This pocket-sized book provides step-by-step instructions on how to carry out advanced clinical skills such as medicine administration, giving transfusions, catheterisation, and other key skills across both acute and community settings. It is ideal for second and third year students and has been updated for the 2018 NMC standards, including the most up-to-date evidence base for the procedures.Each section features:

Chapter 1: Introduction and General Considerations - Wendy Wright and Fiona EverettChapter 2: Basic Airway Management - Sophie NewcombeChapter 3: Advanced Airway Management - Kamal Dhindsa Chapter 4: Lung Sounds - Kamal Dhindsa Chapter 5: Oxygen Therapy - Karen ElliottChapter 6: Nebulisers - Karen ElliottChapter 6: Venepuncture - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallumChapter 7: Peripheral IV Cannulation - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallumChapter 8: Intravenous Fluids - Meghan Bateson and Lizanne Hamilton-SmithChapter 9: Blood Transfusion - Sally Richardson and Karen ElliottChapter 10: Central Venous Access Devices - Kamal Dhindsa Chapter 11: ECG - Meghan Bateson and Lizanne Hamilton-SmithChapter 12: Resuscitation - Emily Marron and Sophie NewcombeChapter 13: Neurological Examination - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallumChapter 14: Medicines Administration - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum Chapter 15: Bowel Sounds - Winnie McGarry and Caroline MacCallum Chapter 16: Gastric Aspiration - Sue McGrouther and Julie OrrChapter 17: Enteral Feeding - Mark Molesworth and Moira DaleChapter 18: Removal of Sutures and Staples - Francina HyattChapter 19: Urinary Catheterisation - Fiona Lundie and Debbie McCraw Chapter 20: Urinalysis Interpretation - Fiona Lundie and Debbie McGraw Chapter 21: Sepsis - Lizanne Hamilton-Smith and Meghan Bateson