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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 />

Clinical Skills 80

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