Venepuncture and Cannulation (Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses)

✍ Scribed by Sarah Phillips, Mary Collins, Lisa Dougherty

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 323
Series: Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Venepuncture and cannulation are the most commonly performed invasive procedures in the UK, and are everyday procedures in health care practice. Venepuncture and Cannulation is a practical guide to these procedures. It assumes no prior knowledge and equips nurses and other health professionals with the clinical skills and knowledge they need in order to confidently perform venepuncture and cannulation in both hospital and community settings.Explores relevant anatomy and physiologyCovers education and training, as well as legal and ethical issuesConsiders potential complications, and patient perspectivesProvides guidance on the selection of the appropriate vein and equipment, and common blood tests

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