From basic nursing processes to advanced clinical capabilities. Taylor’s Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach helps students master the patient interaction, clinical reasoning, and communication skills essential to safe and effective person-centered care.
 
Part of Wolters Kluwer’s comprehensive nursing fundamentals solution, this approachable text builds on the world-renowned coverage of Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Patient-Centered Care, 9th Edition to ready students for the rigors of daily nursing routines and the unexpected challenges that await students in clinical practice with detailed interventions that span the full spectrum of nursing. Step-by-step, evidence-based guidelines walk students through common practices and simplify complex procedures, accompanied by key considerations for documentation, delegation, and unexpected situations. 
 
Features
 

• Step-by-Step Skills are presented in a concise, straightforward, and simplified two-column format facilitating competent performance of nursing skills.
• Unexpected Situations highlight abnormal outcomes while providing explanations of how to react to provide the best care.
• Evidence for Practice boxes present current best practice guidelines and up-to-date research relevant to the skills.
• A Nursing Process Framework integrates related nursing responsibilities for each of the five steps.
• Skill Variations provide clear, start-to-finish instructions for variations in equipment or technique.
• Documentation Guidelines direct students in accurate documentation of skills and findings.
• Scientific Rationales accompany each nursing action to promote a deeper understanding of the basic principles supporting nursing care.
• Hand Hygiene icons alert students to this crucial step that prevents the spread of microorganisms.
• Patient Identification icons help students ensure the right patient receives the intervention and prevent errors.
• Delegation Considerations assist students in developing the critical decision-making skills needed to transfer responsibility for the performance of an activity to another individual.