Developing Practical Nursing Skills

<p><em>Developing Practical Nursing Skills</em> helps you learn and perfect the practical skills required to become a qualified nurse. Adopting a patient-focused and caring approach this essential text helps you integrate nursing values alongside physical skills in your daily practice. </p><p>Now in its fifth edition the text takes into account the NMC standards of proficiency and is relevant to nurses across all fields. Key features of the book include: i) New chapters on mental health assessment and end-of-life care along with expanded content on sleep pain and medication management. ii) Full-colour text design with clear illustrations and clinical photographs to aid visual learning. iii) Reader-friendly style with learning outcomes activities and reflection points to help you link theory to practice. iv) Scenarios from a range of settings including community mental health and learning disabilities nursing. v) A focus on adults and young people and with 'pointers' on caring for children and pregnant women to promote a lifespan approach. </p><p>This is a complete clinical skills resource for all pre-registration nursing students. It is also a useful text for nursing associate and healthcare support workers.</p>