Foundations of nursing practice / edited by Chris Brooker, Anne Waugh.
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TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Mosby, 2007.Description: 744 p. : illISBN: - 9780723433569 (pbk.) :
- 9780723433569
- 610.73 BRO
- RT86.7
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SECTION 1: HEALTH, NURSING AND HEALTH CARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY:--1. Understanding health and health promotion--2. Evolution of contemporary nursing---3. Health and social care delivery systems--SECTION 2: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:- 4. Learning and teaching--5. Evidence-based practice and research--6. Legal issues that impact on nursing practice--7. NMC Code of Conduct and applied ethical principles--SECTION 3: NURSING AND LIFESPAN IMPLICATIONS--8. The human lifespan and its effect on selecting nursing interventions --9. Relationship, helping and communication skills--10. Sleep, rest, relaxation, complementary therapies and alternative therapies--11 Stress, anxiety and coping--12. Loss and bereavement--SECTION 4: DEVELOPING NURSING SKILLS--13. Safety in nursing practice--Chapter 14 The nursing process, holistic assessment and baseline observations--15. Preventing the spread of infection--16. Caring for the person with physical needs, sensory impairment and unconsciousness--17. Breathing and circulation --18. Mobility and immobility--19. Promoting hydration and nutrition--20. Elimination - urine--21. Elimination - faeces--22. Promoting the safe administration of medicines--23. Pain management - minimizing the pain experience--24. Caring for the person having surgery--25. Wound management.
This book is divided into four sections: 'Health, Nursing and Health Care in the 21st Century', 'Professional Practice', 'Nursing and Lifespan Implications' and 'Developing Nursing Skills'.