A Handbook for Student Nurses, 2015–16 edition (eBook)

Introducing Key Issues Relevant to Practice

Wendy Benbow, Gill Jordan (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
262 Seiten
Scion Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-908625-36-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The 2015-16 edition of AHandbook for Student Nurses has been brought completely up to date toincorporate the revised 2015 NMC Code, new NMC guidance on raising concerns andon using social media, the duty of candour, and other recent developments inthe health service. References have also been comprehensively updated.The book provides an introduction to the essentialbackground knowledge that pre-registration nursing students need as afoundation for their training. It covers the core of first year nursingstudies:Legal and professional issuesCommunicationValues and health care ethicsReflection and personal developmentEvidence-based practiceStudy skillsMedicine, IV fluid and drug administrationCase studies and examples, activities and reflection pointsall aid learning, while references to legislation, key documents and reports,and website links to relevant organisations provide easy access to coreinformation.A Handbook for StudentNurses is widely recommended in institutions across the UK and is essentialreading for new students.What lecturers thinkabout this book:"e;I found this to be anexcellent resource and I feel students new to the profession would find itextremely useful The book is well-organised, highly readable and accessible."e;"e;An excellentintroductory text for student nurses, written in a clear and illuminativestyle."e;"e;[An] excellenttextbook that provides up-to-date and relevant information for pre- andpost-registration nursing students."e;"e;This is an excellentbook, full of relevant information for student nurses."e;

Inhalt

1 Nurse education and mentorship

2 Communication

3 Legal and professional issues

4 Values and healthcare ethics

5 The UK as a culturally diverse
society

6 Quality assurance

7 Evidence-based practice

8 Interprofessional practice and
changing roles in nursing

9 Reflection and professional
development

10 Study skills and information
technology

11 Medicine, IV fluid and blood administration

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2015
• Verlagsort: Banbury
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung
• Schlagworte: nursing, pre-registration, ethics, fundamentals, skills, healthcare
• ISBN-10: 1-908625-36-8 / 1908625368
• ISBN-13: 978-1-908625-36-6 / 9781908625366