Essentials of Nursing Practice

Catherine Delves-Yates is an experienced nurse and a Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK.  She started her nursing career as a student at the Nightingale School of Nursing, London and has worked clinically in adult and paediatric critical care in the UK and has taught and nursed in America, Africa and Nepal.  Her passion is to ensure all nurses have the knowledge, skills and professionalism to deliver effective compassionate care to each of their patients.  Catherine is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Buea and the Higher Institute of Applied Medical Sciences, Cameroon and an international advisor to the Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal.  Currently she is researching whether nursing students’ views of health and illness alter during their pre-registration nursing programme.

• Part A: Learning to Be a NurseChapter 1: What Is Nursing and What Is a Nurse?Chapter 2: Being a Nursing StudentChapter 3: Reflection and Evidence-Based PracticeChapter 4: Academic Writing and AssessmentPart B: Professional PracticeChapter 5: EthicsChapter 6: LawChapter 7: Accountability and ProfessionalismChapter 8: ResilienceChapter 9: Leading Change to Improve Care QualityPart C: Fundamentals of Nursing CareChapter 10: Delivering Effective CareChapter 11: Introduction to Nursing TheoryChapter 12: Value-Based, Person- or Family-Centred CareChapter 13: Patient, Service User, Family and Carer PerspectivesChapter 14: Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (APIE): The Process of NursingChapter 15: Core Communication SkillsChapter 16: Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Challenging CircumstancesChapter 17: Every Person CountsChapter 18: Record-Keeping and DocumentationChapter 19: Clinical Decision-MakingChapter 20: SafeguardingChapter 21: Promoting HealthPart D: Skills for Nursing CareChapter 22: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)Chapter 23: Aseptic Technique and Specimen CollectionChapter 24: Clinical MeasurementChapter 25: Pain ManagementChapter 26: Skin IntegrityChapter 27: Safe Movement of PeopleChapter 28: Emergency CareChapter 29: Medicines AdministrationChapter 30: Assisting People with their Nutritional NeedsChapter 31: Assisting People with their Elimination NeedsChapter 32: Assisting People with their Hygiene NeedsChapter 33: Care after DeathPart E: Context of Nursing CareChapter 34: Introduction to the Organisation and Settings of CareChapter 35: Introduction to Interprofessional WorkingChapter 36: Introduction to the Psychological Context of NursingChapter 37: Introduction to the Sociological Context of NursingChapter 38: Introduction to Public HealthChapter 39: Introduction to Health Policy and the Political Context of NursingChapter 40: Introduction to the Global Context of Nursing