8 Section
Nursing Clinical Skills Nursing
Assessment, medications, wounds, IV, catheters, ostomy, and diabetic care.
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8.2Medication Reconciliation and the Medication Profile
When reconciliation is required, how to do one that finds the discrepancy, and keeping the profile true between visits.
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8.3Wound Etiology and Pressure Injury Staging
Work out what caused the wound before you stage it, the six pressure injury categories, and the wounds that must never be staged.
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8.7Anticoagulation and INR Management
Warfarin teaching points for patients, what to draw and when, bleeding precautions, and the DOAC differences that catch people out.
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8.8Lab Tube Cheat Sheet
Which tube for which test, the two reference labs' different urine containers, and the timing rule for vancomycin troughs.
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8.9Labs, Specimens, and Results Follow-Up
Labelling and transporting specimens, who chases the result, and the handoff that most often fails.