Nursing Student's Clinical Survival Guide

Preface
	Cover
	Copyright
	Acknowledgements
Clinical Survival Guide
	Introduction: Clinical Survival Guide
	1. 24-hour clock
		1. 24-hour clock
	2. Safety in health care
		Safety in health care
		Standard precautions
		Transmission-based precautions
		Use of transmission-based precautions
		Hand hygiene
		Personal protective equipment (PPE)
		Sequence for putting on (PPE)
		Body fluids exposure
		Moving a patient safely
		Falls prevention
		Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention
	3. Medication safety
		Medication safety
		The ‘six rights’ and ‘more’
		Medication orders
		Medication safety requirements
		Intramuscular injection sites
		Medication administration and student nurses
		Abbreviations used in medication administration
		Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) maintenance
		Metric system and symbols
		Drug calculations/formulas
		Drug name endings and related information
		High-risk medicines resource (APINCHS)
		Drugs and antidotes
	4. Oxygen concentration delivery
		4. Oxygen concentration delivery
	5. Fluid balance
		Fluid balance
		Fluid balance safety tips
		Classification of urine output
		Fluid losses
	6. Assessment of the patient
		Assessment of the patient
		Vital signs: normal ranges
		Early warning systems (ADULT)
		Head-to-toe assessment
		Signs of stroke
		Signs of sepsis
		Neurovascular assessment
		Pain assessment
		Common sites of referred pain from various body organs
		The four abdominal quadrants
	7. Blood values
		7. Blood values
	8. Normal values in a urinalysis
		8. Normal values in a urinalysis
	9. Mental health assessment
		9. Mental health assessment
	10. Resuscitation
		Resuscitation
		When to seek help/person review
		CPR
		Basic life support flow chart
		Paediatric advanced cardiovascular life support
		Adult advanced cardiovascular life support
		Choking flow chart
	11. Wound care
		Wound care
		Wound classification
		Wound types
		Phases of wound healing
		Wound assessment
		Classification of wounds for infection
		Pressure injuries
		Pressure injury risk assessment tools
		Pressure injury prevention
		Skin tears
		Wound-care products
		Calculation of ankle/brachial pressure index (ABPI)
	12. Clinical reasoning cycle
		12. Clinical reasoning cycle
	13. Communication
		Communication
		Writing with SOAPIE
	14. Clinical handover
		Clinical handover
		PACE
	15. Time management grid
		15. Time management grid
	16. General abbreviations
		16. General abbreviations
	17. Useful websites
		17. Useful websites
Footnotes