A Handbook for Student Nurses, second edition
Introducing Key Issues Relevant for Practice| By: | Wendy Benbow; Gill Jordan |
| Publisher: | Scion Publishing Ltd |
| Print ISBN: | 9781908625144 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781908625199 |
| Edition: | 2 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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A Handbook for Student Nurses is a comprehensively updated introduction to the essential background knowledge that pre-registration nursing students need as a foundation for the rest of their training. This book covers the core of first year nursing:
* Legal
and professional issues
* Communication
* Values
and health care ethics
* Reflection
and personal development
* Evidence-based
practice
* Study
skills and IT
* Medicine,
IV fluid and drug administration (new for
this edition)
Case studies and examples, activities and reflection points all aid learning, while up-to-date legislation, key documents and reports, and website links to relevant organisations provide easy access to core information.
What lecturers thought about the first edition:
“I found this to be an excellent resource and I feel students new to the profession would find it extremely useful…. The book is well-organised, highly readable and accessible.”
“An excellent introductory text for student nurses, written in a clear and illuminative style.”