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Juta’s Manual of Nursing (Volume 2) — Practical Manual
Author/s: SM Mogotlane (Editor), I Manaka-Mkwanazi, JD Mokoena, ME Chauke, A Young (Consulting editor)
Edition: First
Published: 2004
ISBN: 9780702156663
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 352 pages
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2004 R270.00

 
 
About this publication:
Volume 2 of Juta’s Manual of Nursing provides a framework for the development of competencies in practical skills in nursing practice. This practical manual serves as a companion to Juta’s Manual of Nursing (Volume 1), which deals with the principles and theory of nursing care, but can also be used in conjunction with any other basic nursing text and in a variety of courses outside of the FNS, GNS and ENA courses.
 
The book begins with an overview of the manual and an explanation of the main features contained in each of the nursing skills, detailing the framework and concepts that are applied throughout the manual. Thereafter, the manual is divided into sections, according to the grouping of the skills.
Contents:
  • Section 1: Introduction
  • Introduction to nursing
  • Section 2: Providing an environment conducive to the care and recovery of patients
  • Admitting the patient to the health care environment
  • Preparing and maintaining the health care environment
  • Hygiene and grooming
  • Section 3: Providing nursing care to support activities for daily living
  • Nutrition
  • Oxygen therapy
  • Mobility and exercise
  • Elimination
  • Comfort
  • Section 4: Providing nursing care to support vital physiological functions
  • Monitoring vital signs
  • Fluid and electrolyte balance
  • Administration of medicine
  • Wound care
  • Section 5: Facilitating the implementation of treatment
  • Collecting and handling of specimens
  • Diagnostic studies
  • Section 6: Providing nursing care in special situations
  • Nursing care in special situations
  • Peri-operative nursing management
  • Nursing care of the unconscious patient
  • Nursing management of the disorientated patient
  • Appendices
  • Reference list
  • Index
Of interest to:
  • Nursing students studying FNS and GNS courses in the first year of the basic course at both university and nursing college level
  • Enrolled nursing auxiliaries
Key benefits:

Each skill or group of skills is dealt with as follows:

  • Learning outcomes
  • Prerequisite knowledge and/or understanding required for the activity
  • Rationale for the activity
  • Equipment and/or resources required for the activity
  • Specific practice guidelines related to the activity (implementation; accountability and responsibility; and ethical/professional aspects, e.g. Batho Pele principles)
  • Client/patient education related to the activity
Author details:
Professor Sophie Mogotlane is Head of the Department of Health Studies at the University of South Africa. The authors are highly respected educators and practitioners. Their years of working and teaching in this field are reflected in this practical manual.
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