Main description:

A Handbook for Student Nurses provides an
introduction to the essential background knowledge that pre-registration
nursing students need as a foundation for their training. It covers the core of
first year nursing studies:

* Legal and professional issues

* Communication

* Values and health care ethics

* Reflection and personal development

* Evidence-based practice

* Study skills

* Medicine, IV fluid and drug administration

Case studies and examples, activities and reflection points
all aid learning, while references to legislation, key documents and reports,
and website links to relevant organisations provide easy access to core
information.

A Handbook for Student Nurses is widely
recommended in institutions across the UK and is essential reading for new
students. This 2017-18 edition incorporates the latest developments in the
health service, and references have also been comprehensively updated.

WHAT STUDENTS AND LECTURERS THINK ABOUT THIS BOOK:

"...an invaluable resource and a daily accompaniment for
lectures...I take it into my second year with the knowledge that I have a great
reference book I can reflect on throughout my years of training."

"I found this to be an excellent resource and I feel
students new to the profession would find it extremely useful.... The book is
well-organised, highly readable and accessible."

"An excellent introductory text for student nurses, written
in a clear and illuminative style."

"[An] excellent textbook that provides up-to-date and
relevant information for pre- and post-registration nursing students."

"This is an excellent book, full of relevant information for
student nurses."

Contents:

1 Nurse education and mentorship

2 Communication

3 Legal and professional issues

4 Values and healthcare ethics

5 The UK as a culturally diverse society

6 Quality assurance

7 Evidence-based practice

8 Interprofessional practice and changing roles in nursing

9 Reflection and professional development

10 Study skills and information technology

11 Medicine, IV fluid and blood administration