Gill Jordan – författare

A Handbook for Student Nurses provides anintroduction to the essential background knowledge that pre-registrationnursing students need as a foundation for their training. It covers the core offirst year nursing studies: * Legal and professional issues* Communication* Values and health care ethics* Reflection and personal development* Evidence-based practice* Study skills* Medicine, IV fluid and drug administrationCase studies and examples, activities and reflection pointsall aid learning, while references to legislation, key documents and reports,and website links to relevant organisations provide easy access to coreinformation.A Handbook for Student Nurses is widelyrecommended in institutions across the UK and is essential reading for newstudents. This 2018 19 edition incorporates the latest developments in thehealth service, and references have also been comprehensively updated.WHAT STUDENTS AND LECTURERS THINK ABOUT THIS BOOK: an invaluable resource and a daily accompaniment forlectures I take it into my second year with the knowledge that I have a greatreference book I can reflect on throughout my years of training. I found this to be an excellent resource and I feelstudents new to the profession would find it extremely useful . The book iswell-organised, highly readable and accessible. An excellent introductory text for student nurses, writtenin a clear and illuminative style. [An] excellent textbook that provides up-to-date andrelevant information for pre- and post-registration nursing students. This is an excellent book, full of relevant information forstudent nurses.

A Handbook for Student Nurses is widely recommended in institutions across the UK and is essential reading for new students.The book provides an introduction to the essential background knowledge that pre-registration nursing students need as a foundation for their training. This fourth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the new NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses and the most recent update of the NMC Code. It incorporates the very latest developments in nurse education and in the health service.A Handbook for Student Nurses covers the core of first-year nursing studies:Practice supervision and assessmentCommunicationLegal and professional issuesValues, ethics and cultural awarenessReflection and personal developmentQuality care and evidence-based practiceStudy skillsPublic health and promoting health and wellbeing“An excellent introductory text for student nurses, written in a clear and illuminative style.” Lecturer, Adult Nursing