Clinical Nursing Skills: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning, Volume 3 - Revised 2nd Edition - Tapa dura

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Barbara Callahan, MEd, RN, NCC, CHSE Barbara Callahan is currently an Associate Degree Nursing Lead Instructor and coordinates simulation lab and clinical throughout the nursing curriculum at Lenoir Community College in Kinston, North Carolina. Her clinical background is concentrated in critical care and emergency care. As a Nurse Educator, she has been the North Carolina State Training and Education Coordinator with the North Carolina Public Health Office of Preparedness and Response, the Continuing Education Coordinator for the Southwest Georgia AHEC, a Critical Care Transport clinician and the educator for a network of hospitals in southwest Georgia, and the Hospital Education Coordinator for the Medical Nursing Division at the University of Alabama Hospital. As a Nurse Manager, she has provided leadership for a Medical/Surgical Department, an Emergency Department, and a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit. She maintains licensure/certification as a professional mental health counselor. As a speaker, she has provided a variety of presentations at state, regional, and local conferences in Florida, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina. She has participated in research projects targeting quality improvement of programs available for ongoing continuing education and nurses returning to active practice. Through pairing imagination and creativity with simulation technology, she has developed and implemented an assortment of educational activities and clinical experiences for nursing students including a simulation clinical site for all levels of students each semester, an emergency shelter site exercise, and a Within Prime Time rapid recognition and response program.

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Clinical Nursing Skills: A Concept-Based Approach, Volume III, 2^nd edition is designed to meet the specific needs and approach of concept-based nursing programs in teaching key nursing skills. Clinical Nursing Skills: A Concept-based Approach is the third volume in a three-volume concept-based textbook series and presents more than 435 of the most important skills performed by nurses including common variations. This second edition has been revised, restructured, and updated to reflect the most current nursing practices and standards.

 

Each skill is characterized by an overarching concept and is presented in exceptional step-by-step detail with beautiful, real-life illustrations, which help students visualize exactly how each skill is completed.