Your complete solution for modern clinical skills education

Accompanied by over 25 videos and written by an experienced team of nursing educators and practitioners, this innovative textbook will support your clinical skills training across all years of your degree.

Taking a holistic and inclusive approach, the book presents both the theory, rationale and ‘how to’ of each procedure, as well as crucial interconnected skills such as communication, clinical reasoning and person-centred practice. Written in clear, straightforward language and mapped to the NMC Future Nurse Standards, the book delivers a complete solution for mastering the essential clinical skills you need as a student and registered nurse.

How will the book support my learning?

·       Offers access to more than 25 videos alongside the text, demonstrating clinical skills in practice, from oxygen administration to venepuncture, cannulation and more
·       Structured around the 2018 NMC standards procedures annexe providing full curriculum coverage
·       Draws on over 30 case study scenarios and ‘voices’ from real pre-registration nursing students that bring clinical skills to life
·       Includes over 60 activities, key term definitions and other features to hone your understanding through self-testing, reflection and critical thinking
·       Relevant to students across all four fields of nursing

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As a nursing student you will have learnt lots of nursing theory and research – but how do you translate this into practice and apply it to the skills you need? Where do you start? What steps should be carried out and in what order? What should you do afterwards?

Essential Nursing Skills answers these questions for over 120 clinical skills. Each one is explained from start to finish, using a step-by-step approach, with clear illustrations and colour photographs to enhance understanding.

Small enough to carry with you and specifically designed and written to aid learning, this book is invaluable for nurses across all fields.

• Attractive design – easy to use
• Skills explained step by step
• Comprehensive list of skills covers all that students will encounter in practice
• Points for Practice sections encourage readers to reflect and learn
• Further reading and references point to the evidence and knowledge base for each skill

• Full-colour photographs illustrate many of the procedures
• Full colour is used throughout to help navigate procedures
• Section listing normal values of commonly used blood tests
• Skills to assess deteriorating patients and care for patients undergoing surgery
• Reflects changes in nursing and professional national guidelines

Essential skills series

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This ground-breaking textbook gathers contributions from service users, expert practitioners and leading academics to help students develop the core knowledge and skills they need to qualify as mental health nurses. Focusing in particular on helping students apply person-centred, compassionate and recovery-focused care,  service-user voices and practical case studies are integrated throughout the book. Students are also given a rounded understanding of the key debates they will face in practice through the exploration of both bio-medical and psycho-social approaches.

Key features include:

• Voices and case studies from real practising nurses and students help students apply knowledge to practice.
• Critical thinking activities, debates, and What s the Evidence summaries help students develop higher level critical thinking and evidence based practice skills. Further reading and free SAGE journal articles facilitate independent learning.
• Online MCQs and Flashcards make revision simple and fun.
• The free interactive ebook gives students the freedom to learn anywhere!
• Online Lecturer resources: free MCQs, video debates, SAGE journal articles and more, which can be used for flipped classroom activities or lectures to make teaching more interactive.

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