Bob Price is based at the RCN and a well known and respected authority on nurse education. He is currently Lecturer in Distance Learning and Programme Director MSc in Nursing at the RCN Institute. Previously he was Principal Lecturer in Nursing (Distance Learning) at South Bank University and Vice Principal in Cancer Nurse Education at the Royal Marsden Hospital. He has ten years experience of designing and writing accessible open learning texts and was one of the team of four who set up the then Nursing Times Conversion Programme for Enrolled Nurses. In more recent years, he has introduced PBL into a distance learning undergraduate nursing programme, and is a contributor to Problem-Based Learning in Nursing

• PART 1: INTRODUCTION: KEY SKILLS AND PRACTICE WISDOMThe Nature of Practice Skills and Associated WisdomLearning in association with clinical practicePART 2: SKILLS AND THE PRACTICE ENVIRONMENTReading practice situationsAssessing signs and symptomsListening effectively to clients and lay carersTaking a health historyAssessing riskMaking decisions and planning interventionsDeveloping psycho-motor skillsCommunicating effectively with patients and lay carersTeaching patients and lay carersTackling practice problemsLiaising with other healthcare professionalsWorking with protocols and policiesMonitoring progressAttending to concerns and complaintsAddressing ethical issuesBuilding a learning environmentAppendix.

Bob Price is based at the RCN and a well known and respected authority on nurse education. He is currently Lecturer in Distance Learning and Programme Director MSc in Nursing at the RCN Institute. Previously he was Principal Lecturer in Nursing (Distance Learning) at South Bank University and Vice Principal in Cancer Nurse Education at the Royal Marsden Hospital. He has ten years experience of designing and writing accessible open learning texts and was one of the team of four who set up the then Nursing Times Conversion Programme for Enrolled Nurses. In more recent years, he has introduced PBL into a distance learning undergraduate nursing programme, and is a contributor to Problem-Based Learning in Nursing

• PART 1: INTRODUCTION: KEY SKILLS AND PRACTICE WISDOMThe Nature of Practice Skills and Associated WisdomLearning in association with clinical practicePART 2: SKILLS AND THE PRACTICE ENVIRONMENTReading practice situationsAssessing signs and symptomsListening effectively to clients and lay carersTaking a health historyAssessing riskMaking decisions and planning interventionsDeveloping psycho-motor skillsCommunicating effectively with patients and lay carersTeaching patients and lay carersTackling practice problemsLiaising with other healthcare professionalsWorking with protocols and policiesMonitoring progressAttending to concerns and complaintsAddressing ethical issuesBuilding a learning environmentAppendix.