Essential skills clusters for nurses : theory for practice /
edited by Linda Louise Childs, Lesley Coles and Barbara Marjoram.
- xiii, 240 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to communication -- Communicating with children and young people -- Communicating with people with learning disability -- Communicating with people with mental health issues -- Communication and loss -- Value-based practice -- Management of care and self -- Promoting health and well-being -- Ethical and legal principles for healthcare -- Infection prevention and control -- Principles of nutrition -- Principles of fluid management -- Principles of pharmacology -- Principles of medicines management.
This is a comprehensive, practical resource for students providing them with the core theory and knowledge underpinning nursing skills. Divided into five sections that discuss a particular area of the 'Essential Skills Clusters', the text explores care, organisational aspects of care, and much more.