A Handbook for Student Nurses is a comprehensively updated introduction
to the essential background knowledge that pre-registration nursing students
need as a foundation for the rest of their training. This book covers the core
of first year nursing:
* Legal
and professional issues
* Communication
* Values
and health care ethics
* Reflection
and personal development
* Evidence-based
practice
* Study
skills and IT
* Medicine,
IV fluid and drug administration (new for
this edition)
Case studies and examples, activities and reflection points
all aid learning, while up-to-date legislation, key documents and reports, and website links to relevant organisations provide
easy access to core information.
What lecturers thought
about the first edition:
"I found this to be an
excellent resource and I feel students new to the profession would find it
extremely useful.... The book is well-organised, highly readable and accessible."
"An excellent
introductory text for student nurses, written in a clear and illuminative
style."
