This reference is designed to fulfilthe needs of home health care nurses providing a manual of guidelines and standardised nursing procedures performed in the home. The manual is divided into six parts:: Part One covers Infection Control in the Home, Part Two, Assessment and Therapeutic Care, which details the basic nursing care and physical assessment. Part Three, Medical-Surgical Care, contains nursing procedures logically organised alphabetically within sections related to thebody systems. Part Four, Nutritional Care in the Home, includes diets by disease process. Part Five, Emergency Care in the Home provides recommendations for managing emergencies until EMS personnel arrive. Part Six covers The Home Milieu, reflecting the economic, technological, and social issues encountered by home health nurses. This valuable resource includes over 250 procedures, with 45 new in this edition.
PART I INFECTION CONTROL IN THE HOME · Infection Control Procedures · PART II ASSESSMENT AND THERAPEUTIC CARE · Physical and Psychosocial Assessment Procedures · Therapeutic Nursing Procedures · PART III MEDICAL-SURGICAL CARE · Cardiopulmonary Procedures · Dermatological and Wound Care Procedures · Gastroenterological and Ostomy Procedures · Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat (HEENT) Procedures · Intravenous Therapy Procedures · Intravenous Therapy Procedures: Infusions · Medication Procedures · Rehabilitative and Palliative Care Procedures · Specimen Collection and Transport Procedures · Urological and Renal Procedures · PART IV NUTRITIONAL CARE IN THE HOME · Nutrition Procedures · PART V EMERGENCY CARE IN THE HOME · Emergency Procedures · PART VI THE HOME MILIEU · Interfacing with the Home Environment · Patient Education in the Home: Key Concepts and Application · Appendix I Laboratory Values · Bibliography · Index
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