Includes entries that address the changing world of nursing and healthcare services. This title focuses on the needs of nurses and healthcare practitioners. It is suitable for those involved in nursing and healthcare.

Suitable for pre-registration students, this title includes the essential procedures needed to meet the competencies of the Essential Skills Clusters (NMC2007). It presents evidence-based clinical skills, enabling student nurses to deliver clinically effective patient-focused care.

Presents clinical skills procedures related to the various aspects of a person's care. This title includes over 350 clinical procedures that nurses must know. It promotes the practice based on the research findings. It focuses on in patient-centred care. It is of interest to novices as well as expert nurses.

This handy pocket sized book equips the student with the essential information that they will need whilst on placement. It has a clinical/practical focus and is easily accessible. The book contains important and common terminology such as standard abbreviations, basic drug calculations and standard CPR procedures. The book also has wipe-down laminated pages making it ideal for use on a ward. ..

This handy pocket sized text provides the nursing student with the essential information that they will need on placement. This book will act as a super quick reference guide to drugs on the ward, it contains information on common abbreviations, sites of drug administration, and a quick re-cap on how drugs work. The book also contains details of the main drug families used for treating the most

The ability to calculate drug doses accurately and quickly is an essential skill. This book uses a diagnostic test to pinpoint any weaknesses in the arithmetic required and is followed by exercises to remedy them. Explanations and exercises cover the calculations required to administer tablets, mixtures, and injections.

This handy pocket-sized text provides students with the essential information that they will need on placement, acting as a super quick reference guide to assist nursing students with calculations and medication administration. The text contains basic mathematical concepts, standard formulas, and essential information on safe medication administration. The laminated wipe down paper will be very

Offers a comprehensive introduction to nursing research concepts and methods. This textbook includes guidelines for evaluating research and applying scientific evidence to practice. It provides coverage that includes qualitative and quantitative research, appraising and critiquing research, and clinical decision-making using research information.

Features research-based blend of practice and theory related to the issues that impact nursing management and leadership. This work covers topics that include the nursing professional's role in law and ethics, staffing and scheduling, cultural considerations, care management, human resources, outcomes management, and time and stress management.

Offers comprehensive coverage of various major concepts of health promotion and disease prevention. This book highlights growth and development throughout the life span, emphasizing normal development as well as the specific problems and health promotion issues common to each stage.

A guide on how to get into and survive a pre-registration nursing course. Covering a wide range of topics it helps students to: make the most of clinical placements; make drug dosage calculations and administer medication; write assignments; avoid plagiarism; cope with stress; and, understand nursing models, theories and philosophies.

Offers a look at 49 theorists of historical, international, and significant importance. This book includes case studies and critical thinking activities that help bridge the gap between theory and application.

Emphasises on health promotion through medication monitoring and patient education. This book includes introductory units that ground the reader in basic principles of pharmacology and medication administration.

This best-selling dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions in an authoritative and accessible way. A must-have for all nurses, students of nursing, medical practitioners and professionals including midwives and health visitors.

To promote safe practice, nursing schools test for basic arithmetic both at interview stage and during the 3 years of nurse training. This book aims to help you cope with these tests, offering a step-by-step approach, which will take you from base-level knowledge to competency both in drug calculations and the ability to read drug dosage charts.

A guide to daily procedures and problems for nurses starting work on the ward or returning to practice. It provides guidance in a variety of areas including: how to organise your job and yourself; how to assess patients; clinical information on a wide range of conditions; and, important principles, procedures and investigations.

Want to know what research and nursing have in common? The answer is everything. Every time you meet a new patient you gather information about them, which is a form of research. This book looks at research in the context of a nursing student so you can learn how to use research skills during your study and future career. It covers everything from basic interviews, quantitative and qualitative ..

Medication Safety focuses on promoting safety in the various stages of the medication process.

What do I need to learn in order to progress through my course? How do I achieve the best possible patient-care? This book answers both of these questions and supports the development of key nursing skills underpinned by theory. It is designed specifically to meet the needs of nursing students in the initial stages of training.

Aims to reflect the issues and challenges for nursing practice in an era of rapid developments in diagnosis, therapy and care. Presented in a three-section format, this book emphasizes the importance of the patient as partner in care. It progresses from a systems approach to detail on specific patient concerns and nursing issues.