Clinical skills for healthcare assistants /

Ingram, Paula, 1969-

Clinical skills for healthcare assistants / Paula Ingram and Irene Lavery. - Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. - viii, 290 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Accountability issues and role development -- Communication in healthcare -- Psychological care -- Documentation and record keeping -- Pulse -- Blood pressure monitoring -- Thermometry -- Pulse oximetry -- Respiratory care -- Urinalysis and faecal occult blood -- Urinary catheterisation and catheter care -- Venepuncture -- Blood glucose monitoring -- Fluid balance and intravenous (IV) management -- Medication -- Peripheral intravenous (IV) cannulation -- Recording a 12 lead ECG (electrocardiogram).

9780470510711 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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