This title is now available under ISBN 9780702031526. The most comprehensive UK Adult Nursing core text, now in its fourth edition, for the next generation of nurses… This best-selling textbook has been fully revised by a team of experienced nurses for nurses focusing on the issues that are important to them. It provides a comprehensive source of the knowledge and skills required for competent, evidence-based nursing practice. High quality nursing care is patient-centred, knowledgeable and based on the best available evidence. This book will help you to achieve that. Printed book plus Pageburst™ access – you will receive a printed book and access to the complete book content electronically. Pageburst™ enhances learning by not only bringing world class content to your fingertips but also letting you add to it, annotate it, and categorize it all in a way that suits you. Pageburst™ frees you to spend more time learning and less time searching.
<ul><li>Key nursing issues summarise each chapter and enable you to check your understanding</li></ul>
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<li>Interactive Reflection and Evidence-based practice boxes help make links between theory and practice</li> </ul>
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<li>A Reflection and Learning feature in each chapter to help you consider your learning and professional development and how you can use it to enhance patient/client care</li> </ul>
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<li>Now in full colour</li> <li>A customisable electronic version of the book, which makes searching for information easy and accessible </li> <li>An exciting companion website including:</li> </ul>
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<li>Self-test quiz questions with full explanations with the answers </li> <li>Critical-thinking questions with outline answers</li> <li>Full colour photographs, diagrams, tables and care plans</li> <li>Hyper-linked references</li> </ul></ul>
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<li>All the images from the book</li> </ul></ul>
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<li>Increased prominence of nursing and health promotion </li> </ul>

Alexander's Nursing Practice: With Pageburst access

Medical Books

Brooker BSc MSc RGN SCM RNT, Chris

Nicol BSc(Hons) MSc PGDipEd RGN, Maggie

Alexander CBE BSc PhD RN RM RNT FRCN, Margaret F.

Nursing

Churchill/Livingstone

The most comprehensive UK Adult Nursing core text, now in its fourth edition, for the next generation of nurses… This best-selling textbook has been fully revised by a team of experienced nurses for nurses focusing on the issues that are important to them. It provides a comprehensive source of the knowledge and skills required for competent, evidence-based nursing practice. High quality nursing care is patient-centred, knowledgeable and based on the best available evidence. This book will help you to achieve that. The new edition is now in full colour and offers an exciting companion website including: self-test quiz questions with full explanations with the answers ; critical-thinking questions with outline answers; full colour photographs, diagrams, tables and care plans; hyper-linked references and all the images from the book. <ul><li>Key nursing issues summarise each chapter and enable you to check your understanding</li></ul>
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<li>Interactive Reflection and Evidence-based practice boxes help make links between theory and practice</li> </ul>
<ul>
<li>A Reflection and Learning feature in each chapter to help you consider your learning and professional development and how you can use it to enhance patient/client care</li> </ul>
An exciting companion website including: <ul>
<li>Self-test quiz questions with full explanations with the answers </li> <li>Critical-thinking questions with outline answers</li> <li>Full colour photographs, diagrams, tables and care plans</li> <li>Hyper-linked references</li> <li>All the images from the book</li>
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Alexander's Nursing Practice

This portable guide details in a step-by-step fashion how to carry out common nursing skills. The book adopts a body systems framework with each procedure described in a logical format, starting with the equipment needed for the procedure, step-by-step guidelines for carrying out the procedure including the rationale for the various steps, and ends with a short reference list. Each skill is illustrated, where applicable, with clinical photographs or line drawings to further enhance the understanding of the procedure. * Includes two-colour illustrations which enhance the text and clarify concepts. * Features body systems framework easily identified with the use of a special icon. * Includes step-by-step guidelines for each procedure to clearly illustrate clinical procedures. * Provides key references. * Includes Points for Practice for each skill to give practical guidance, clearly identified with a unique icon. Not available in the U.S

Essential Nursing Skills

Cronin RGN BSc(Hons) MSc(Nursing) DipN(Lond)PhD RN, Patricia

Bavin RGN RM Dipn(Lond) RCNT, Carol

Rawlings-Anderson RGN BA(Hons) MSc(Nursing) DipNEd, Karen

Bedford-Turner RGN BSc(Hons) MSc(Nursing) DipN(Lond), Shelagh

Mosby Ltd.

U.K. nursing students gain an understanding of nursing theory and knowledge from their lectures and textbooks, but when they first encounter clinical situations how can they translate this into the clinical skills needed with patients? This U.K. book identifies a wide range of clinical skill and explains each one from start to finish, step-by-step with accompanying illustrations. Easy to use and attractively designed in 2 colours throughout, this U.K. clinical manual concentrates on the preparation for each skill, the procedure, and post-procedure guidelines. With over 120 essential skills and procedures, written and produced in a clear, consistent style, this U.K. book is invaluable in any clinical setting and suitable for all foundation students regardless of their future specialty.

Cronin, Patricia

Nicol, Maggie

Hunter, Janet

Cole BSc MSc PgDipEd RGN, Elaine

Cronin RGN BSc(Hons) MSc(Nursing) DipN(Lond), Patricia

Bavin, Carol

Bedford-Turner, Shelagh

Rawlings-Anderson, Karen

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Easy to use and attractively designed in 2 colours throughout, this clinical manual concentrates on the preparation for each skill, the procedure, and post-procedure guidelines. With over 120 essential skills and procedures, written and produced in a clear, consistent style, this book is invaluable in any clinical setting and suitable for all foundation students regardless of their future specialty.
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<li>All skills updated to reflect new guidelines and evidence-based practices e.g. recent changes in the Resuscitation Guidelines</li>
<li>Internal design enhanced to improve usability</li>
<li>Annotated further reading</li>
<li>Useful websites</li>
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 Essential skills series</ul>
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Essential Nursing Skills: Clinical skills for caring

As a nursing student you learn lots of nursing theory and research – but how do you translate this into practice and apply it to the skills you need? Where do you start? What steps should be carried out and in what order? What should you do afterwards? Essential Nursing Skills answers these questions for over 130 clinical skills. Each one is explained from start to finish, using a step-by-step approach, with clear illustrations and colour photographs to enhance understanding. Small enough to carry with you and specifically designed and written to aid learning, this book is invaluable for nurses across all fields.
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<li>Attractive design – easy to use </li>
<li>Skills explained step by step </li>
<li>Comprehensive list of skills covers all that students will encounter in practice </li>
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Points for Practice sections encourage readers to reflect and learn </li>
<li>Further reading and references point to the evidence and knowledge base for each skill</li>
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<li>Full-colour photographs illustrate many of the procedures </li>
<li>Full colour is used throughout to help navigate procedures </li>
<li>Section listing normal values of commonly used blood tests </li>
<li>Skills to assess deteriorating patients and care for patients undergoing surgery </li>
<li>Reflects changes in nursing and professional national guidelines</li>
</ul>Essential skills series

Essential Nursing Skills: Clinical skills for caring (Essential Skills for Nursing)

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