Nurses need a wide range of knowledge and skills to be able to think critically and reflect on their experience in order to develop professionally. This book offers information that you need to give sensitive and knowledgeable nursing care to adult patients and clients and their families. It focuses on the issues that are important to nurses.

A clear, practical and up-to-date guide for student nurses to working with other professionals and other people in order to deliver quality care.

Nurses and midwives, both qualified and in training, have a lively interest in how their professions have developed. A stimulating collection of research-based essays, this book explores and compares the distinct histories of nursing and midwifery in Britain from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the modern day.

Written by the Association of Paediatric Oncology Nurses, this third edition examines the foundations, treatments, and supportive care of children and adolescents with cancer. It highlights the differences in child and adolescent cancer and treatment. It also addresses professional practice issues such as interdisciplinary collaboration, and more.

Nursing care of older people provides a contemporary, evidence based and practical guide to meeting the holistic health needs of older patients in all settings. With a clear and engaging style the authors outline best nursing practice. This is useful for pre and post reg student nurses and qualified staff.

Starting with the nursing process, this book provides the foundations for writing practical care plans, walks students through the care planning process, builds the critical thinking skills needed to individualize care, and offers tips on incorporating evidence-based standards and rationales into nursing interventions.

Accessible step-by-step guide for all those involved in curriculum planning and in the preparation of nursing education.

Nursing students require a unique guide to research and evidence based practice to help them succeed in both the classroom and the clinical area. Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Skills is a one-stop-shop of the theory and practice of EBP including practical tips for assignments and placements.

Aimed at professionals and students in community health care nursing, this textbook provides coverage of a range of issues, such as personal safety and the environment, in addition to public health, health promotion and family health nursing. It contains guidelines on how to transfer skills from the hospital/acute setting to the community.

Suitable for foundation nursing students, this book focuses on the in-depth knowledge required by nurses to deliver care in the practice setting. It includes exercises to encourage reflection on practice and develop critical thinking skills. It also promotes the expansion of professional knowledge through the development of portfolio evidence.

* In 'Essential Clinical Skills' for Nurses series * Accessible and reader friendly * Integrates theory with practice * Adopts an evidence based approach * Includes chapter objectives, 'best practice' boxes and case studies * Refers to National guidelines and key initiatives e.g.

Presents a comprehensive explanation of the major nursing models that influence nursing practices. This title focuses on the applications of nursing models to many areas of nursing practice and shows how models can influence the way nurses think and act and how the patients, their families and communities can be enhanced as a result.

Nursing OSCEs: A complete guide to exam success is a student-friendly and practical guide for revision. Offering step-by-step instructions for the ten most commonly assessed skills, example marking sheets, typical examiners questions and suggested answers, and with over 70 illustrations and four videos, this is all you need to succeed.

Based on the internationally acclaimed Core Curriculum for a Post-Registration Course in Cancer Nursing developed by the European Oncology Nursing Society. This title covers the key areas nurses caring for patients in this specialty need to consider. It provides scientific, psychological and sociological information necessary for nurses.

Essential reading for all degree and diploma nursing students from the outset of training, providing an invaluable introduction to the skills in critical thinking that are pre-requisite to competent, accountable and professional nursing practice.

This lively, informative book provides a valuable guide for all nurses who want to know more about clinical supervision, and will enable both supervisors and supervisees to get the most out of the supervisory experience.

The complexity of caring for patients who become acutely ill or have deteriorated can be a daunting challenge for nurses. This book contains 17 in-depth case studies relating to care of the acutely ill adult. It includes cases that combine pathophysiology, pharmacology and nursing care in realistic clinical settings.