Introduction to Nursing for First Year Students

Calvin Moorley

• Publisher: Learning Matters
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781526430052, 9781526430045
• eBook ISBN: 9781526450852
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Nursing

The perfect handbook for first year nursing students!

Whether you are just starting your course, preparing for your first placement, writing an assignment, or revising for your end-of-year exams, this book will support you through it all, with interactive activities, real-life scenarios and interesting case studies. Covering all the skills, theory and knowledge that you will need to know in order to succeed, this book is packed full of information relating to the core modules taught in the first year of your nursing degree, including:

• Person centred care, effective communication and ethical values
• Research, academic and study skills
• Core clinical skills for effective practice
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Pharmacology and medicines management

Written specifically for first year Nursing Students in all specialisms and students on the first year of their Nursing Associate or Nursing Apprenticeship programmes.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the editor and contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Professional values and practice
• Chapter 2 Introduction to research, resources and academic practices
• Chapter 3 Communication in nursing
• Chapter 4 Professional skills for adult nursing Part 1
• Chapter 5 Professional skills for adult nursing Part 2
• Chapter 6 Introduction to anatomy and physiology
• Chapter 7 Person-centred care From secondary to primary care
• Chapter 8 Understanding pharmacology and introducing medicines management
• Chapter 9 Death, dying and cultural practices within palliative and end-of-life care
• Chapter 10 Contemporary issues in nursing
• References
• Index