Mosby's Nursing Skills CD-ROM - Student Version 2.0, 1e [CD-ROM]

Patricia A. Potter (Author), Anne Griffin Perry (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 032304137X | ISBN-13: 978-0323041379 | Publication Date: July 7, 2005

This set of 8 user-friendly and visually engaging CD-ROMs includes 126 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills essential for practice. Real nurses provide clear, step-by-step demonstrations of how to perform these key nursing skills in real-life clinical situations. Mosby's Nursing Skills CD-ROM 2.0 - Student Version is the most engaging study tool available for learning how to perform key nursing skills!

• Includes 126 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills performed by real nurses on a set of 8 CD-ROMs.
  
• Provides clear demonstrations of how to perform key nursing procedures in real-life clinical situations.
  
• Important concepts are highlighted throughout including delegation, critical thinking, standard CDC precautions, and communication techniques.

• Interactive exercises for each skill provide an easy self-evaluation component.
  
• Enhanced interface is more user-friendly and allows students to minimize the program.
  
• Digitally re-mastered videos deliver a crisper, smoother presentation.

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About the Author

Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, CMAC, FAAN, Research Scientist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO; and Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, Chair, Department of Primary Care & Health Systems Nursing, Southern Illinois University, School of Nursing, Edwardsville, IL

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Mosby (July 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 032304137X
• ISBN-13: 978-0323041379
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #493,599 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE FOR ALL BEGINNING NURSES, June 17, 2006

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Melanie Sparrow - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mosby's Nursing Skills CD-ROM - Student Version 2.0, 1e (CD-ROM)

These are MUST haves for any beginning nurse in any field RN, CNA, PCT and LPN. Mosby's Nurisng Skills CD-ROM 2.0 for Mac or Windows. There are 8 CD-Roms included that cover 126 basic, intermediate and advanced skills. It's like having a personal tutor. You actually view REAL nursing performing skills like Bathing, Bedmaking, Body Mechanics, exercise, measurements, elimination, nurtrition, fluids, safety and restraints, preventing and treating pressure ulcers, enteral nutrition, IV fluids, Ostomy Care, Oxygenation, Pre & postoperative Nursing care, specimen collection, urinary catheter management, suctioning, nonparenteral medications administration and vascular access. A MUST HAVE IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF YOUR SKILLS OR ARE A VISUAL LEARNER.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars CD's used--as expensive as new! :(, September 14, 2008

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Lydia A. Howard - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mosby's Nursing Skills CD-ROM - Student Version 2.0, 1e (CD-ROM)

All the CD's work but I am disappointed that they cost almost the same as a new set of them.