Practical nursing skills for beginners you can trust
This no-nonsense guide teaches essential nursing procedures and first aid for high‑school students and beginner caregivers. It focuses on shaping safe, confident care in real rooms and homes, with demonstrations that show how to move, bathe, comfort, and monitor a patient.
This edition organizes core skills from planning a sick room to basic bedside care. It covers setting up the space, moving and lifting patients, Bed making, preparing a patient for the night, managing comfort, baths and hair care, temperature and pulse basics, medication handling, wound care, bandaging, first aid, and common emergencies. Clear, step‑by‑step demonstrations help learners practice techniques in a classroom or home setting.
You’ll learn to:
- Prepare and maintain a clean, safe sick room and the tools you’ll use
- Move, lift, and carry a patient with proper technique
- Perform bed making, baths, and basic patient comfort adjustments
- Take simple measurements like temperature and pulse and keep simple records
- Administer medicines safely and apply external treatments
- Respond to emergencies with practical first aid steps
Ideal for students, teachers, caregivers, and anyone starting out in nursing skills or at‑home care.
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Vendeur : Forgotten Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book, intended for young girls and women, provides instruction on caring for the sick and advice on treating common emergencies. The author's primary goal was to enable girls to help care for their families, especially in cases where they had limited access to medical care. The author covers hygiene, ventilation, and the spread of disease, focusing on cleanliness to prevent the transmission of illness. The book also provides detailed instructions for performing basic nursing procedures, such as making a bed and taking a temperature, as well as how to prepare a patient for the night and make them comfortable. The author emphasizes the importance of hygiene and disinfection in preventing the spread of disease, advocating for methods that were advanced for their time. This book offers a glimpse into the state of healthcare and nursing practices in the early 20th century and provides valuable insights into how people approached the care of the sick and the promotion of health. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781330543917_0
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Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur LW-9781330543917
Quantité disponible : 15 disponible(s)
Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur LW-9781330543917
Quantité disponible : 15 disponible(s)