Clinical skills for nursing practice / 
edited by Tina Moore and Sheila Cunningham. 
 - xxii, 596 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> List of figures --  List of tables --  Notes on contributors --  Foreword /  Foreword /  Preface --  Acknowledgements --  Professional Role of the Nurse /  Care and Compassion and Communication :--  Communication /  Personal care /  Elimination /  Pain Assessment and Management /  End of Life Care /  Essential skills :--  Observations and Monitoring (vital signs) /  Monitoring and Interpreting /  Oxygenation /  Emergency Management and Resuscitation /  Organisational aspects of care :--  Moving and Handling /  Wound Care /  Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care /  Tracheostomy care /  Safety and Protection :--  Infection control /  Safe and Accurate Administration of Medicines /  Nutrition and Fluid balance :--  Nutrition /  Hydration and Fluid Balance /  Index.  Alina Garofil --  Lisa Smith --  Kathy Wilson and Nora Cooper --  Brian Richardson --  Mariama Seray-Wurie --  Marion Hinds and Sheila Cunningham --  Sheila Cunningham --  Kirsty Dye --  Tina Moore --  Tina Moore --  Tina Moore --  José Hernandez-Padilla & Fiona Suthers --  Sinna Ramonaledi --  Jane Preece --  Jenny Phillips and Carolyn Perriman --  Tina Moore --  Sheila Cunningham --  Sheila Cunningham --  Susan Kaur Lawrence --  Margaret Herlihy and Dee Anderson --  1.  Part I.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  Part II.  7.  8.  9.  10.  Part III.  11.  12.  13.  14.  Part IV.  15.  16.  Part V.  17.  18. 
<br/><br/> "Employing an evidence-based approach, this comprehensive textbook introduces the core clinical skills and competencies a newly-qualified nurse is required to have for professional practice. Designed to allow readers to develop and enhance their clinical skills with one key textbook, each chapter contains learning outcomes, recommendations for practice, case studies, activities, 'clinical significance' highlights and step-by-step guides to important procedures. This invaluable clinical skills textbook is an essential reference for pre-registration nursing students."--Publisher's website. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1138791199 9781138791190 0273767941 9780273767947 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016014016 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing.<br/>Clinical competence.<br/>Nursing Care--methods<br/>Clinical Competence.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT41  / .C55 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.73