Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach

An excellent textbook for nursing students.

Let's face it - that Taylor textbook is HEAVY. In fact, I stuck it on my bathroom scale and it weighed in at 20 lbs. It seems ridiculous to carry that thing to lab just in case I need to reference a couple of skills. This paperback, lighter weight book is the perfect lab reference. It shows some of the skills in more detail than the core text. It has the same line-by-line justification for each action and includes "what if" scenarios. I used this for my first semester nursing skills class much more often than I cracked the core text. Highly recommended.

Praise for Taylor's Skills book!Having gone through nursing school (graduated May 2010 RN now), I was always annoyed at the lack of good skills books on the market. We had to use Potter and Perry through school. P & P wasn't a bad book per se, it was just TOO MUCH INFO! I know, I know, how can too much info be a bad thing? Well, when you fall asleep halfway through reading a skill, that's how. And the lack of pictures was annoying too. Enter Taylor's...fantastic! It is written in such a smooth manner, you will feel like someone is standing next to you, walking you through everything. It is up to date, there are a plethora of pictures, AND you get an access code to watch certain skills online! The layout is perfect, the pages are not paper thin like P & P, and it's a sturdy book. The only complaint I have is that the accompanying CD is bound in the inside front cover. The publisher should put it in the back in the future. You have to cut out the CD package to get the book to fully open up. Kind of annoying, but, that's really the only complaint I have. I am beyond pleased.

I bought this so I could just carry my Kindle and didn't have to lug the textbook around, but soon found out that the writing was too tiny on the reader and now also have it on my ipad. It is really made for an ipad so that it is fully readable, plus it's easier to navigate.

It looks pretty good. I haven’t used it yet but it seems like it will be very helpful. The shipper got it here on time and it’s better than described.

YES. YES. A thousand times yes. When you first start out nursing school, this book is essential in learning skills. The step-by-step pictures/instructions really do help when you're trying to figure out how to insert a foley in theory, obviously once you start doing stuff on the floor things will be a bit different. But having a not-so-foggy picture of what's going down is a great thing.

I used this text for my ASN from Excelsior College and could not have been happier. This text, along with the accompanying Clinical Skills Checklists Workbook, was invaluable to teaching clinical nursing skills needed to pass the CPNE.I can honestly say that, not only were these two texts extremely useful during my training & education, but that I will use these texts to further clarify & develop my nursing skills.

Great purchase, packed with plenty information. Book is very heavy . I’m satisfied