Nursing Skills in Safety and Protection

This quick reference guide covers vital practical skills for patient safety including emergency management and resuscitation, the safe and accurate administration of medicines, infection control, personal care and wound care.

List of contents

1. Emergency care and management 2. Medicines 3. Infection control 4. Skin and wounds

About the author

Sheila Cunningham is an Associate Professor in Adult Nursing at Middlesex University, UK. She has a breadth of experience teaching nurses both pre- and post-registration and she supports mentors supporting students in practice. She is also a Middlesex University Teaching Fellow and holds a Principal Fellowship at the Higher Education Academy. She is currently programme leader for the BSc European nursing.
Tina Moore is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Middlesex University, UK. She teaches nursing assessment, clinical skills and acute care interventions for both pre-qualifying and post-qualifying nurses. Her interests are in simulated learning approaches and Objective Structured Clinical examination (OSCE) as a teaching and assessment method. She has authored a number of books and articles. She is also a Middlesex University Teaching Fellow.

Summary

This quick reference guide covers vital practical skills for patient safety including emergency management and resuscitation, the safe and accurate administration of medicines, infection control, personal care and wound care.

Product details

• Authors: Sheila Cunningham, Sheila (Middlesex University Cunningham, Sheila Moore Cunningham, Cunningham Sheila, Tina Moore, Tina (Middlesex University Moore, Moore Tina
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781138479418
• ISBN: 978-1-138-47941-8
• No. of pages: 68
• Series: Skills in Nursing Practice
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, MEDICAL / Nursing / Fundamentals & Skills, Nursing fundamentals and skills, MEDICAL / Nursing / Care Plans, Nursing fundamentals & skills