TEXTBOOK OF NURSING PROCEDURES
CONTENTS 1 THE PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT ASSESSMENT 2 THE PRINCIPLES APPLYING TO CLINICAL SKILLS/PROCEDURES 3 COMMUNICATION 4 ASSESSING THE CHILD/YOUNG PERSON 5 PERSONAL HYGIENE AND COMFORT 6 PLAY 7 INFECTION CONTROL 8 DRUG ADMINISTRATION 9 INTRAVENOUS ACCESS AND CARE 10 CARE OF THE PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT 11 EMERGENCY AND HIGH DEPENDENCY CARE 12 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 13 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 14 NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM 15 GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM 16 GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM 17 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM 18 WOUND CARE 19 EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT SYSTEM 20 OPHTHALMOLOGY CONTENTS 21 DERMATOLOGY 22 ENDOCRINOLOGY 23 HAEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNE SYSTEM INITIAL OBSERVATION OF THE CHILD/YOUNG PERSON USER AND CARER INVOLVEMENT HISTORY TAKING VITAL SIGNS/EXAMINATION MONITORING PROFESSIONAL DECISION-MAKING IN NURSING PRACTICE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM WORKING THE PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT ASSESSMENT CHAPTER