3rd Edition

Nursing Care An Essential Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Care

By Barbara Smith, Linda Field Copyright 2020
348 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

348 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

348 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This new edition of Nursing Care: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Care is a comprehensive introductory textbook to nursing care for pre-registration nursing students and nursing associate students in the UK, and is relevant to other allied health students. This ‘back to basics’ edition is a concise, clear text on the essentials of nursing care... Read more

Guided tour

Introduction

1. What is caring?

2. Dignity and privacy

3. Basic observations

4. Hygiene

5. Nutrition

6. Fluid balance and continence care

7. Pain management

8. Pressure Ulcers

9. Rehabilitation and self-care

10. Record-keeping

 

Biography

Barbara Smith is a freelance consultant, lecturer and retired nurse, RGN, RSCN.

Linda Field is a Research Nurse Facilitator, RGN, ONC. She was formerly Nurse Advisor and Senior Nurse Lecturer/Teaching Fellow/Education Facilitator at the University of Warwick.