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An easy-to-use textbook that helps nursing students become confident in their calculations skills. Using clear and simple language, hundreds of practice questions, and real-life clinical scenarios, to help students pass their exams first time and become responsible nursing professionals.

This new edition has been updated in-line with the latest NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses and continues to provide nursing students with guidance on how to manage medicines safely and effectively when treating patients with mental health conditions.

Ethics can impact the decisions nurses make in their day-to-day work, so it's important that students develop their understanding of ethical frameworks as preparation for future practice. In this book, the author explains ethical ideas, theories and concepts in simple to understand terms, focussing on real-life nursing situations that makes it easy to apply these principles to your practice.

With all content mapped the new NMC standards (2018) this book helps students to understand the underlying theory behind health promotion and the different considerations for working with individuals, families and diverse communities. It also shows the practical skills students will need in order to promote health and well-being effectively in their daily practice.

It is essential that students develop sound decision-making skills in order to deal with the challenges they will encounter as registered nurses. This book enables pre-registration nursing students to understand, develop and apply these skills in order to practise safely and effectively.

Now in it's fourth edition and thoroughly updated to ensure all content is mapped to the new 2018 NMC standards, this book is a practical and readable guide to undertaking a research project plan or a literature review for final year assessment.

Pathophysiology and Pharmacology in Nursing provides an integrated introduction to both the biology of disease and the therapeutic agents that are used to manage them.

This book explores sociology and psychology relevant to nursing and explains why it is so important to understand these disciplines in order to provide holistic, person-centred care. This third edition has been updated according to the latest NMC standards and requirements.

Provides a clear explanation of the science as well as the practical and clinical aspects of infection prevention and control; giving students a more robust knowledge base to better prepare them for taking on future leadership roles in this area.

This new edition introduces the underpinning theory and concepts required for the development of first class communication and interpersonal skills in nursing. By providing a simple to read overview of the central topics students are able to quickly gain a solid, evidence-based grounding in the subject.

This books is packed full of 'need-to-know' information that will help students understand what is meant by mental health and wellbeing, and become aware of the common mental health problems as well as the typical interventions and treatment options available.

A clear and accessible introduction to safeguarding adults in nursing practice with a range of clients and across different settings.

This book is specifically designed to equip nursing students and non-specialists with essential knowledge in relation to the care and management of people nearing the end of life, covering complex issues such as handling bereavement and cultural differences.

This book helps nursing students recognise why they need to know about psychology, how it can affect and influence their individual nursing practice as well as the role it plays in health and illness.

The ability to reflect critically is a vital nursing skill. This book will help your students to make better decisions, avoid errors, identify good and bad forms of practice and become better at learning from their experiences.

A step-by-step and practical guide of how to compile a professional portfolio for use throughout nursing programmes and in initial nursing roles, where portfolios are an essential tool for interviews and employee appraisals.

This introduction to the main psychosocial interventions in mental health shows nurses what they are, why they are important and how they fit in to their practice.

Taking a recovery-approach perspective, this book helps mental health nurses and students understand the importance of physical health care and promotion for people with mental health disorders.

This book aims to provide nursing students and new nurses with a greater understanding of how to manage patient safety and risk in their own practice. The book focuses on the essentials that students and nurses need to know, and therefore provides a clear pathway through what can sometimes seem an overwhelmingly complex mass of rules, procedures and possible options.

Demystifies health policy and helps you understand how policy decisions relate to your daily practice. Through the exploration of selected hot topics, such as patient involvement and dignity, this book helps you to consider how not only to use policy in practice, but also how to use practice to influence policy.

A practical, hands-on guide to the assessment process in mental health nursing.

This book gives nursing students a robust foundation for understanding and developing skills to work with people experiencing dementia.

An essential introduction to what nursing is all about for first year nursing students and those applying to nursing courses.

An essential guide for mental health nursing students to mental health law required for practice, focussing on the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice.

This book helps nursing students succeed in their final year and prepare for their first nursing role.

A clear guide to passing essays, exams and other assessments specifically for nursing students.

Do your students ever struggle to grasp what exactly constitutes evidence or struggle to see how it applies to practice? Would you like them to feel more confident about critiquing evidence?The need for an evidence base for nursing practice is widely accepted. However, what constitutes evidence and how nurses might apply it to practice is not always clear. This book guides nursing students through the process of identifying, appraising and applying evidence in nursing practice. It explores a wide range differing sources of evidence and knowledge, and helps students to develop key skills of critiquing research and using evidence in clinical decision making.

Developed in partnership with Certitude - an influential charity providing support for people with mental health problems or learning disabilities - this book will answer all of the commonly asked questions and provide mental health students with clear explanations and guidance on recovery.

Developed in partnership with Certitude - an influential charity providing support for people with mental health problems or learning disabilities - this book will answer all of the commonly asked questions and provide mental health students with clear explanations and guidance on recovery.

Uniquely focusing on person-centred, humanised care and physical care, this book helps students to examine attitudes towards older people in health care and combat negative stereotypes.