Contents : Admitting,transfer,and discharge -- Communication -- Reporting and recording -- Safety -- Disaster preparedness -- Comfort -- End of life care/palliative care -- Medical asepsis -- Sterile technique -- Body mechanics,transfer,and positioning -- Exercise and ambulation -- Orthopedic measure s -- Support surface and special beds -- Personal hygiene and bed making -- Pressure ulcer care -- Care of eye and ear prostheses -- Vital signs -- Health history and physical examination -- Preparing for medication administration -- Oral and topical medications -- Parenteral medication -- Oxygen therapy -- Performing chest physiotherapy -- Airway management -- Closed chest drainage systems -- Emergency measures for life support -- Intravenous therapy -- Blood transfusion -- Oral nutrition -- Enteral nutrition -- Perenteral nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Bowell elimination and gastric intubation -- Ostomy care -- Preoperative and postoperative care -- Wound care and irrigations --- Dressing -- Binders and bandages -- Hot and cold therapy -- Home care safety -- Home care teaching --Specimen collection -- Diagnostic procedures.