Foundations of adult nursing / edited by Dianne Burns.

Contributor(s):

Burns, Dianne [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2015Description: xxvii 504 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781473997936 :

Other title:

Adult nursing

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

610.73 23

LOC classification:

RT81.G7 F68 2015

NLM classification:

2015 G-412
WY 100 FA1

Contents:

Essential of nursing : values, knowledge, skills and practice / Elizabeth Lee-Woolf, Julia Jones, Jane Brooks, and Joanne Timpson -- Nursing therapeutics / Caroline Jagger, Heather Iles-Smith, and Julia Jones -- Interprofessional and multidisciplinary team working / Jean Rogers -- Medicines management / Julie Gregory -- The NMC essential skills clusters / Deborah Ward -- Exposure to other fields of nursing / Georgina Taylor -- Clinical decision making / Mary Cooke -- Leadership and management / Dianne Burns -- Promoting health / Helen Davidson -- Supportive care : caring for adults with long-term conditions / Judith Ormorod and Dianne Burns -- Caring for the acutely ill adult / Paul Tierney, Samantha Freeman, and Julie Gregory -- Caring for the older person / Emma Stanmore and Christine Brown Wilson -- The provision of effective palliative care for adults / John Costello.

Summary: "Foundations of Adult Nursing introduces the principles, themes and issues that define what it means to be a nurse today. It explains the theory and knowledge required to develop person-centred nursing skills and explores the diverse settings and patient groups that you will encounter on your placements. Key features of the book are: A companion website with multiple choice questions for revision, and interactive glossary to test you on key terms and free SAGE journal articles to help you develop your evidence base; Stop and Think boxes which challenge you to reflect on your own practice; Discussion on the latest literature, policy and research relevant for your assignments; Case Scenarios that illustrate the realities of everyday nursing."-- Back cover.

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Includes bibliographic references and index.

"Foundations of Adult Nursing introduces the principles, themes and issues that define what it means to be a nurse today. It explains the theory and knowledge required to develop person-centred nursing skills and explores the diverse settings and patient groups that you will encounter on your placements. Key features of the book are: A companion website with multiple choice questions for revision, and interactive glossary to test you on key terms and free SAGE journal articles to help you develop your evidence base; Stop and Think boxes which challenge you to reflect on your own practice; Discussion on the latest literature, policy and research relevant for your assignments; Case Scenarios that illustrate the realities of everyday nursing."-- Back cover.

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