Includes bibliographical references and index.

Asepsis and infection control -- Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Safety -- Medications -- Perioperative nursing -- Hygiene -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Activity -- Comfort and pain management -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Oxygenation -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance -- Cardiovascular care -- Laboratory specimen collection -- Basic case studies -- Intermediate case studies -- Advanced case studies.

From basic nursing processes to advanced clinical capabilities, "Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach" helps you hone your cognitive, technical, interpersonal, and ethical/legal capabilities and master patient interaction, clinical reasoning, and communication skills essential to safe and effective person-centered care. Step-by-step, evidence-based guidelines walk you through common practices and simplify complex procedures, accompanied by key considerations for documentation, delegation, and other tasks you'll encounter throughout the nursing process, from your first day on the job to every stage of your nursing career. -- From publisher's description.