Basic Clinical Nursing Skills Abraham Alano, B.Sc., M.P.H. Hawassa University
PREFACE Nursing is core part in health service delivery system in which health promotion, disease prevention; curative and rehabilitative health strategies are applied. The clinical nursing skills for the nurses are of paramount important not only to provide comprehensive care but also enhance clinical competence. The purpose of preparing this lecture note is to equip nurses with basic clinical nursing skills, which will enable them to dispatch their responsibility as well as to develop uniformity among Ethiopian Professional Nurse Training Higher Institutions. The lecture note series is designed to have two parts: part-I is composed of most basic clinical skills, where as part two will be covering most advances clinical skills as well as fundamental concepts related to the skills. It is well known that no nursing service can be provided with out basic clinical nursing skills. For nurse to provide health service at different settings; hospital, health center, health post and at the community level including home based care for chronically sick patients, the course is very essential. It is also hoped that other primary and middle level health professional training institution will utilize the lecture notes to rational exercise the professional skills. The lecture note is therefore organized in logical manner that students can learn from simpler to the complex. It is divided in to units and chapters. Important abbreviations and key terminologies
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