Read more
Informationen zum Autor Ian Peate is Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Thames Valley University, UK Klappentext Do you know the correct technique for handwashing? Do you understand why good nutrition is important for patients? Do you know the best way to take a patient's temperature? As a registered nurse you will be accountable to your patients. Knowledge of issues such as patient safety, communication and assessment are key to providing safe and effective care. This book gives a practical focus to the underpinning theory of nursing and will help you through the academic part of your undergraduate course as well as your placement. It is essential reading for students enabling you to find your way through the many clinical issues you may face on a daily basis when nursing adults on wards, in clinics and in the community setting. The book is based on the activities of living model so each activity has its own chapter, allowing you to dip in and out at your convenience. Features: Learning features including objectives, quizzes and glossaries for each chapter Illustrations showing only essential anatomy and physiology A separate resource section Evidence-based throughout ...a much need resource for student nurses... ...an excellent resource for the theoretical underpinnings of clinical skills...supported with many easy-to-follow guidelines. It will be an essential handbook for student nurses as they develop a problem-solving approach to patient care... ...It is well written, clear and concise, without being too academic - and will enhance the delivery of clinical skills for many. -- Journal of Clinical Nursing review of the first edition Zusammenfassung This book gives a practical focus to the underpinning theory of nursing in order to help students through the academic part of their undergraduate course as well as their placement. The book is based on the activities of living model so each activity has its own chapter! allowing readers to dip in and out. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors xi Acknowledgements xv Introduction - Ian Peate xvii 1 The Nature of Nursing 1 Lynn Quinlivan Introduction 1 The Nursing and Midwifery Council 2 Registration and professional accountability 2 Standards of conduct and performance 3 Maintenance of a register of nurses and midwives 3 Duty of care 4 Fitness to practise 5 Nurses and accountability 5 Nursing hierarchy 6 Government directives 9 The structure of the NHS in England 13 The structure of the NHS in Scotland 15 The structure of the NHS in Wales 15 The structure of the NHS in Northern Ireland 15 Conclusions 16 References 17 2 Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults 19 Victoria Darby Introduction 20 Defining a vulnerable adult and abuse 20 Ethics and safeguarding the vulnerable adult 23 Policies and legislation for safeguarding the vulnerable adult 28 Safeguarding vulnerable adults from unprofessional nurses 32 Fitness to practise panels 32 Interprofessional collaboration 33 Reporting suspicions of abuse as a nurse 33 Assessing the seriousness of abuse 34 Reporting suspicions of abuse as a student nurse 34 Conclusions 35 References 36 3 Assessing Needs and the Nursing Process 38 Lynda Sibson Introduction 39 Models of nursing 39 Activities of living 40 Organisation of nursing care 40 Nursing practice 41 Nursing history 41 Elements in nursing 42 Theories, concepts and models 43 Nursing process 46 Conclusions 57 References 58 4 Promoting Safety 60 Janet G. Migliozzi Introduction 60...
