Main description:

With a brand new team of expert authors, the second edition of the central series title the Oxford Handbook of Adult Nursing has been completely rewritten for today's nurse. Brought fully up to date with the latest nursing competencies and professional knowledge, it ensures you have everything you need to deliver appropriate nursing care and interventions. Designed to reflect the NMC nursing competencies, it covers key nursing values and standards,
communication, clinical practice and decision making, and professional development.

The Oxford Handbook of Adult Nursing is written by nurses, for nurses, to provide concise, practical, and expert advice on all aspects of the nurse's role. Designed as a comprehensive and reliable guide to the care of adults, this new edition reflects how nurses relate to patients, engage critically with professional knowledge, and organise and deliver appropriate nursing care and interventions. With concise and comprehensive summaries of key nursing values and communication skills
when dealing with diverse clinical populations, the role of the nurse is fully detailed as a provider of clinical care, as well as a leader, manager, and member of a broad multidisciplinary team. Clinical nursing practice is addressed using a systems-based approach, providing an overview of clinical conditions,
investigations, and treatments, including frequently prescribed medicines, while highlighting key nursing practice considerations.

Each chapter of the handbook lists useful sources of further information, primarily easily-accessible on-line resources. To help you achieve the best possible results for your patients, the authors offer a wealth of recommendations, guidance and information from their years of experience.

Together with the complementary Oxford Handbook of Clinical Skills in Adult Nursing, this handbook provides nursing students and general adult nurses with a robust framework for thinking about, and practicing, safe and compassionate, values based nursing. Whether the reader needs a comprehensive introduction to adult nursing or a reliable resource to dip into when the need arises, the Oxford Handbook of Adult Nursing will be an invaluable companion for years to
come.

Contents:

Section 1: Professional nursing values
1: Professional nursing values
2: Values led nursing research
3: Safety in the clinical environment
4: Medicines management
5: Record keeping and social media
Section 2: Communication and interpersonal skills
6: Communication in a healthcare context
7: Dignity and respect
8: Culturally sensitive communication
9: Communicating concerns about healthcare
10: Conflict resolution
11: Breaking 'bad news'
Section 3: Nursing practice and decision making
12: Risk assessment
13: Physiological values
14: Respiratory conditions
15: Cardiovascular conditions
16: Neurological conditions
17: Gastro-intestinal conditions
18: Renal & urinary tract conditions
19: Diabetes
20: Musculoskeletal conditions
21: Conditions of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat
22: Surgery
23: Pain
24: Palliative care
25: Death and dying
26: Clinical emergencies
Section 4: Leadership and teamwork
27: Leadership
28: Teamwork
29: Professional development
30: Nursing collectivism
31: Patient and public involvement in healthcare
Appendices
Appendix 1: Waterlow Tool
Appendix 2: MUST Screening Tool
Appendix 3: Risk Assesment for VTE
Appendix 4: Height and Weight Conversion Chart