Mastering Clinical Procedures: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals

This authoritative text, edited by Theresa M. Campo DNP FNP-C ENP-BC FAANP and Keith A. Lafferty MD FAAEM, provides a step-by-step, well-illustrated introduction to common clinical procedures for healthcare professionals. This user-friendly guide covers 77 clinical procedures, ranging from frequently performed to infrequently used, in emergency, urgent, and primary care settings.

What’s New in the Third Edition

This heavily updated edition includes:

• 16 new chapters covering a plethora of newly added procedures, incorporating an interprofessional approach to performing procedures
• Extensively updated and expanded previous chapters
• New illustrative videos
• A corresponding list of CPT codes

Key Features

This comprehensive guide delivers:

• Current, concise, step-by-step information for performing 77 commonly and less commonly used clinical procedures
• Abundant four-color photos and figures illustrating each procedure
• Organization by body system for fast access to key information
• Point of care ultrasound guided procedures to enhance accuracy
• A thorough introduction to sonography as an important tool to enhance procedural accuracy
• LATEST guidelines and evidence-based practice
• Prominently displayed links to numerous videos throughout the text
• 12 months free digital access with print purchase

Discover the Benefits

Mastering clinical procedures is crucial for healthcare professionals to provide high-quality patient care. This text offers:

• Clear language with step-by-step detail organized by system-specific categories for easy access to information
• Background considerations, indications, and contraindications for performing each procedure
• Technique for safe and correct performance, special considerations, complications, post-procedure considerations, and patient education points
• Original photos, videos, high-quality sonographic footage, line drawings, and tables to reinforce guidelines and procedures
• “Clinical Pearls” offering practical applications of key information representing years of clinical technical experience
• Extensive references at the end of each chapter to further enhance the book’s utility

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Publication Details:

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Language: English
• Pages: 702
• ISBN-10: 0826141048
• ISBN-13: 978-0826141040