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Nursing practice : knowledge and care / edited by Ian Peate, Karen Wild.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, c2018.Edition: Second editionDescription: xxiv, 960 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119237471 (paperback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RT86.7 N93 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Unit 1. Contextualizing the art and science of nursing -- Nursing: past, present and future -- The professional nurse and contemporary healthcare -- Health promotion -- Public health -- Unit 2. The elements of care -- Ethics, the law and the nurse -- The nursing process -- Models of nursing -- Unit 3. The principles of care -- The principles of safeguarding and dignity -- The principles of older people’s care -- The principles of caring for people with learning disabilities and /or autism -- Principles of caring for children and families -- The principles of caring for people with mental health problems -- The principles of maternity care -- The principles of surgical care -- The principles of cancer care -- The principles of infection control -- The principles of nutrition -- The principles of skin integrity -- The principles of medicine administration and pharmacology -- Care at the end of life -- The principles of supporting families and careers in practice -- Unit 4. The scientific nature of disease -- The cell -- Immunity, inflammation and infection -- Pain management -- Fluid and electrolyte imbalance, and shock -- Unit 5. The art and science of nursing care -- The person with a cardiovascular disorder -- The person with a haematological disorder -- The person with a respiratory disorder -- The person with a gastrointestinal disorder -- The persons with a urinary disorder -- The woman with a reproductive disorder -- The man with a reproductive disorder -- The person with a sexually transmitted infection -- The person with an endocrine disorder -- The person with an neurological disorder -- The person with an ear or eye disorder -- The person with a musculoskeletal disorder -- The person with a skin disorder -- Appendix A. Reference values in venous serum (adults) -- Appendix B. List of units.
Summary: "The second edition of the successful and definitive nursing textbook, Nursing Practice is designed to support the student throughout the entire nursing degree. Structured around the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct, it explores a range of clinical and professional issues that the student will need to know, in one complete accessible volume. Thoroughly updated and with full-colour, high-quality illustrations throughout, this new edition features an additional chapter on the principles of supporting families and careers in practice, advice on revalidation, as well as a number of learning features and activities to help consolidate learning. Nursing Practice provides invaluable information to enable not just student nurses, but also those who are qualified and members of the extended nursing family, to develop a deeper understanding of their patients’ needs and to ensure that they are practicing safely and effectively."--Back cover
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit 1. Contextualizing the art and science of nursing -- Nursing: past, present and future -- The professional nurse and contemporary healthcare -- Health promotion -- Public health -- Unit 2. The elements of care -- Ethics, the law and the nurse --
The nursing process -- Models of nursing -- Unit 3. The principles of care -- The principles of safeguarding and dignity -- The principles of older people’s care -- The principles of caring for people with learning disabilities and /or autism -- Principles of caring for children and families -- The principles of caring for people with mental health problems -- The principles of maternity care --
The principles of surgical care -- The principles of cancer care -- The principles of infection control -- The principles of nutrition --
The principles of skin integrity -- The principles of medicine administration and pharmacology -- Care at the end of life -- The principles of supporting families and careers in practice -- Unit 4. The scientific nature of disease -- The cell -- Immunity, inflammation and infection -- Pain management -- Fluid and electrolyte imbalance, and shock -- Unit 5. The art and science of nursing care -- The person with a cardiovascular disorder -- The person with a haematological disorder -- The person with a respiratory disorder -- The person with a gastrointestinal disorder -- The persons with a urinary disorder -- The woman with a reproductive disorder -- The man with a reproductive disorder -- The person with a sexually transmitted infection -- The person with an endocrine disorder -- The person with an neurological disorder -- The person with an ear or eye disorder -- The person with a musculoskeletal disorder -- The person with a skin disorder -- Appendix A. Reference values in venous serum (adults) -- Appendix B. List of units.

"The second edition of the successful and definitive nursing textbook, Nursing Practice is designed to support the student throughout the entire nursing degree. Structured around the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct, it explores a range of clinical and professional issues that the student will need to know, in one complete accessible volume.

Thoroughly updated and with full-colour, high-quality illustrations throughout, this new edition features an additional chapter on the principles of supporting families and careers in practice, advice on revalidation, as well as a number of learning features and activities to help consolidate learning.

Nursing Practice provides invaluable information to enable not just student nurses, but also those who are qualified and members of the extended nursing family, to develop a deeper understanding of their patients’ needs and to ensure that they are practicing safely and effectively."--Back cover

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