Developing practical nursing skills : foundations for nursing and healthcare students. /

Neale, Nicola.

Developing practical nursing skills : foundations for nursing and healthcare students. / Nicola Neale. - 5th edition. - 1 online resource (871 pages)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1 Practical nursing skills: a caring approach -- 2 Communication: a person-centred approach -- 3 Fundamentals of mental health assessment for non-mental health practitioners -- 4 Measuring and monitoring vital signs -- 5 Meeting personal needs: hydration and nutrition -- 6 Meeting personal needs: elimination -- 7 Meeting personal needs: hygiene -- 8 Promoting comfort and sleep -- 9 Assessing and managing pain -- 10 Medicines management -- 11 Caring for people with impaired mobility -- 12 Infection prevention and control -- 13 Principles of wound care -- 14 Assessing and responding to sudden deterioration in the adult -- 15 Managing care at the end of life -- Appendices -- Index.

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