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Nursing Practice and Health Care 5E
A Foundation Text
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Book Description
Nursing Practice and Health Care is an essential companion to pre-registration nursing education programmes, for those studying at degree and diploma level, and for students on post-registration courses. This fifth edition has been completely revised to reflect the current professional and educational requirements for those preparing for
Table of Contents
PART 1: Perspectives on nursing 1. Using the service: experiencing nursing 2. Being a nurse 3. The essence of nursing PART 2: Learning nursing 4. Learning nursing – the student experience 5. Support networks for students PART 3: Practising nursing 6. Principles of professional practice 7. Maintaining professional standards 8. Clinical governance and accountable practice 9. Ethical dimensions of practice 10. Care settings 11. Nursing informatics PART 4: Key aspects of care 12. Frameworks for practice 13. Promoting patient/client well-being 14. Assessment: foundation of good practice 15. The needs of children 16. The needs of young people 17. The needs of acutely ill adults 18. Long term health needs and rehab 19. The needs of older people 20. Care needs at home/in the community 21. Coping with expected and unexpected death PART 5: Professional support and development 22. Supporting practitioners 23. Your career and professional development
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Biography
Sue Hinchliff RN RNT BA MSc, Consultant to the Nursing and Midwifery Council; Consultant to the Royal College of Nursing Accreditaion Unit; Nurse Advisor to THET; Visiting Professor in Nursing and Nursing Education to London South Bank University
Sue Norman RN BEd (Hons) RNT NDNCert Hon DSc, previously Chief Executive/Registrar, United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visitors; Visiting Professor in Nursing Policy and Development to London South Bank University
Jane Schober MN RN DipN (Lond) DipN Ed RNT RCNT, Principal Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester