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Nursing and Health Survival Guides


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These handy pocket-sized books equip the nursing and healthcare student with all the essential information and tips they need whilst studying and on placement. Concise and ideal for quick reference, they cover key areas from clinical skills, through drugs in use and infection control, to health promotion and palliative care.

Offering quick and easy access to selected survival guides, the Nursing and Health Survival Guide app is now available for your smartphone or tablet!

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Drugs in Use

Drugs in Use

2nd Edition

By Ann Richards
May 17, 2012

Understanding how drugs work is made simple in this easy to use pocket-sized guide. Drugs in common use are described under each body system and will form an aid to your confident administration of drugs to fit your patients' needs. The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take ...

Essential Clinical Skills

Essential Clinical Skills

1st Edition

By Susan Carlisle
May 03, 2012

Whether you’re a student nurse on clinical placement or a healthcare worker on a busy ward, you need practical guidance at your fingertips, fast! This pocket-sized guide will help you to provide safe, effective, everyday patient care. The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved...

Evidence-based Practice

Evidence-based Practice

1st Edition

By Judith Davies
January 19, 2012

Taking an evidence-based approach is fundamental to ensuring good clinical practice, but it’s not always easy. This info-packed guide will be an invaluable resource throughout your healthcare or nursing studies and post-registration, helping you to understand the ...

Portfolios and Reflective Practice

Portfolios and Reflective Practice

1st Edition

By Susan Lillyman, Pauline Merrix
May 03, 2012

Reflective practice is a requirement for all healthcare professionals. This essential guide will help you develop the skills to be effective as a reflective practitioner within any clinical environment. The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take a look at our our app for...

Record Keeping

Record Keeping

1st Edition

By Susan Lillyman, Pauline Merrix
May 03, 2012

Effective record keeping is a sign of safe and skilled Nurses and Midwives and is a legal requirement for all Healthcare professionals. This pocket-sized guide provides you with the tools to write clear and concise records. The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take...

Wound Care

Wound Care

1st Edition

By Kelly Ryan
February 26, 2013

Ideal for quick reference in any ward or community environment, this pocket-sized (120x80mm), spiral-bound book in the popular Nursing & Health Survival guide series puts all the crucial information on wound care at your fingertips. It includes all you need to know on: Wound ...

Palliative Care

Palliative Care

1st Edition

By Heather Campbell
May 31, 2012

This easy-to-use guide provides a quick reference to the principles of palliative and end-of-life care for adults, to help you enable your patients to not only die peacefully but also live until they die. The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take a look at our our app ...

Recognising the Acutely Ill Child

Recognising the Acutely Ill Child

1st Edition

By Elizabeth Charnock, Angela Lee, Amanda Miller
September 05, 2012

Early and accurate recognition of an acutely ill child is essential. Ideal for quick reference, this pocket-sized guide puts all the crucial information at your fingertips.  The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take a look at our our app for iPhone and ...

Research Skills

Research Skills

1st Edition

By Jeremy Jolley
April 25, 2013

Do you need to conduct or understand research to support your studies or evidence-based practice in healthcare? Ensure that you have all the research tools at your fingertips with this pocket-sized (120x80mm), spiral-bound, quick reference guide in the popular Nursing & Health ...

Health Promotion

Health Promotion

1st Edition

By Dominic Upton
January 18, 2010

Talking to patients is not always easy. Sometimes you have to deliver bad news or encourage them to change their behaviour such as quitting smoking or practicing safe sex. With this easy to use pocket-sized guide you can quickly access information on how to reach your patient with ...

Infection Control

Infection Control

1st Edition

By Barbara Smith
January 15, 2010

Ensuring the prevention and management of infection is a critical aspect of  nursing. With this pocket-sized reference book you have instant access to all  the most important policies and procedures.  The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take a look at our our app ...

Child Protection

Child Protection

1st Edition

By Iain Moody, Barry Fearnley
August 25, 2011

Ensuring the safeguarding of children is a highly important and challenging task for all professionals working in a healthcare environment. This pocket-sized guide will help you develop your understanding of the issues and enable you to identify and respond to difficult child protection concerns ...

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