A Handbook for Student Nurses, 3rd edition: Introducing Key Issues Relevant to Practice - Softcover

Benbow, Wendy; Jordan, Gill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908625759 ISBN 13: 9781908625755

Publisher: Lantern Publishing Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

A Handbook for Student Nurses provides an introduction to the essential background knowledge that pre-registration nursing students need as a foundation for their training.
 

This third edition reflects the new NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses and the latest update of the NMC Code. Thoroughly revised and with a completely new chapter on health promotion, the book incorporates the 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 assessment
• Communication
• Legal and professional issues
• Values, ethics, and cultural awareness
• Reflection and personal development
• Quality care and evidence-based practice
• Study skills
• Public health and promoting health and wellbeing

 

A Handbook for Student Nurses is widely recommended in institutions across the UK and is essential reading for new students.

 
WHAT STUDENTS AND LECTURERS THINK ABOUT THIS BOOK:
“… an invaluable resource and a daily accompaniment for lectures… I take it into my second year with the knowledge that I have a great reference book I can reflect on throughout my years of training.”
“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.”
“[An] excellent textbook that provides up-to-date and relevant information for pre- and postregistration nursing students.”
“This is an excellent book, full of relevant information for student nurses.”

Edition details

• Publisher: Lantern Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908625759
• ISBN 13: 9781908625755
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 224