Revised edition of: Compendium of clinical skills for student nurses / edited by Ian Peate. 2005.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The nature of nursing / Lynn Quinlivan -- Safeguarding vulnerable adults / Victoria Darby -- Assessing needs and the nursing process / Lynda Sibson -- Promoting safety / Janet G. Migliozzi -- Communicating effectively / David Briggs -- Eating and drinking, fluid and nutritional care in practice / Jane Say -- Elimination : alimentary and urinary tracts / Muralitharan Nair -- Breathing / Sean Mallon -- Personal cleansing and dressing / Laureen Hemming -- An ergonomic approach to safe manual handling / Kim Walter -- Maintaining body temperature / Guy Dean -- Work and leisure / Jackie Hulse -- The sexual being / Ian Peate -- Sleep and rest / Debbie Davies -- Death and dying / Mary Greeno.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book gives a practical focus to the underpinning theory of nursing and will help you through the academic part of your undergraduate course as well as your placement. It is essential reading for students enabling you to find your way through the many clinical issues you may face on a daily basis when nursing adults on wards, in clinics and in the community setting. The book is based on the activities of living model so each activity has its own chapter, allowing you to dip in and out.