"Adapted from Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 9th edition, by Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter, and Wendy R. Ostendorf."--Title page verso. Contributors Christina Hurlock-Chorostecki, Rosemary Kohr, and Maureen Loft, are UWO faculty members.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Supporting the patient through the health care system -- Infection control -- Vital signs and physical assessment -- Special procedures -- Activity and mobility -- Safety and comfort -- Hygiene -- Medications -- Oxygenation -- Fluid balance -- Nutrition -- Elimination -- Care of the surgical patient -- Dressings and wound care -- Nursing in the community.