<p><strong>Excellent book to support nursing degree.</strong><br />
‘This book covers many different areas of the nursing degree. It covers many areas which are included in lectures and assignments, and references as to where I can find further information. This book is excellent in supporting learning and helps with writing assignments.’<br />
<em>Amazon reviewer</em></p>

<p>‘An invaluable resource and a daily accompaniment for lectures. I take it into my second year with the knowledge that I have a great reference book I can reflect on throughout my years of training.’<br />
<em>Adult nursing student</em></p>

<p>‘I found this to be an excellent resource and I feel students new to the profession would find it extremely useful…The book is well-organised, highly readable and accessible.’<br />
<em>Lecturer, Adult Nursing</em></p>

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<p>‘An excellent textbook that provides up-to-date and relevant information for pre- and post-registration nursing students.’<br />
<em>Lecturer, Adult Nursing</em></p>

<p>‘This is an excellent book, full of relevant information for student nurses.’<br />
<em>Student Nurse</em></p>

A Handbook for Student Nurses is widely recommended in institutions across the UK and is essential reading for new students.

The book provides an introduction to the essential background knowledge that pre-registration nursing students need as a foundation for their training. This fourth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the new NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses and the most recent update of the NMC Code. It incorporates the very latest developments in nurse education and in the health service.

A Handbook for Student Nurses covers the core of first-year nursing studies:

  • Practice supervision and assessment
  • Communication
  • Legal and professional issues
  • Values, ethics and cultural awareness
  • Reflection and personal development
  • Quality care and evidence-based practice
  • Study skills
  • Public health and promoting health and wellbeing

“An excellent introductory text for student nurses, written in a clear and illuminative style.” Lecturer, Adult Nursing

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A Handbook for Student Nurses is widely recommended in institutions across the UK and is essential reading for new student nurses.

The fourth edition is in full colour and provides the core background knowledge that pre-reg students need as a foundation for their learning.

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Preface to the fourth edition; Preface to the third edition; About the authors

1. Nurse education, practice supervision and assessment
      Introduction
      Pre-registration nurse education
      Nurse education today
      Standards of proficiency for registered nurses
      Standards for education
      Practice placements
      Registration

2. Communication
      Introduction
      Communication defined
      The communication process
      Interpersonal skills
      Intercultural communication
      Emotional intelligence
      Non-verbal interaction
      Barriers to effective communication
      Listening skills
      Advocacy and empowerment
      Digital literacy

3. Legal and professional issues
      Professional accountability
      Arenas of professional accountability
      Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
      Compassion in Practice
      Delegation
      The Code in more detail
      Consent
      Safeguarding
      Confidentiality
      Record-keeping
      And finally...

4. Values and healthcare ethics
      Values and rights
      Patients' rights
      Human rights
      Professional considerations
      Respect, dignity and privacy
      Healthcare ethics

5. Cultural awareness
      Introduction
      Culture
      Associated cultural terminology
      Legislation and policy
      Culture in practice
      Religious awareness

6. Quality care
      Defining quality assurance
      A brief history of the organisation of quality assurance in UK healthcare
      National quality assurance
      Local clinical level
      Further aspects of quality assurance

7. Evidence-based practice
      Introduction
      Evidence-based practice in nursing
      Carrying out evidence-based practice
      Clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice
      Implementing evidence-based practice

8. Professional roles in healthcare
      Introduction to interprofessional practice
      Definitions
      Interprofessional working
      Challenges to successful interprofessional working
      Changing roles in nursing
      Nursing in the 21st century in the UK
      Careers in nursing

9. Reflection and clinical supervision
      Reflection
      Models of reflection
      Using reflective frameworks
      The benefits of practising reflectively
      Reflective writing – keeping a journal or reflective diary
      Preceptorship
      Maintaining professional knowledge and competence (revalidation)
      Continuing professional development and lifelong learning
      Clinical/professional supervision
      Resilience in nursing

10. Study skills
      Study skills
      Reading
      Taking notes
      Writing essays
      Electronic learning (e-learning)
      Researching online
      Numeracy

11. Public health and promoting health and wellbeing
      Why is public health and promoting health and wellbeing relevant to nursing?
      The context of public health
      Determinants of health and health inequalities
      Local public health
      Wellbeing
      Health promotion

Index

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781914962141
Publisert
2024-01-10
Utgave
4. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Lantern Publishing Ltd
Vekt
390 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
228

Biografisk notat

Gill Jordan qualified as a registered nurse in 1978. She completed her Orthopaedic Nursing Certificate and moved to New Zealand where she worked in a large orthopaedic teaching hospital, ultimately as a ward sister of a trauma orthopaedic ward. On her return to the UK in 1988, Gill moved into nurse education. Since then, she was involved in a variety of courses and professional development programmes, as both a teacher and programme leader. These included courses leading to professional registration, Return to Practice, Overseas Nurses Programme, conversion courses and various post-registration undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Most recently Gill was Framework Leader for CPD Programmes at Bournemouth University before retiring in 2019. The late Anneyce Knight, who died in 2021, had retired earlier that year from her role as Associate Dean for Global Engagement and Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Bournemouth University, where she was also the Programme Leader for the Return to Nursing Practice course. She qualified as a registered nurse in 1982 and worked in orthopaedics and oncology, then trained as a midwife. She continued to practise in a variety of nursing and midwifery clinical settings before moving into Higher Education in 2000. Prior to taking up her role at Bournemouth University in 2015, Anneyce was the Course Lead for the innovative Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (clinical) for Associate Practitioners, a joint NHS and Southampton Solent University collaboration. Previously she was at the University of Greenwich, where she held a number of positions. She was passionate about the need for compassionate care, thereby enhancing the quality of patient care, particularly at the end of life. Her primary research interests focused on public health and wellbeing, areas in which she has published and presented nationally and internationally. Sara qualified as a registered nurse in 1986, after which she worked in Acute Trauma and Orthopaedics before moving to Intensive care (ICU) and Coronary care. She worked in a number of ICUs in London and the south of England and gained multiple qualifications (including General Intensive Care Nursing, Principles of Intensive Care (Paediatrics), BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies and Diploma in Health Service Management). Having spent ten years as an ICU Sister she moved into Higher Education where she has been for twenty years. During her time in HE she has facilitated the learning of many thousands of students at both undergraduate level and postgraduate level, whilst at the same time continuing her own education to Doctorate level. She believes that as a nurse educator she should strive to enable students to fuse their learning and integrate education, professional practice and research in order to develop as future nurses and enhance the care they offer patients.