using a clear, consistent
presentation of nursing skills
**Consistency and accessibility are essential to student success in the
Fundamentals of Nursing course. With its clear, approachable, writing
style, Skills in Clinical Nursing sets the foundation for nursing
excellence. It provides detailed procedures on the most relevant skills
performed by nurses as they enter practice. It includes all common
variations and is organized from the simplest to the most complex. This
edition has been revised and updated to reflect current practice,
responding to extensive feedback from clinical nurses, market surveys,
and the authors' own teaching and practice experience. Each chapter
contains concise introductory material, placing skills in the context of
anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, and clearly explaining their
purpose and rationale. Each skill is then presented in exceptional
step-by-step detail, with over 800 illustrations. Skills coverage is
complemented by critical-thinking insights on using assessment data, and
essential guidance on appropriate delegation to unlicensed assistive
personnel (UAP). Students will learn to think like nurses as they see
how the material they are reading is applied in nursing practice.
