Includes a step-by-step checklist for each procedure in the book.

Nurses are critical in the delivery of essential health services and are core in strengthening the health system. They bring people-centred care closer to the communities where they are needed most, thereby helping improve health outcomes and the overall cost-effectiveness of services. Communication skills for nurses are essential but may be difficult to master. Communication is the exchange of information between people by sending and receiving it through speaking, writing or by using any other medium. Nurses speak to people of varying educational, cultural and social backgrounds and must do so in an effective, caring and professional manner, especially when communicating with patients and their families. The quality of communication in interactions between nurses and patients has a major influence on patient outcomes. This influence can play a very important role in areas such as patient health, education and adherence. Therapeutic and non-therapeutic communication in nursing are opposites of one another. Therapeutic nursing communication promotes good nurse-patient relationships and can help improve patient satisfaction and outcomes. Therapeutic communication in nursing can lead to a deeper insight into the patient's ability to care for himself, his perception of the reality of his health situation, and any other issues that need to be addressed. Conversely, non-therapeutic communication can lead to miscommunication between the nurse, patient, and other healthcare team members. Non-therapeutic communication in nursing can hinder effective patient care, lead to errors or omissions in care, and have legal consequences if the patient is injured as a result of poor communication.

Master nursing skills with this guide from the respected Perry, Potter & Ostendorf author team! The concise coverage in Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 6th Edition makes it easy to master the clinical skills required in everyday nursing practice. Clear guidelines address 159 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills — from measuring body temperature to insertion of a peripheral intravenous device — and step-by-step instructions emphasize the use of evidence-based concepts to improve patient safety and outcomes. Its friendly, easy-to-read writing style includes a streamlined format and an Evolve companion website with review questions and handy checklists for each skill. - Coverage of 159 skills and interventions addresses basic, intermediate, and advanced skills you'll use every day in practice. - UNIQUE! Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter provides the information needed to use evidence-based practice to solve clinical problems. - Safe Patient Care Alerts highlight unusual risks in performing skills, so you can plan ahead at each step of nursing care. - Delegation & Collaboration guidelines help you make decisions in whether to delegate a skill to unlicensed assistive personnel, and indicates what key information must be shared. - Special Considerations indicate additional risks or accommodations you may face when caring for pediatric or geriatric patients, and patients in home care settings. - Documentation guidelines include samples of nurses' notes showing what should be reported and recorded after performing skills. - A consistent format for nursing skills makes it easier to perform skills, always including Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation. - A Glove icon identifies procedures in which clean gloves should be worn or gloves should be changed in order to minimize the risk of infection. - Media resources include skills performance checklists on the Evolve companion website and related lessons, videos, and interactive exercises on Nursing Skills Online. - NEW coverage of evidence-based techniques to improve patient safety and outcomes includes the concept of care bundles, structured practices that have been proven to improve the quality of care, and teach-back, a new step that shows how you can evaluate your success in patient teaching. - NEW! Coverage of HCAHPS (Hospital Care Quality Information from the Consumer Perspective) introduces a concept now widely used to evaluate hospitals across the country. - NEW! Teach-Back step shows how to evaluate the success of patient teaching, so you can be sure that the patient has mastered a task or consider trying additional teaching methods. - NEW! Updated 2012 Infusion Nurses Society standards are incorporated for administering IVs, as well as other changes in evidence-based practice. - NEW topics include communication with cognitively impaired patients, discharge planning and transitional care, and compassion fatigue for professional and family caregivers.

This new textbook teaches first year nursing students how to perform fundamental nursing skills and why to perform them in that way, integrating best practice, biological knowledge and clinical evidence. The step-by-step procedures, colour illustrations, and realistic scenarios from all nursing branches help readers prepare for placements.

The Essential Enrolled Nursing Skills for Person-Centred Care, 1st edition, workbook is an indispensable tool that will assist students in mastering the clinical skills required to deliver the highest-quality care. Specifically developed to support Tabbner's Nursing Care: Theory and Practice, 7th edition, the workbook features the essential skills that form part of the assessment for Diploma of Nursing students. Based on evidence-based practice, each skill features a step-by-step approach and rationale to help understanding of how and why a skill is performed. - Directly aligned to Tabbner's Nursing Care: Theory and Practice, 7th edition - All skills and competency checklists align to the new 2016 Enrolled Nurse Standards for Practice and the HLT Health Training Package - Competency checklists feature the Bondy Rating Scale, providing a valuable tool for assessment - Equipment list for each skill - Reflection opportunity at the end of each competency checklist to encourage learning - Includes the decision-making framework for the EN

Competency in Home Care doesn't just describe the standards of practice... it gives you the resources to meet them. it provides practical, authoritative guidance for: creating effective staff development plans, designing orientation programs that get caregivers up to speed immediately, establishing performance criteria for every position in the home care continuum, and ensuring ongoing competency. Plus you get powerful insights into the growth of modern home care, The role of competency programs in staff recruitment and retention, and how to get it done in any organization, regardless of background, makeup, or affiliation.