Full Description
Nursing Practice is the essential, textbook to support you throughout your entire nursing degree, from your first year onwards. It explores all the clinical and professional issues that you need to know in one complete volume.
Written in the context of the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards for Pre-Registration Nursing Education and the Essential Skills Clusters, this book covers all fields of nursing: Adult, Child, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and also Maternity care, in both acute and community settings. With full colour illustrations, and plenty of activities and user-friendly features throughout, this evidence-based text encompasses essential nursing theory and practice, providing students with information to support their success.
Learning features in the book include:
Hear it from the experts- tips and advice from real life nurses, patients and their carers, and student nursesRed Flags- alerting the student to potential dangersPrimary Care Considerations- informs students about care issues in the community settingFields boxes- giving further insight into other fields of nursing, making the book relevant to all fields of nursing practiceMedicines Management boxes provide key information about medicinesSelf-assessment and activities throughout
A companion website to this title is available at www.wileynursingpractice.com
Here you ll find a range of resources for both the student and the lecturer, including:
Over 350 interactive multiple choice questionsFlashcardsGlossaryLinks to references and further readingIllustrations from the bookWorksheets
Contents
Preface xiv
Acknowledgements xvi
About the Editors xvii
Contributors xviii
How to Use Your Textbook xxii
About the Companion Website xxvi
Unit 1 Contextualising the Art and Science of Nursing 1
1 Nursing: Past, Present and Future 2
2 The Professional Nurse and Contemporary Health Care 25
3 Health Promotion 50
4 Public Health 72
Unit 2 The Elements of Care 91
5 Ethics, the Law and the Nurse 92
6 The Nursing Process 111
7 Models of Nursing 130
Unit 3 The Principles of Care 147
8 The Principles of Safeguarding and Dignity 148
9 The Principles of Older People s Care 172
10 The Principles of Caring for People with Learning Disabilities and Autism 194
11 The Principles of Caring for Children and Families 212
12 The Principles of Caring for People with Mental Health Problems 238
13 The Principles of Maternity Care 257
14 The Principles of Surgical Care 274
15 The Principles of Cancer Care 293
16 The Principles of Infection Control 313
17 The Principles of Nutrition 336
18 The Principles of Skin Integrity 355
19 The Principles of Medicine Administration and Pharmacology 383
20 The Principles of Death, Dying and Bereavement 409
Unit 4 The Scientific Nature of Disease 437
21 The Cell 438
22 Immunity, Inflammation and Infection 464
23 Pain Management 490
24 Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance, and Shock 516
Unit 5 The Art and Science of Nursing Care 541
25 The Person with a Cardiovascular Disorder 542
26 The Person with a Haematological Disorder 569
27 The Person with a Respiratory Disorder 595
28 The Person with a Gastrointestinal Disorder 626
29 The Person with a Urinary Disorder 653
30 The Woman with a Reproductive Disorder 677
31 The Man with a Reproductive Disorder 709
32 The Person with a Sexually Transmitted Infection 740
33 The Person with an Endocrine Disorder 763
34 The Person with a Neurological Disorder 793
35 The Person with an Ear or Eye Disorder 845
36 The Person with a Musculoskeletal Disorder 876
37 The Person with a Skin Disorder 908
Appendix A Reference Values in Venous Serum (Adults) 932
Appendix B List of Units 935
Index 936
