Foundation Clinical Nursing Skills

Foundation Clinical Nursing Skills

Author: Charles Docherty

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2009-03-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780199534456

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This new textbook teaches first year nursing students how to perform fundamental nursing skills and why to perform them in that way, integrating best practice, biological knowledge and clinical evidence. The step-by-step procedures, colour illustrations, and realistic scenarios from all nursing branches help readers prepare for placements.


Developing Practical Nursing Skills

Developing Practical Nursing Skills

Author: Nicola Neale

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-05-05

Total Pages: 871

ISBN-13: 1000528146

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Developing Practical Nursing Skills helps you learn and perfect the practical skills required to become a qualified nurse. Adopting a patient-focused and caring approach, this essential text helps you integrate nursing values alongside physical skills in your daily practice. Now in its fifth edition, the text takes into account the NMC standards of proficiency and is relevant to nurses across all fields. Key features of the book include: i) New chapters on mental health assessment and end-of-life care, along with expanded content on sleep, pain and medication management. ii) Full-colour text design with clear illustrations and clinical photographs to aid visual learning. iii) Reader-friendly style with learning outcomes, activities and reflection points to help you link theory to practice. iv) Scenarios from a range of settings, including community, mental health and learning disabilities nursing. v) A focus on adults and young people, and with 'pointers' on caring for children and pregnant women to promote a lifespan approach. This is a complete clinical skills resource for all pre-registration nursing students. It is also a useful text for nursing associate and healthcare support workers.


Clinical Nursing Skills

Clinical Nursing Skills

Author: Ruth Endacott

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2009-04-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780199237838

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Designed as a compelling text for students, Clinical Nursing Skills offers evidence-based, practical guidance for procedures in all settings. Emphasis is placed on the development of decision-making and problem-solving skills. It is enhanced by colour illustrations and online resources, including video clips and quarterly updates to evidence.


Timby's Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts

Timby's Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts

Author: Loretta A. Moreno

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2020-10-01

Total Pages: 1816

ISBN-13: 1975141776

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Help your LPN/LVN students develop the understanding and clinical skills necessary for effective practice in today’s challenging health care environments with this trusted authority. Timby’s Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts, Twelfth Edition continues a tradition of excellence in preparing LPN/LVN students for success throughout their nursing education and into clinical practice. This approachable resource gives students a solid foundation in theoretical nursing concepts, step-by-step skills and procedures, and clinical applications while encouraging them to apply philosophical concepts focusing on the human experience. Filled with engaging learning tools that promote critical thinking, this new edition has been fully updated to reflect current medical and nursing practice and features visually enticing photos and illustrations that bring the information to life to reinforce learning.


Applying Nursing Process

Applying Nursing Process

Author: Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2012-12-03

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1609136977

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Because principles of nursing process are the building blocks for all care models, the nursing process is the first model nurses need to learn to “think like a nurse.” This trusted resource provides the practical guidance needed to understand and apply each phase of the nursing process, with an increased emphasis on developing both critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills. With an easy-to-follow and engaging writing style, the author provides strategies, tools, and abundant examples to help nurses develop the skills they need to thrive in today’s complex health care setting.


Nursing Skills in Professional and Practice Contexts

Nursing Skills in Professional and Practice Contexts

Author: Tina Moore

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-11-28

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1351065602

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Quick and easy to reference, this short, clinically focused guide is ideal for use on placements or for revision. The professional role of the nurse is at the very foundation of good care management and provision. Nurses are accountable to patients, the public, employers and their entire profession. It is imperative that you have a sound understanding of the various ethical, legal and professional issues you will face during your career. This competency-based text covers: Professional issues and accountability Communication The patient journey Diagnostic testing Care planning Managing and leading in the clinical environment End-of-life care Outlining relevant key concepts, lifespan matters, assessment and nursing skills, it also helps you learn by including learning outcomes, concept map summaries, activities, questions and scenarios with sample answers, and critical reflection thinking points. It is suitable for pre-registration nurses, students on the nursing associate programme and newly qualified nurses.


Professional Skills in Nursing

Professional Skills in Nursing

Author: Rita Debnath

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2009-10-21

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1446206114

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"Students will find Rita Debnath′s Professional Skills in Nursing a great introduction to the challenges of developing their clinical skills." - Mike Parkinson, Edinburgh Napier University What do I need to learn in order to progress through my course? How do I achieve the best possible patient-care? Professional Skills for Nurses answers both of these questions and supports the development of key nursing skills underpinned by theory. Designed specifically to meet the needs of nursing students in the initial stages of training, the book focuses on the essential knowledge and skills needed for effective patient-care while at the same time helping students to achieve the NMC outcomes required for entry into branch programmes. Each chapter focuses on a key aspect of nursing care backed up with - practical tips, - examples drawn from all branches of nursing, and - a range of study activities to help you reflect on your learning and get the most from practice placements. Key themes in healthcare such as ethics, evidence-based practice and health promotion are discussed throughout the book, highlighting how these relate to everyday nursing practice. Focusing on the core skills covered in the initial stages of training, Professional Skills in Nursing is the ideal introduction for students during the Common Foundation Programme.


Photo Guide of Nursing Skills

Photo Guide of Nursing Skills

Author: Sandra Fucci Smith

Publisher: Prentice Hall Health

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 852

ISBN-13:

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For Fundamentals and Skills courses. This photo atlas provides a full-color presentation of all basic and intermediate skills for fundamental-level students. Its unique and easy-to-use format presents each procedure in logical steps complete with appropriate illustrations, descriptions, and rationales. A critical thinking section focuses on unexpected outcomes when performing skills, and encourages students to problem solve in a clinical context using alternative nursing actions.


Applying Nursing Process

Applying Nursing Process

Author: Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780781774086

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This trusted resource combines the practical guidance students need to understand each phase of the nursing process with an emphasis on critical thinking, focusing on both independent and collaborative responsibilities facing today's nurses. Using straightforward language, abundant examples, and real case scenarios, the book addresses the nurse's role as a caregiver and decision-maker in a range of settings—from clinic to the home, community, research, and acute care arenas. A new focus and design help readers build essential critical thinking and problem solving skills and apply them within the nursing process framework. A companion Website provides a variety of tools such as patient self-assessment tool, clinical decision map, NCLEX� resources, and much more.