Mukhina Tarnovskaya theoretical foundations of nursing. Mission and functions of a nurse

PREFACE
The textbook offered to the reader " Practical guide to the subject “Fundamentals of Nursing” by the authors S. A. Mukhina and I. I. Tarnovskaya is the next book after “Theoretical Fundamentals of Nursing”, written by famous authors and addressed to students of medical colleges and medical school students.

The publication of this practical guide to the basic subject of training for nurses is very relevant and timely.
The value of the textbook is that it fully complies with the program of the subject “Fundamentals of Nursing” within the framework of the State educational standard in the specialty "Nursing", the adoption of which made it possible to determine the boundaries of a single educational training space nurses throughout the territory Russian Federation.

The textbook consists of 16 chapters, each of which reveals the most important issues practical activities of nurses. The advantage of the textbook is the detailed chapter “Infection Control”, containing modern methods pros of prevention of nosocomial infections, interesting statistical data new, glossary, tables. What is also new is the introduction of such a section as “Environmental Safety in the Workplace.” nurse" The authors pay great attention to the issues of caring for seriously ill patients. The chapters “Care of stomas” and “Cardiopulmonary resuscitation”, which expand the scope of use of the textbook, are also interesting for specialists. The material is presented in most cases in the form of brief and clearly formulated algorithms for the actions of the nurse. The book is richly illustrated and contains a large number of Figures, diagrams and tables that enhance clarity educational material. The modern content of the textbook, its high methodological level, good literary language make it possible to recommend it not only to students of medical colleges and medical schools, but also to students of higher nursing education faculties, as well as first-year students of medical and pediatric faculties of medical universities of the Russian Federation.

N. I. VOLODIN

Deputy Head of the Department of Scientific and educational institutions Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

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ISBN: ISBN 5-85895-038-4

Year of publication: 2002

Pages: 352

Russian language

Offered to the reader is the textbook “Practical Guide to the Subject “Fundamentals of Nursing”; authors S.A. Mukhina and I.I. Tarnovskaya - this is the next after “Theoretical foundations of nursing”; a book written by famous authors and addressed to medical college students and medical school students.

The publication of this practical guide to the basic subject of nursing training is very relevant and timely. The value of the textbook is that it fully complies with the program of the subject “Fundamentals of Nursing” within the framework of the State educational standard for the specialty “Nursing”, the adoption of which made it possible to determine the boundaries of a single educational space for the training of nurses throughout the Russian Federation.

The textbook consists of 16 chapters, each of which reveals the most important problems in the practical activities of nurses. The advantage of the textbook is the detailed chapter “Infection Control”, which contains modern methods of preventing nosocomial infections, interesting statistics, a glossary, and tables.

The introduction of such a section as “Environmental safety in the nurse’s workplace” is also new. The authors pay great attention to the issues of caring for seriously ill patients.

The chapters “Foot Care” and “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation”, which expand the scope of use of the textbook, are also interesting for specialists. The material is presented in most cases in the form of brief and clearly formulated algorithms for the actions of the nurse. The book is richly illustrated and contains a large number of drawings, diagrams and tables that enhance the clarity of the educational material.

The modern content of the textbook “Practical guide to the subject “Fundamentals of Nursing”, its high methodological level, good literary language make it possible to recommend it not only to students of medical colleges and medical schools, but also to students of faculties of higher nursing education, as well as first-year students of medical and pediatric faculties of medical universities of the Russian Federation.

Contents of the textbook

Chapter 1: Infection Control

1.1. Problem inside hospital infection
1.2. Prevention of nosocomial infections
1.3. Infection control

Chapter 2. Nurse safety in the workplace
2.1. Exercise stress
2.2. Toxic substances
2.3. Irradiation
2.4. Infections

Chapter 3. Admission of a patient to a medical institution
3.1. Responsibilities of nursing staff in the admission department
3.2. Reception and registration of patients
3.3. Sanitary treatment of the patient
3.4. Transporting the patient to the department

Chapter 4. Assisting the patient in personal hygiene and elimination of waste products
4.1. Principles of care
4.2. Making the bed (changing bed linen)
4.3. Placing the patient in bed
4.4. Assisting the patient in removing and putting on clothing
4.5. Skin care. Prevention of bedsores
4.6. Combing the patient's hair
4.7. Care of the oral cavity, teeth, dentures
4.8. Shaving the patient
4.9. Hand and foot care
4.10. Help with physiological functions

Chapter 5. Assessment of functional status
5.1. Body temperature measurement
5.2. Pulse study
5.3. Blood pressure measurement
5.4. Patient training in blood pressure measurement
5.5. Determination of the number of respiratory movements

Chapter 6. Simple physiotherapeutic procedures. Hirudotherapy. Oxygen therapy
6.1. Mustard plasters
6.2. Banks
6.3. Warmer
6.4. Ice pack
6.5. Compress
6.6. Leeches (hirudotherapy)
6.7. Oxygen therapy

Chapter 7. Probe procedures
7.1. Inserting a tube into the stomach
7.2. Gastric lavage
7.3. Study of gastric secretory function
7.4. Duodenal sounding

Chapter 8. Nutrition and feeding
8.1. Food composition
8.2. Organization of therapeutic nutrition
8.3. Food distribution and feeding
8.4. Artificial nutrition

Chapter 9. Prescription, storage and use medicines
9.1. Prescribing medications for the medical department
9.2. Storage of medicines in the department
9.3. Accounting for medicines in the department
9.4. Routes of drug administration

Chapter 10. Application of a gas outlet tube. Administration of enemas
10.1. Application of gas outlet tube
10.2. Enemas
10.3. Universal precautions for gas tube and enema placement

Chapter 11. Bladder catheterization. Catheter Care
11.1. Bladder catheterization
11.2. Prevention of hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in a patient with an indwelling urethral catheter
11.3. Possible malfunctions in the operation of the catheter-drainage bag system, their elimination
11.4. Urine collection systems (urinals)

Chapter 12. Ostomy care
12.1. Tracheostomy care
12.2. Caring for bowel stomas
12.3. Caring for patients with epicystostomy
12.4. Gastrostomy tube care

Chapter 13. Preparing the patient for laboratory and instrumental research methods
13.1. Collection of sputum for microscopic examination
13.2. Collection of urine for research
13.3. Preparing the patient for urine testing and collecting urine for diagnosing endocrinological diseases
13.4. Preparing the patient for stool examination and collecting material
13.5. Preparing the patient for x-ray and endoscopic examination methods
13.6. Preparing the patient for instrumental research methods

Chapter 14. Anthropometry
14.1. Determining the patient's body weight
14.2. Determination of adult height

Chapter 15. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Removing a foreign body from the respiratory tract
15.1. First aid for respiratory distress for victims outside a medical institution
15.2. First aid for cardiac arrest

Chapter 16. Post-mortem care
16.1. Ascertainment of death
16.2. Post-mortem care

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