Essentials of Nursing Practice

by Catherine Delves-Yates (Editor)

Overview

A complete resource covering the key subjects nursing students need to know. It addresses all fields of practice and all settings, with a wealth of activities designed to encourage critical thinking, reflection and evidence-based practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529732191
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/31/2022
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	848
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.68(h) x (d)

About the Author

Catherine Delves-Yates is an experienced nurse and a Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. She started her nursing career as a student at the Nightingale School of Nursing, London and has worked clinically in adult and paediatric critical care in the UK and has taught and nursed in America, Africa and Nepal. Her passion is to ensure all nurses have the knowledge, skills and professionalism to deliver effective compassionate care to each of their patients. Catherine is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Buea and the Higher Institute of Applied Medical Sciences, Cameroon and an international advisor to the Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal. Currently she is researching whether nursing students’ views of health and illness alter during their pre-registration nursing programme.

Table of Contents

Part A: Learning to be a Nurse
Chapter 1. What is Nursing and What is a Nurse? - Catherine Delves-Yates, Karen Elcock, Carol Hall, Ruth Northway and Steve Trenoweth
Chapter 2. Being a Nursing Student - Catherine Delves-Yates
Chapter 3. Reflection and Evidence-based Practice - Gabrielle Thorpe
Chapter 4. Academic Writing and Assessment - Gabrielle Thorpe
Part B: Professional Practice
Chapter 5. Ethics - Ruth Northway and Ian Beech
Chapter 6. Law - Graham Avery updated by Marc Cornock
Chapter 7. Accountability and Professionalism - Karen Elcock
Chapter 8. Resilience - E. Jane Blowers
Chapter 9. Becoming a Change Agent - Nickey Rooke and Jacqueline Phillips
Part C: Fundamentals of Nursing Care
Chapter 10. Delivering Effective Care - Fiona Everett and Wendy Wright
Chapter 11. Introduction to Nursing Theory - Carol Hall
Chapter 12. Value-based, Person-or family-centred Care - Catherine Delves-Yates
Chapter 13. Patient, Service User, Family and Carer Perspectives - Katrina Emerson and Ruth Northway
Chapter 14. Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (Apie): The Process of Nursing - Rebeckah Hill
Chapter 15. Core Communication Skills - Karen Elcock and Kimberley Byrnes
Chapter 16. Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Challenging Circumstances - Steve Trenoweth and Sue Baron
Chapter 17. Ensuring Quality and Effective Management of Risk - Melanie Fisher and Margaret Scott updated by Karen Elcock
Chapter 18. Record Keeping and Documentation - Jill Barnes and Robert Jenkins updated by Claire Brockwell
Chapter 19. Clinical Decision-making - Gemma Hurley
Chapter 20. Safeguarding - Katie Mclaughlin
Chapter 21. Promoting Health - Charlene Lobo, Daryl Evans and Helen Walker updated by Coralie Roll
Part D: Skills for Nursing Care
Chapter 22. Infection Prevention and Control - Rose Gallagher
Chapter 23. Aseptic Technique and Specimen Collection - Rose Gallagher
Chapter 24. Clinical Measurement - Caroline Dobson and Trevor Simpson
Chapter 25. Pain Management - Ann Kettyle
Chapter 26. Skin Integrity - Alexandra Carlin
Chapter 27. Safe Movement of People - Michelle O'Reilly and David Best
Chapter 28. Emergency Care - Sara Morgan
Chapter 29. Medicines Administration - Carol Hall updated by Christina Roulston
Chapter 30. Assisting People with their Nutritional Needs - Kate Goodhand and Jane Ewen
Chapter 31. Assisting People with their Elimination Needs - Mairead Collie and David J. Hunter
Chapter 32. Assisting People with their Hygiene Needs - Catherine Delves-Yates
Chapter 33. Care after Death - Maria Parry
Part E: Context of Nursing Care
Chapter 34. Introduction to the Organisation and Settings of Care - Siobhan Mc Cullough
Chapter 35. Introduction to Interprofessional Working - Hanneke Wiltjer
Chapter 36. Introduction to the Psychological Context of Nursing - Janet Ramjeet Updated by Catherine Delves-Yates
Chapter 37. Introduction to the Sociological Context of Nursing - Ruth Northway
Chapter 38. Introduction to Public Health - Charlene Lobo Updated by Coralie Roll
Chapter 39. Introduction to Health Policy and the Political Context of Nursing - Siobhan Mc Cullough
Chapter 40. Introduction to the Global Context of Nursing - Catherine Delves-Yates

Editorial Reviews

I think this book is excellent - I can’t wait to purchase a copy. It's everything a student nurse could need all in one place, a one-stop shop for orientation to the world of nursing.

It seems to cover everything a student would want to know. The case studies are great and I was especially pleased to see learning disabilities so prominently, and family-centred case studies. The activities are excellent and I can imagine lecturers buying this book and adapting them for classroom discussion too.

Lucy Kirkham

This book has everything that we want to convey to our student nurses as a good foundation of knowledge on which to build throughout their course. It is a useful guide to our profession, the values, skills and knowledge we possess. The case studies are good to encourage critical thinking and the chapter summaries, activities, glossaries etc are great to bring each chapter to a close and for the student to reflect on what has been learnt.

Sera Manning

It has been an absolute pleasure to review the Essentials of Nursing Practice publication. Its content and design is comprehensive, evidence based, dynamic and therefore very interesting.

I was particularly delighted to read the contributions made by both students and newly qualified nurses. It brings into sharp focus the exciting, but challenging journey that novice nurses are on in the early years of their career, as they develop the professional values, attributes and practices of highly qualified, competent and confident registered nurses.

I would also like to pay tribute to the experienced nurses who contributed to this publication. I particularly applaud the four fundamental principles in which the publication has been designed: (1) holistic, person centred care, (2) awareness of the needs of all types of patients, (3) understand yourself and (4) learning can be fun. These four principles practised simultaneously are the bedrock of high quality nursing care.

Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt

Essentials of Nursing Practice is a beautifully presented, contemporary text and a highly readable resource. It is richly embellished with activities, case studies, student and service user perspectives and fully cross-referenced with evidence, policy and further reading. The integration of the NMC Standards and ESCs provides a blueprint for students and gives the book a holistic feel. This is an excellent course companion for all student nurses.

Paul Newcombe

At last, a nursing book with clinical skills included that so thoroughly integrates people with learning disabilities and learning disabilities nursing alongside the other nursing fields. The stories from students and patients bring this text to life and will ensure the reader knows why nurses do what we do not just how. A fantastic book.

Kim Scarborough

I welcome and highly recommend this book. Rich and readable, it will be greatly valued by those embarking on a career in nursing. It creatively combines student, patient, practitioner and academic narratives to provide a detailed picture of contemporary care. The book is full of useful exercises and activities that will deepen understanding and promote learning.

Professor Steve Tee

I found 'Essentials of Nursing Practice' a well structured and comprehensive guide to modern nursing theory and practice. The 'Skills in Nursing Practice' section is especially useful. The information is clear, coherent and most importantly relevant to a range of care areas. This book would be a valuable purchase for a first year undergraduate student, and I imagine it would be well used and worn at the end of a nursing degree. An excellent 'essentials' textbook.

Louise Clucas