Virtual clinical excursions--general hospital : for deWit : Fundamental concepts and skills for nursing, fourth edition / prepared by Kim D. Cooper ; software developed by Wolfsong Informatics, LLC
- Author
- Cooper, Kim D.
- Additional Titles
- Virtual clinical excursions, Pacific View Regional Hospital
- Published
- Maryland Heights, Mo. : Elsevier/Saunders, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Physical Description
- vi, 210 pages : illustrations, forms ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Additional Creators
- DeWit, Susan C. and Wolfsong Informatics
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Getting Set Up -- A Quick Tour -- A Detailed Tour -- Reducing Medication Errors -- Lessons -- Lesson 1 Priority Setting and Goal Development (Chapters 2, 4, 5, and 26) -- Lesson 2 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (Chapters 4, 5, and 28) -- Lesson 3 Communication and the Nurse-Patient Relationship (Chapters 7 and 8) -- Lesson 4 Documentation of Nursing Care (Chapter 7) -- Lesson 5 Patient Teaching (Chapter 9) -- Lesson 6 Nursing Care of the Elderly: Common Physical Care Issues (Chapters 13, 18, 40, and 41) -- Lesson 7 Nursing Care of the Elderly: Psychosocial Care (Chapters 11, 13, and 41) -- Lesson 8 Loss, Grief, and the Dying Patient (Chapters 14 and 15) -- Lesson 9 Pain, Comfort, and Sleep (Chapters 14, 31, and 32) -- Lesson 10 Activity, Mobility, and Skin Care (Chapters 17, 18, 19, 38, and 39) -- Lesson 11 Vital Signs, Health Status Assessment, and Data Collection (Chapters 5, 21, and 22) -- Lesson 12 Diagnostic Testing and Specimen Collection (Chapter 24) -- Lesson 13 Nutrition, Fluid, and Electrolytes (Chapters 25, 26, and 27) -- Lesson 14 Promoting Respiration and Oxygenation (Chapters 25 and 28) -- Lesson 15 Promoting Urinary and Bowel Elimination (Chapters 29 and 30) -- Lesson 16 Preparation for Drug Administration (Chapters 33 and 34) -- Lesson 17 Oral Medication Administration (Chapters 33 and 34) -- Lesson 18 Administering Injections and Topical Medications (Chapters 34 and 35) -- Lesson 19 Caring for Patients Receiving Intravenous Therapy (Chapter 36) -- Lesson 20 Care of the Surgical Patient: Pre- and Intraoperative Care (Chapter 37).
- Summary
- Virtual clinical excursions (VCE) is a workbook/CD-ROM package that accompanies many Elsevier nursing textbooks. The workbook guides users through Pacific View Regional Hospital, a virtual hospital setting, where one can learn communication, documentation, assessment, and safe medication VCE offers a hands-on learning experience to help nurses improve both clinical judgement and critical thinking skills while interacting with a number of virtual patients.
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781455753901
1455753904 - Note
- Description based on surrogate.
- Technical Details
- System requirements for Windows: Windows Vista®, XP, 2000 (recommend Windows XP/2000); Pentium III processor or equivalent at 600 MHz (recommend 800 MHz or better); 256 MB of RAM (recommend 1 GB or more); 800 x 600 screen size (recommend 1024 x 768); Thousands of colors; 12x CD-ROM drive; Stereo speakers or headphones.
System requirements for Macintosh: MAC OS X (up to 10.6.1), Apple Power PC G3 at 500 MHz or better; 128 MB of RAM (recommend 256 MB or more); 800 x 600 screen size (recommend 1024 x 768); Thousands of colors; 12x CD-ROM drive; Stereo speakers or headphones. - Complexity Note
- Accompanies: Fundamental concepts and skills for nursing / Susan C. deWit, 4th ed., c2014.
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