Main description:

The perfect handbook for first year nursing students!

Whether you are just starting your course, preparing for your first placement, writing an assignment, or revising for your end-of-year exams, this book will support you through it all, with interactive activities, real-life scenarios and interesting case studies. Covering all the skills, theory and knowledge that you will need to know in order to succeed, this book is packed full of information relating to the core modules taught in the first year of your nursing degree, including:

Person centred care, effective communication and ethical values
Research, academic and study skills
Core clinical skills for effective practice
Anatomy and Physiology
Pharmacology and medicines management

Written specifically for first year Nursing Students in all specialisms and students on the first year of their Nursing Associate or Nursing Apprenticeship programmes.

Contents:

Introduction - Calvin Moorley
Chapter 1: Professional values and practice - Marie Culloty and Beverly Joshua
Chapter 2: Introduction to research, resources and academic practices - Stephen Bowman, Pamela Thomas, Adebisi Adelaja and Marian Brown
Chapter 3: Communication in Nursing - Calvin Moorley, Xabi Cathala and Nova Corcoran
Chapter 4: Professional skills for adult nursing: Part 1 - Calvin Moorley and Alwin Puthenpurakal
Chapter 5: Professional skills for adult nursing: Part 2 - Calvin Moorley, Mynesha Sankar and Sonia Kirby
Chapter 6: Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology - Xabi Cathala and Alexandra Costa
Chapter 7: Person centred care: From secondary to primary care - Nicholas Gladstone, Chioma Noyedinma-Ndubueze and Nova Corcoran
Chapter 8: Understanding pharmacology introducing medicines management - Debra Jones and Rosetta West
Chapter 9: Death, dying and cultural practices within palliative and end-of-life care - Jane Crussell and Robert Murphy
Chapter 10: Contemporary issues in nursing - Peter Jones