Clinical Skills: Essentials Collection (Access Card): Fundamentals and Health Assessment [Paperback]

Learn to master the most important nursing skills before you ever step foot in the clinical environment. Clinical Skills: Essentials Collection is an engaging, web-based learning tool that guides users through more than 160 of the most important fundamentals and health assessment nursing skills. Each skill in the collection uses the same seven-part framework to walk you through every aspect of the skill. From special patient and safety considerations to the equipment and techniques used in the skill, this assembly of high-definition videos, interactive learning tools, and in-depth explanations will leave you with a 360-degree understanding of how to safely and effectively perform each skill.

• Convenient web-based program utilizes the same professional format that practicing nurses use to train.
• Consistent, competency-based format for learning skills offers a standardized way for you to learn and perform skills. Most skills feature the same types of skill learning tools to help you obtain a more holistic understanding of the skill and standard QSEN nursing competencies.
• Quick sheet provides a concise, step-by-step summary of the skill.
• Extended text offers an in-depth look at all aspects of the skill. Subjects addressed in the extended text section include:
  • Safety alerts
  • Supplies
  • Patient and family education
  • Procedures
  • Delegation opportunities
  • Monitoring and care
  • Expected and unexpected outcomes
  • Documentation guidelines
  • Special gerontologic, pediatric, and home care considerations
  • Evidence-based references
  • Additional reading suggestions