Nursing & Health Survival Guide: Essential Clinical Skills

Whether you’re a student nurse on clinical placement or a healthcare worker on a busy ward, you need practical guidance at your fingertips, fast! This pocket-sized guide will help you to provide safe, effective, everyday patient care.

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COMMUNICATION
INFECTION CONTROL
MOVING & HANDLING
ASSISTING THE PATIENT
OBSERVATION OF VITAL SIGNS
EYE CARE
MOUTH CARE
WOUND CARE (SIMPLE DRESSING)
CATHETER CARE
SPECIMIN COLLECTION
URINALYSIS
PEAK FLOW
OXYGEN ADMINISTRATION
MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION
ACTION IN THE EVENT OF A NEEDLESTICK INJURY
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

All you need to know on:

• Communication skills
• Infection control
• Observation of vital signs
• Assisting patients in everyday tasks
• Eye, mouth & wound care
• And much more…

Susan Carlisle is a lecturer in Nursing at Queen's University Belfast. She is the clinical placement module coordinator.