Overview

Employing an evidence-based approach, this comprehensive textbook introduces the core clinical skills and competencies a newly-qualified nurse is required to have for professional practice. It is divided into five broad sections looking at: Care and compassion and communication, including personal care and pain assessment Essential skills, including observations, monitoring and emergency management Organisational aspects of care, including moving and handling, and wound care Safety and protection, including medicine management and infection control Nutrition and fluid balance, including hydration and nutrition. Designed to allow readers to develop and enhance their clinical skills with one key textbook, each chapter contains learning outcomes, recommendations for practice, case studies, activities, ‘clinical significance’ highlights and step-by-step guides to important procedures. This invaluable clinical skills textbook is an essential reference for pre-registration nursing students of all fields of nursing.

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Author:   Tina Moore (Middlesex University, UK) ,  Sheila Cunningham (Middlesex University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.360kg
ISBN:  

9781138791190

ISBN 10:   1138791199
Pages:   624
Publication Date:   22 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Professional Role of the Nurse Part 1: Care and Compassion and Communication 2. Communication 3. Personal care 4. Elimination 5. Pain Assessment and Management 6. End of Life Care Part 2: Essential skills 7. Observations and Monitoring (vital signs) 8. Monitoring and Interpreting 9. Oxygenation 10. Emergency Management of the Patient and Resuscitation Part 3: Organisational aspects of care 11. Moving and Handling 12. Wound Care 13. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care 14. Tracheostomy Care Part 4: Safety and Protection 15. Infection Control 16. Safe and Accurate Administration of Medicines Part 5: Nutrition and Fluid balance 17. Nutrition 18. Hydration and Fluid Balance

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Tina Moore is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Middlesex University, UK. She teaches nursing assessment, clinical skills and care interventions for both pre-qualifying and post-qualifying nurses. She is also a Middlesex University Teaching Fellow. Sheila Cunningham is an Associate Professor in Adult Nursing at Middlesex University, UK. She has a breadth of experience teaching nurses both pre- and post-registration and she supports mentors supporting students in practice. She is also a Middlesex University Teaching Fellow and holds a Principal Fellowship at the Higher Education Academy. She is currently programme leader for the BSc European nursing and is passionate about the future of nursing and nurse education.

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