18. Gastric Aspiration
Learning outcomes By the end of this section, you should know how to: ▪ prepare and support the patient for this nursing practice ▪ collect and prepare the equipment ▪…
13. Eardrops: Instillation of
Learning outcomes By the end of this section, you should know how to: ▪ prepare the patient for this nursing practice ▪ collect and prepare the equipment ▪ instil drops…
7. Bone Marrow Aspiration
Learning outcomes By the end of this section, you should know how to: ▪ prepare the patient for this procedure ▪ collect and prepare the equipment ▪ assist the medical…
9. Care of the Deceased Person
Learning outcomes By the end of this section, you should know how to: ▪ care for a deceased person. Background knowledge required Revision of local policy on the care of…
5. Blood Transfusion
Learning outcomes By the end of this section, you should know how to: ▪ prepare and support the patient receiving a blood component ▪ collect a blood component ▪ undertake…
4. Blood Pressure
Learning outcomes By the end of this section, you should know how to: ▪ prepare the patient for this nursing practice ▪ collect and prepare the equipment ▪ assess, measure,…
3. Blood Glucose Monitoring
Learning outcomes By the end of this section, you should know how to: ▪ collect and prepare the equipment ▪ prepare the patient for this nursing practice ▪ carry out…
1. Frameworks for Practice
Introduction Nursing, as Jamieson et al (2002) suggest, is constantly evolving in an effort to meet the demands of health care in the 21st century. Central to that process is…
