Handbook of Pediatric and Postpartum Home Care Procedures
- ISBN-10
- 0815138199
- ISBN-13
- 9780815138198
- Category
- Home nursing
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-10
- Author
- Robyn Rice
Description
HANDBOOK OF PEDIATRIC AND POSTPARTUM HOME CARE ROCEDURES provides a complete, up-to-date compilation of the most common pediatric and postpartum procedures undertaken in the home care setting. Condensed from Manual of Pediatric and Postpartum Home Care Procedures, the handbook includes sections on infection control, assessment procedures, maternal-newborn procedures, medical-surgical procedures, and IV therapy procedures. Each procedure lists the purpose, general information, the equipment required, the steps of the procedure, special nursing considerations including pertinent nursing precautions or useful educational tips, and documentation guidelines. Illustrations clarify text and show how procedures are performed. * Provides detailed descriptions of each procedure in a straightforward style, making it clear and easy for the nurse to understand how to carry out pediatric procedures in the home setting * Uses a stop sign logo in the equipment section of most procedures to alert the home care nurse to standard/universal precautions which must be followed. * Part I provides detailed guidelines for infection control in the home that make the procedures easy to implement. * Part II, Medical-Surgical Procedures, includes information on precise assessment and technical care, including specific chapters on assessment, IV therapy, medications, and therapeutic care. * Part III, Postpartum Procedures, includes procedures on apnea monitoring, bottle feeding, breast care, breast feeding, circumcision care, home phototherapy, and perineal care to assist the home care nurse with these unique procedures. * Includes illustrations that show the proper way to perform procedures. * Provides a comprehensive reference list and bibliography as a further resource for the reader who needs additional information. * Presents procedures that have been edited and reviewed by experienced pediatric home care nurses to make this a quality resource for users.
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