1st Edition

Clinical Skills for Nursing Practice

Edited By Tina Moore, Sheila Cunningham Copyright 2017
624 Pages 322 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

624 Pages 322 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

624 Pages 322 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Employing an evidence-based approach, this comprehensive textbook introduces the core clinical skills and competencies a newly-qualified nurse is required to have for professional practice. It is divided into five broad sections looking at: Care and compassion and communication , including personal care and pain assessment Essential skills , including observations, monitoring and... Read more

1. Professional Role of the Nurse (Kathy Wilson and Nora Cooper)

Part 1: Care and Compassion and Communication

2. Communication (Brian Richardson)

3. Personal care (Mariama Seray-Wurie)

4. Elimination (Marion Hinds and Sheila Cunningham)

5. Pain Assessment and Management (Sheila Cunningham)

6. End of Life Care (Kirsty Dye)

Part 2: Essential skills

7. Observations and Monitoring (vital signs) (Tina Moore)

8. Monitoring and Interpreting (Tina Moore)

9. Oxygenation (Tina Moore)

10. Emergency Management of the Patient and Resuscitation (José Hernandez-Padilla & Fiona Suthers)

Part 3: Organisational aspects of care

11. Moving and Handling (Sinna Ramonaledi)

12. Wound Care (Jane Preece)

13. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care (Jenny Phillips and Carolyn Perriman)

14. Tracheostomy care (Tina Moore)

Part 4: Safety and Protection

15. Infection control (Sheila Cunningham)

16. Safe and Accurate Administration of Medicines (Sheila Cunningham)

Part 5: Nutrition and Fluid balance

17. Nutrition (Susan Kaur Lawrence)

18. Hydration and Fluid Balance (Margaret Herlihy and Dee Anderson)

Biography

Tina Moore is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Middlesex University, UK. She teaches nursing assessment, clinical skills and care interventions for both pre-qualifying and post-qualifying nurses. She is also a Middlesex University Teaching Fellow.

Sheila Cunningham is an Associate Professor in Adult Nursing at Middlesex University, UK. She has a breadth of experience teaching nurses both pre- and post-registration and she supports mentors supporting students in practice. She is also a Middlesex University Teaching Fellow and holds a Principal Fellowship at the Higher Education Academy. She is currently programme leader for the BSc European nursing and is passionate about the future of nursing and nurse education.