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Clinical Skills for Student Nurses: Theory, Practice and Reflection

Edited by ROBIN RICHARDSON
 
   

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Description

Clinical Skills for Student Nurses is a comprehensive learning resource for student nurses in the UK. This textbook is based on the NMC Essential Skills Clusters and covers all the key clinical skills required for effective and efficient practice in UK healthcare. The book maps the development of the student nurse in relation to clinical skill acquisition, focussing not only on the dexterity aspects, but also on the underpinning theory and the attitudinal aspects of skill delivery.

Using a scenario-based approach, this book relates skills to ‘real’ people and situations. In addition to providing instruction on how to perform clinical skills, it will also ask the students to reflect and consider how these skills and related principles may be transferred to other situations and contexts. Above all, the authors are offering students a friendly, interactive and visual approach to skills acquisition.

Written by an experienced team of clinical skills educators at the University of Central Lancashire, Clinical Skills provides students and lecturers with:
• up-to-date theory and evidence-based practice,
• scenarios and case studies,
• activities to encourage reflection,
• exercises for self-assessment and skills practice,
• a glossary, references and further reading.

 
Key Features

Suitable for:
- The Common Foundation Programme and all pre-registration nursing students;
- Vocational Health and Social Care courses in FE colleges;
- Those returning to practice and current Health and Social Care practitioners.

The book includes:
- Specific references to the National Occupational Standards;
- Focus on evidence-based practice;
- Case studies and examples;
- Exercises and Reflection Points throughout.

 
Author Biographies

The Volume Editor
ROBIN RICHARDSON is Principal Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire and Divisional Leader of the Practice Learning Division in the Department of Nursing.

The Authors
The author team are all members of the Department of Nursing at the University of Central Lancashire. All authors are either qualified nurses or registered paramedics. Most authors are also qualified teachers, while some have the specific role of teaching skills to vocational health care students in the simulated environment.

 
Reviews
'I have asked some student nurses their opinion and they thought the book was excellent, very easy to read and understand and they were going to try and purchase it the same day'. (Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University)

'Excellent content which closely links to the outcomes of the module for which I will be recommending it. Good use of the activity approach to reinforce learning. Overall an extremely well-presented text.' (Lecturer, University of Chester)

Easy to read and follow - little technical jargon; well laid out; interactive; attractive and inviting cover; accurate content.' (Lecturer, De Montfort University)

'The scenarios in each chapter are an excellent tool to reinforce that clinical skills are not an isolated activity but part of an holistic package of care. The diagrams and photographs throughout the book are of high quality and particularly helpful to novice students. The clinical procedures are clearly described, together with the theoretical underpinning and related to the NMC outcomes and activities of daily living'. (Lecturer, Coventry University)

'Clinical Skills for Student Nurses: Theory Practice and Reflection' is a valuable contribution to pre-registration nursing education. It is based around the NMC Essential Skills Clusters which provides focus to the various sections and allows the reader to cross reference to areas of their education where they may be struggling or just require further development. Although it is aimed primarily at students on the Common Foundation Programme or in the Adult branch of pre-registration education, there are sections which are helpful to all branches, such as the section on breaking bad news and Specimen collection and infection control.

The textbook covers all of those essential skills with which most people are familiar, such as the recording of observations, personal hygiene and medicines administration. It also covers aspects of clinical practice where there is little specific teaching but which students frequently come across in practice such as Pain Management and Transferring and Discharging Patients. This textbook also provides frequent invitations for the reader to reflect upon their own experiences and tasks aimed at further personal development. It also provides the reader with the helpful benefit of the authors’ professional and personal expertise by highlighting ‘‘hints” and ‘‘cautions”. There are also examples of documentation and dia¬grammatic explanations of, for example, airway support.

The book is divided into five parts which groups skills together in a manner which makes for ease of reference and clear explanation. Each part is opened with a scenario which allows the reader to contextualise their reading and which allows the author to develop the subject. Every chapter begins with extracts from the NMC Skills Clusters which helps to maintain focus to the author’s writing and also the readers’ understanding. There are also extensive further reading and reference lists to allow the student to further their own development.

In conclusion, this text covers a variety of skills which students need to develop in an appropriate manner and without being unnecessarily verbose. It prompts the student to challenge their own practice and to develop a good evidence based approach to their pre-registration education and their subsequent practice. (Paul P. Corrigan, University of Salford in 'Nurse Education in Practice' 10 (2010) e10)
Contents List
Introduction

Acknowledgements

Author Biographies

PART 1 COMMUNICATION

1 Interpersonal skills
Communication skills
Dementia and interpersonal skills
Dealing with aggression and violence

2 Assessment of patients
Introduction
What is assessment?
Patient assessment
Care planning
Implementation
Evaluation

3 Transferring and discharging patients
Patient transfers
Patient discharges

4 Pain management
The aetiology of pain
Types of pain
Symptoms of pain
Pain management
The treatment of pain
Non-pharmacological options for pain management

5 Venepuncture and cannulation
Introduction
The structure of veins
The circulatory system
Important considerations when performing venepuncture and cannulation
Venepuncture and cannulation

PART 2 PERSONAL CARE

6 Personal hygiene
Introduction
Preparation for a bed bath
Hair care
Nail care
Oral care
Immersion bath
Bed making

7 Catheterisation (male and female)
Introduction
What is urinary catheterisation?
Male catheterisation
Female catheterisation
Catheter care
Removal of urinary catheters

8 Bowel care, suppositories and enemata
Introduction
Monitoring bowel function
Administration of suppositories
Following the administration of suppositories
Enemata
Administration of enemata
Following enema administration

9 Skin integrity assessment and pressure area care
Introduction
How and why do pressure ulcers develop?
Pressure ulcer risk assessment
Preventing the development of pressure ulcers

PART 3 CARE AND COMPASSION

10 Nutritional support, hydration and fluid balance
Overview of nutritional issues
Nutritional assessment
Encouraging and supporting dietary intake
Enteral nutrition
Hydration and fluid balance

11 Moving and handling
Overview of manual handling practice
Legislative and professional aspects of manual handling practice
Consideration of the manual handling activities that Mrs Smith requires
Moving Mrs Smith
Bed manoeuvres

12 Breaking bad news
Introduction
What is bad news?
How to break bad news

13 Last offices
Introduction
Last offices

PART 4 MEDICINE MANAGEMENT

14 The legal, ethical and professional aspects of medicines management
Introduction
The legal aspects of medicines management
Professional practice
The capacity to consent
Record-keeping

15 The administration of medicines
Introduction
General safety issues
Basic pharmacology
Drug calculations
Routes of drug administration
Complementary medicine

16 Medication errors, drug storage and controlled drugs
Introduction
Medication errors
The storage of medication
Controlled drugs

PART 5 CARE MANAGEMENT

17 Observations
Introduction
Observations

18 Early Warning Scores – the early detection of deterioration
What is the Early Warning Score?
Calculating the EWS
EWS – taking action
The outreach team
Documentation
Observations in today’s working environment

19 Airway management and life support
Airway management
Basic life support
Advanced life support

20 Pre- and post-operative care
Introduction
Pre-operative care
Post-operative care

21 Specimen collection and infection control
Introduction
Infection control
Specimen collection

Appendix: Essential Skills Clusters (ESCs) for Pre-registration Nursing Programmes

List of abbreviations

Glossary

Index

Edition: 1
Price: £24.99
Pub. Date: 20 March 2008
ISBN: 978 1 906052 04 1
No. of Pages: 560
Status: Published and Available to Buy
 
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