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CLINICAL SKILLS<br />
History Taking and Physical Examination 2nd edition<br />
ISBN: 9781868919765<br />
Author: MJ Viljoen & N Sibiya<br />
Copyright: 2009<br />
Extent: 134 pp<br />
Format: Soft cover<br />
Description<br />
History taking and physical<br />
examination is the second edition of<br />
the popular and practical Nursing<br />
Assessment: History taking and<br />
the physical examination. This edition<br />
was written after extensive consultation<br />
with a wide range of healthcare<br />
practitioners to meet the needs of<br />
undergraduate and postgraduate<br />
nursing and pharmacology students<br />
and those training in these fields. The<br />
first two chapters cover history taking<br />
and the interview, data collection and<br />
recording. The last two chapters deal<br />
with the physical examination,<br />
equipment and techniques, and the<br />
head-to-toe examination procedure.<br />
Each chapter opens with a synopsis<br />
of key learning outcomes and concepts.<br />
The book contains extensive<br />
photographs that illustrate the content<br />
clearly and comprehensively<br />
Contents<br />
1: History taking: interviewing<br />
2: History taking: data collection and<br />
recording<br />
3: Physical examination: equipment and<br />
techniques<br />
4: Physical examination: head-to-toe<br />
examination procedure<br />
Basic Principles of Wound Care<br />
ISBN: 9781868911363<br />
Author: Y Botma, J<br />
MacKenzie, M Mulder,<br />
N Small & L Ziady<br />
Copyright: 2002<br />
Extent: 443 pp<br />
Format: Soft cover<br />
Description<br />
Nurses, physiotherapists, medical<br />
students and others involved in<br />
caring for patients now have a<br />
comprehensively written guide<br />
to specialising in wound care. Basic<br />
Principles of Wound Care gives full<br />
coverage to all aspects of caring for<br />
wounds, from the anatomy and<br />
physiology of the skin to the specialist<br />
treatment of wounds in diabetics and<br />
patients suffering from burns. In<br />
addition to being a detailed and<br />
comprehensive textbook for students,<br />
its current contents, liberally illustrated<br />
with diagrams and tables to aid<br />
understanding, lends itself to being a<br />
handy reference for those training in<br />
the emergency services, pharmacists<br />
and others in the medical industry.<br />
Contents<br />
1: The anatomy and physiology of the<br />
skin<br />
2: The physiology of wound healing<br />
3: Assessment of a patient with a wound<br />
4: Basic infection control practice<br />
5: Hand hygiene in the healthcare setting<br />
6: Putting on and removing sterile gloves<br />
7: Putting on and removing a sterile<br />
gown and sterile gloves<br />
8: Basic wound care<br />
9: Performing basic wound care<br />
10: Assessing patients with traumatic<br />
wounds and suturing wounds<br />
11: Suture removal<br />
12: The removal of skin clips and staples<br />
13: Drainage tubes<br />
14: Irrigating and plugging a wound<br />
15: Application of ointment or cream<br />
16: Lower leg ulcers<br />
17: Pressure sores<br />
18: Diabetic feet<br />
19: Managing a patient with burns<br />
20: Wound complications<br />
21: Wound swab<br />
22: Fungating wounds<br />
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