A Handbook for Student Nurses, fourth edition (EPUB) von Wendy Benbow

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

The fourth edition is in full colour and provides the core background knowledge that pre-reg students need as a foundation for their learning.

Preface to the fourth edition; Preface to the third edition; About the authors

1. Nurse education, practice supervision and assessment
      Introduction
      Pre-registration nurse education
      Nurse education today
      Standards of proficiency for registered nurses
      Standards for education
      Practice placements
      Registration

2. Communication
      Introduction
      Communication defined
      The communication process
      Interpersonal skills
      Intercultural communication
      Emotional intelligence
      Non-verbal interaction
      Barriers to effective communication
      Listening skills
      Advocacy and empowerment
      Digital literacy

3. Legal and professional issues
      Professional accountability
      Arenas of professional accountability
      Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
      Compassion in Practice
      Delegation
      The Code in more detail
      Consent
      Safeguarding
      Confidentiality
      Record-keeping
      And finally...

4. Values and healthcare ethics
      Values and rights
      Patients' rights
      Human rights
      Professional considerations
      Respect, dignity and privacy
      Healthcare ethics

5. Cultural awareness
      Introduction
      Culture
      Associated cultural terminology
      Legislation and policy
      Culture in practice
      Religious awareness

6. Quality care
      Defining quality assurance
      A brief history of the organisation of quality assurance in UK healthcare
      National quality assurance
      Local clinical level
      Further aspects of quality assurance

7. Evidence-based practice
      Introduction
      Evidence-based practice in nursing
      Carrying out evidence-based practice
      Clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice
      Implementing evidence-based practice

8. Professional roles in healthcare
      Introduction to interprofessional practice
      Definitions
      Interprofessional working
      Challenges to successful interprofessional working
      Changing roles in nursing
      Nursing in the 21st century in the UK
      Careers in nursing

9. Reflection and clinical supervision
      Reflection
      Models of reflection
      Using reflective frameworks
      The benefits of practising reflectively
      Reflective writing – keeping a journal or reflective diary
      Preceptorship
      Maintaining professional knowledge and competence (revalidation)
      Continuing professional development and lifelong learning
      Clinical/professional supervision
      Resilience in nursing

10. Study skills
      Study skills
      Reading
      Taking notes
      Writing essays
      Electronic learning (e-learning)
      Researching online
      Numeracy

11. Public health and promoting health and wellbeing
      Why is public health and promoting health and wellbeing relevant to nursing?
      The context of public health
      Determinants of health and health inequalities
      Local public health
      Wellbeing
      Health promotion

Index