Nursing Practice: Knowledge and Care

Ian Peate, Karen Wild, Muralitharan Nair

John Wiley & Sons, Oct 20, 2014 - Medical - 992 pages

Nursing Practice is the essential, textbook to support you throughout your entire nursing degree, from your first year onwards. It explores all the clinical and professional issues that you need to know in one complete volume.

Written in the context of the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards for Pre-Registration Nursing Education and the Essential Skills Clusters, this book covers all fields of nursing: Adult, Child, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and also Maternity care, in both acute and community settings. With full colour illustrations, and plenty of activities and user-friendly features throughout, this evidence-based text encompasses essential nursing theory and practice, providing students with information to support their success.

Learning features in the book include:

• Hear it from the experts- tips and advice from real life nurses, patients and their carers, and student nurses
• Red Flags- alerting the student to potential dangers
• Primary Care Considerations- informs students about care issues in the community setting
• Fields boxes- giving further insight into other fields of nursing, making the book relevant to all fields of nursing practice
• Medicines Management boxes provide key information about medicines
• Self-assessment and activities throughout

A companion website to this title is available at www.wileynursingpractice.com

Here you’ll find a range of resources for both the student and the lecturer, including:

• Over 350 interactive multiple choice questions
• Flashcards
• Glossary
• Links to references and further reading
• Illustrations from the book
• Worksheets

Contents

• Responding to Disclosures: 154
• The Principles of Older Peoples Care: 170
• After a Fall: 183
• The Principles of Caring for People with Learning: 192
• Classification of Learning Disability: 196
• Answers: 209
• The Principles of Caring for Children and Families: 210
• BasicFundamental Care Needs: 222
• Answers: 235
• The Principles of Caring for People with Mental Health: 236
• Conclusion: 248
• The Principles of Maternity Care: 255
• Overview of Intranatal Care: 261
• The Principles of Surgical Care: 272
• The Principles of Cancer Care: 291
• Other Problems Resulting from All Cancer: 305
• Common Healthcare Associated Infections: 318
• Test Yourself: 332
• Obesity: 346
• Conclusion: 351
• Wound Care and Management: 364
• Conclusion: 377
• Pharmacology: 383
• Person Group Directions: 390
• Drug Calculations: 403
• The Principles of Death Dying and Bereavement: 409
• Advance Care Planning: 417
• Unit 4: 437
• The Cellular Level: 456
• Immunity Inflammation and Infection: 464
• The Cells of Immunity: 475
• Test Yourself: 488
• Pain Management: 490
• Nursing Management of Acute Pain: 505
• References: 512
• Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance and Shock: 516
• Shock: 533
• Unit 5: 541
• Disorders of the Cardiovascular System: 553
• References: 566
• The Person with a Haematological Disorder: 569
• White Blood Cells and Lymphoid Tissue Disorders 581: ii
• Answers 594: xv
• The Person with a Respiratory Disorder: 595
• Introduction: 596
• The Person with a Gastrointestinal Disorder: 626
• Hepatitis: 639
• Answers: 652
• The Person with a Urinary Disorder: 653
• Renal Tumour: 665
• The Woman with a Reproductive Disorder: 677
• Introduction: 678
• Gynaecological Oncology: 695
• Breast Surgery: 703
• The Man with a Reproductive Disorder: 709
• Reproductive Health Conditions: 720
• Conclusion: 735
• The Person with a Sexually Transmitted Infection: 740
• Genital Warts: 750
• The Person with an Endocrine Disorder: 763
• Disorders of the Endocrine System: 776
• Key Points: 789
• The Person with a Neurological Disorder: 793
• Nursing Assessment of the Neurological System: 807
• The Person with an Ear or Eye Disorder: 845
• Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye: 858
• Conclusion: 871
• The Person with a Musculoskeletal Disorder: 876
• Musculoskeletal Conditions: 885
• Conclusion: 901
• Unit: 1
• The Beginnings of the NHS and Nursing: 9
• Current Nurse Education: 16
• Test Yourself: 23
• The Person with a Skin Disorder: 908
• Acne: 918
• Vascular Disorders Including Naevi: 924
• Appendix A Reference Values in Venous Serum: 932
• The Professional Nurse and Contemporary: 967
• The Adult Learner 34: 976
• Conclusion 45: 987
• Introduction 51: 993
• Public Health 72: 1014
• Epidemiology and Public Health 81: 1023
• Conclusion 87: 1029
• Introduction 93: 1035
• Legal Perspectives 102: 1044

Bibliographic information

• Title: Nursing Practice: Knowledge and Care
• Editors: Ian Peate, Karen Wild, Muralitharan Nair
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2014
• ISBN: 1118481364, 9781118481363
• Length: 992 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Critical Care; Medical / Nursing / Fundamentals & Skills