Essentials of Nursing Practice 4/e

Catherine Delves-Yates is an experienced nurse and a Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. She started her nursing career as a student at the Nightingale School of Nursing, London and has worked clinically in adult and paediatric critical care in the UK and has taught and nursed in America, Africa and Nepal. Her passion is to ensure all nurses have the knowledge, skills and professionalism to deliver effective compassionate care to each of their patients. Catherine is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Buea and the Higher Institute of Applied Medical Sciences, Cameroon and an international advisor to the Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal. Currently she is researching whether nursing students' views of health and illness alter during their pre-registration nursing programme.

Part A: Learning to Be a Nurse Chapter 1: What Is Nursing and What Is a Nurse? Chapter 2: Being a Nursing Student Chapter 3: Reflection and Evidence-Based Practice Chapter 4: Academic Writing and Assessment Part B: Professional Practice Chapter 5: Ethics Chapter 6: Law Chapter 7: Accountability and Professionalism Chapter 8: Resilience Chapter 9: Leading Change to Improve Care Quality Part C: Fundamentals of Nursing Care Chapter 10: Delivering Effective Care Chapter 11: Introduction to Nursing Theory Chapter 12: Value-Based, Person- or Family-Centred Care Chapter 13: Patient, Service User, Family and Carer Perspectives Chapter 14: Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (APIE): The Process of Nursing Chapter 15: Core Communication Skills Chapter 16: Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Challenging Circumstances Chapter 17: Every Person Counts Chapter 18: Record-Keeping and Documentation Chapter 19: Clinical Decision-Making Chapter 20: Safeguarding Chapter 21: Promoting Health Part D: Skills for Nursing Care Chapter 22: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Chapter 23: Aseptic Technique and Specimen Collection Chapter 24: Clinical Measurement Chapter 25: Pain Management Chapter 26: Skin Integrity Chapter 27: Safe Movement of People Chapter 28: Emergency Care Chapter 29: Medicines Administration Chapter 30: Assisting People with their Nutritional Needs Chapter 31: Assisting People with their Elimination Needs Chapter 32: Assisting People with their Hygiene Needs Chapter 33: Care after Death Part E: Context of Nursing Care Chapter 34: Introduction to the Organisation and Settings of Care Chapter 35: Introduction to Interprofessional Working Chapter 36: Introduction to the Psychological Context of Nursing Chapter 37: Introduction to the Sociological Context of Nursing Chapter 38: Introduction to Public Health Chapter 39: Introduction to Health Policy and the Political Context of Nursing Chapter 40: Introduction to the Global Context of Nursing