ADMINISTRATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

UNIVERSAL BODY SUBSTANCE PRECAUTIONS

LESSON 1

• ASSISTING WITH THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

  • 1-1. INTRODUCTION

  • 1-2. PURPOSES FOR PERFORMING A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

  • 1-3. FUNCTIONS OF THE PRACTICAL NURSE DURING THE EXAMINATION PROCEDURE

  • 1-4. POSITIONING A PATIENT FOR EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT

  • 1-5. BODY SYSTEMS USUALLY EXAMINED BY THE PHYSICIAN

  • 1-6. ASSISTING WITH AN INFANT OR CHILD

  • 1-7. PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS ROUTINELY MADE

  • 1-8. PURPOSES FOR DRAPING THE PATIENT DURING THE PHYSICAL EXAM

  • 1-9. EVALUATION OF A PATIENT'S CONDITION AND NEED FOR ASSISTANCE

  • 1-10. CLOSING

• EXERCISE

• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 2

• SPECIMEN COLLECTION

  • 2-1. INTRODUCTION

  • 2-2. THROAT CULTURE

  • 2-3. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

  • 2-4. PROCEDURE FOR A THROAT CULTURE

  • 2-5. SPUTUM SPECIMEN

  • 2-6. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

  • 2-7. PROCEDURE FOR SPUTUM SPECIMEN

  • 2-8. STOOL SPECIMEN

  • 2-9. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

  • 2-10. PROCEDURE FOR STOOL SPECIMEN

  • 2-11. GUAIAC TEST

  • 2-12. URINE SPECIMENS

  • 2-13. MIDSTREAM URINE SPECIMEN

  • 2-14. 24-HOUR URINE SPECIMEN

  • 2-15. PREGNANCY URINE TEST

  • 2-16. BLOOD CULTURES

  • 2-17. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

  • 2-18. PROCEDURE FOR BLOOD CULTURES

  • 2-19. CLOSING

• EXERCISE

• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 3

• CATHETERIZATION OF THE MALE AND FEMALE PATIENT

  • 3-1. INTRODUCTION

  • 3-2. PURPOSES OF URINARY CATHETERIZATION

  • 3-3. URINARY CATHETER SIZES

  • 3-4. TYPES OF URINARY CATHETERS

  • 3-5. PREPARING FOR CATHETERIZATION

  • 3-6. INSERTING THE FOLEY CATHETER IN A MALE PATIENT

  • 3-7. INSERTING THE FOLEY CATHETER IN A FEMALE PATIENT

  • 3-8. MAINTAINING AN INDWELLING CATHETER

  • 3-9. IRRIGATING AN INDWELLING CATHETER

  • 3-10. REMOVING AN INDWELLING CATHETER

  • 3-11. CLOSING

• EXERCISE

• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 4

• VITAL SIGNS

  • 4-1. INTRODUCTION

  • 4-2. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT

  • 4-3. MEASURING HEIGHT AND WEIGHING THE PATIENT

  • 4-4. TEMPERATURE

  • 4-5. TEMPERATURE REGULATION

  • 4-6. NORMAL BODY TEMPERATURE

  • 4-7. FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE NORMAL BODY TEMPERATURE

  • 4-8. TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO BODY TEMPERATURE

  • 4-9. TAKING THE TEMPERATURE

  • 4-10. TYPES OF THERMOMETERS

  • 4-11. METHODS OF OBTAINING A TEMPERATURE

  • 4-12. PULSE

  • 4-13. DESCRIBING THE PULSE

  • 4-14. FACTORS, WHICH AFFECT THE PULSE RATE

  • 4-15. MEASURING THE PULSE

  • 4-16. RESPIRATION

  • 4-17. BREATHING PATTERNS

  • 4-18. BLOOD PRESSURE

  • 4-19. MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE

  • 4-20. FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE BLOOD PRESSURE VALUES

  • 4-21. PRINCIPLES RELATED TO OBTAINING THE BLOOD PRESSURE

  • 4-22. THE GRAPHIC SHEET

  • 4-23. CLOSING

• EXERCISE

• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 5

• DIET THERAPY

  • 5-1. INTRODUCTION

  • 5-2. FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE EATING PATTERNS

  • 5-3. RELIGION

  • 5-4. THE VEGETARIAN

  • 5-5. FACTORS WHICH ALTER A HOSPITALIZED PATIENT'S EATING PATTERNS

  • 5-6. FACTORS IN ILLNESS WHICH MAY ALTER FOOD INTAKE

  • 5-7. REASONS FOR HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS BEING AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION

  • 5.8. NURSING INTERVENTIONS WHICH HELP THE PATIENT MEET NUTRITIONAL NEEDS

  • 5-9. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PRACTICAL NURSE IN RELATION TO DIET THERAPY

  • 5-10. REASONS FOR THERAPEUTIC DIETS

  • 5-11. STANDARD HOSPITAL DIETS

  • 5-12. PREPARING THE PATIENT FOR MEALS

  • 5-13. CLOSING

• EXERCISE

• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 6

• INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

  • 6-1. INTRODUCTION

  • 6-2. FACTS ABOUT PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

  • 6-3. PURPOSES OF A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

  • 6-4. CONSIDERATIONS IN PREPARING A PATIENT FOR A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

  • 6-5. BASIC TECHNIQUES USED IN PERFORMING A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

  • 6-6. AREAS OF GENERAL APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

  • 6-7. COMPONENTS OF A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

  • 6-8. GUIDELINES FOR DOCUMENTATION

  • 6-9. CLOSING

• EXERCISE

• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 7

• THE ROLE OF THE PRACTICAL NURSE

  • 7-1. INTRODUCTION

• Section I. TEAM LEADERSHIP

  • 7-2. TEAM NURSING

  • 7-3. FACTORS AFFECTING TEAM PRODUCTIVITY

  • 7-4. LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

  • 7-5. TEAM LEADER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Section II. PATIENT TEACHING

  • 7-6. FACTS RELATED TO PATIENT TEACHING

  • 7-7. STEPS IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

  • 7-8. FACTORS WHICH AFFECT LEARNING

  • 7-9. PRINCIPLES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING-LEARNING

  • 7-10. TYPES OF LEARNING

  • 7-11. SELECTING TEACHING STRATEGIES

  • 7-12. SEQUENCING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

  • 7-13. CLOSING

• EXERCISE

• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 8

• PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT CARE

  • 8-1. INTRODUCTION

  • 8-2. THE SURGICAL EXPERIENCE

• SECTION I. PREOPERATIVE PATIENT CARE

  • 8-3. NURSING IMPLICATIONS

  • 8-4. PREPARING THE PATIENT FOR SURGERY

  • 8-5. DOCUMENT NURSING MEASURES

• SECTION II. THE INTRAOPERATIVE PHASE

  • 8-6. THE SURGICAL TEAM

  • 8-7. MAJOR CLASSIFICATIONS OF ANESTHETIC AGENTS

  • 8-8. SELECTION OF AN ANESTHETIC AGENT

  • 8-9. REASONS FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION

• SECTION III. RECOVERY ROOM CARE

  • 8-10. THE RECOVERY ROOM

  • 8-11. RESPIRATORY DISTRESS

  • 8-12. PREVENTION OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS

  • 8-13. HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK

  • 8-14. DETECTION OF PENDING HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK

  • 8-15. GENERAL NURSING CARE OF A PATIENT IN THE RECOVERY ROOM

• SECTION IV. POSTOPERATIVE PATIENT CARE

  • 8-16. RECEIVING THE POST-OP PATIENT

  • 8-17. THE EFFECTS OF ANESTHESIA

  • 8-18. OTHER POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

  • 8-19. WOUND COMPLICATIONS

  • 8-20. WOUND CLOSURES AND HEALING

  • 8-21. FACTORS WHICH MAY IMPAIR WOUND HEALING

  • 8-22. WOUND DRAINS

  • 8-23. POSTOPERATIVE PATIENT CARE ACCORDING TO BODY SYSTEM

  • 8-24. GENERAL POSTOPERATIVE NURSING IMPLICATIONS

  • 8-25. CLOSING

• EXERCISE

• SOLUTIONS