Essential Clinical Skills in Nursing
- Deborah Rowberry - Swansea University, UK
- Lee Gauntlett
- Libor Hurt
Your complete solution for modern clinical skills education
Accompanied by over 25 videos and written by an experienced team of nursing educators and practitioners, this innovative textbook will support your clinical skills training across all years of your degree.
Taking a holistic and inclusive approach, the book presents both the theory, rationale and ‘how to’ of each procedure, as well as crucial interconnected skills such as communication, clinical reasoning and person-centred practice. Written in clear, straightforward language and mapped to the NMC Future Nurse Standards, the book delivers a complete solution for mastering the essential clinical skills you need as a student and registered nurse.
How will the book support my learning?
· Offers access to more than 25 videos alongside the text, demonstrating clinical skills in practice, from oxygen administration to venepuncture, cannulation and more
· Structured around the 2018 NMC standards procedures annexe providing full curriculum coverage
· Draws on over 30 case study scenarios and ‘voices’ from real pre-registration nursing students that bring clinical skills to life
· Includes over 60 activities, key term definitions and other features to hone your understanding through self-testing, reflection and critical thinking
· Relevant to students across all four fields of nursing
Supplements
This was added to the reading list as a support resource. It was adopted due to it's additional resources, such as the videos, case studies and points for reflection. This will hopefully encourage the students to think deeper around the topic and the links to the clinical setting.
Well presented current text. Valuable addition of QR codes for additional content.
Clear application to practice. Ideal for pre-registration nursing students
Good relevant content. I love the interactive think boxes, additional research and QR access to videos. Clearly set out and easy to use. Breaking down of terms and use of questions throughout to embed learning.
The content in this book is presented in a clear and logical manner. The inclusion of a variety of coloured and relevant illustrations, and video links enhances the practicality of the book.
The brief overview of the anatomy and physiology recap is very useful and it facilitates the understanding and rational for the skill to be undertaken.
The case study and the activity pause and reflect are very useful tools that allow for reflection and application of knowledge gained. A valuable resource.
Brilliant book. Very useful for first year students and I will definitely be adopting for them. It has some very helpful information for them which is easy to follow
The is an excellent resource, the case studies within are great for the student, as they use examples of how the reading material can be applied within their practice.
Very handy when teaching clinical skills. The quiz at the end of each skill to test knowledge very popular with students especial as its a way to recap on the skill.
Shared information with the unit lead and found that this is an excellent text - she is considering whether to add it