Lippincott's Nursing Procedures, 7th Edition

This start-to-finish guide includes over 400 nursing procedures--from basic to advanced.

Every entry lists equipment, details each step to perform right at the bedside, and provides rationales and cautions to ensure patient safety and positive outcomes. Organized alphabetically for fast, easy access,the7th Edition of Lippincott Nursing Proceduresaddresses what the nurse needs to know and do to perform best-practice procedures concerning infection control, specimen collection, physical assessment, drug administration, IV therapy, and hemodynamic monitoring, as well as procedures related to body systems, such as chest tube insertion, peripheral nerve stimulation, and intra-abdominal pressure monitoring.

Thoroughly updated, this edition also includes:

• NEW - Brand-new evidence based procedures on synchronized cardioversion, weaning a patient from a ventilator, safe medication practices, and much more
• NEW - Hospital-acquired conditions easily identified with an icon
• New - Updated evidence-based references in each procedure
• New - Latest Joint Commission Standards, AACN guidelines, INS standards, and many more included
• New - Scores of new illustrations