Nursing Care: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Care

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Barbara Smith Linda Field

Nursing Care

An Essential Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Care

Barbara Smith, Linda Field

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Routledge
04 September 2019

Nursing fundamentals & skills

This new edition of Nursing Care: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Care is a comprehensive introductory textbook to nursing care for pre-registration nursing students and nursing associate students in the UK, and is relevant to other allied health students. This ‘back to basics’ edition is a concise, clear text on the essentials of nursing care which:

Comprehensively covers all aspects of essential care

Puts care into context and relates it to current UK government policy and targets

Shows how to apply theory in practice using diagrams and case studies

Provides opportunities to reflect on the theory and think critically on key issues

Explains clinical skills in the context of care

Includes features such as recap questions, points for debate, a glossary, further reading lists and a companion website to allow students to reinforce and expand their knowledge

Fully updated to address the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council and government policy, this new edition of Nursing Care: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Care is designed to help the student develop a proactive approach to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care that they give. The invaluable advice can be applied to all branches of nursing and to all environments where patients are nursed, whether in hospital, at home or care homes.

This book is essential reading for nursing students, qualified nurses and all health and social care workers.

By: Barbara Smith, Linda Field
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 670g
ISBN: 9781138389106
ISBN 10: 1138389102
Pages: 338
Publication Date: 04 September 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Guided tour Introduction 1. What is caring? 2. Dignity and privacy 3. Basic observations 4. Hygiene 5. Nutrition 6. Fluid balance and continence care 7. Pain management 8. Pressure Ulcers 9. Rehabilitation and self-care 10. Record-keeping

Barbara Smith is a freelance consultant, lecturer and retired nurse, RGN, RSCN. Linda Field is a Research Nurse Facilitator, RGN, ONC. She was formerly Nurse Advisor and Senior Nurse Lecturer/Teaching Fellow/Education Facilitator at the University of Warwick.