cover image - Learning to Care, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780702076053
Copyright: 2019
Publication Date: 03-21-2019
Page Count: 585
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $32.95

Learning to Care, 1st Edition

by Ian Peate, OBE, FRCN, EN(G) RGN, DipN(Lond), RNT B.Ed (Hons), MA, LLM

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cover image - Learning to Care, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780702076053
Copyright: 2019
Publication Date: 03-21-2019
Page Count: 585
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $32.95
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2nd Edition

Learning to Care

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ISBN: 9780443111006
  • Clear, no nonsense writing style helps make learning easy
  • Provides helpful advice on study skills and essay writing
  • Incorporates the 15 Standards of the Care Certificate
  • Learning objectives at the start of each chapter enable readers to monitor their progress
  • Key Words feature encourage familiarisation with a new vocabulary
  • ‘Self Test’ questions at the start of each chapter allow readers to establish their baseline knowledge
  • Reflection and Critical Awareness features encourage critical thinking and recall of essential information
  • Medicine Trolley feature outlines common drugs, their usage, routes of administration and side effects
  • Case Studies give practical context to core information
  • Care in the Home Setting, At the GP Surgery and Communities of Care boxes illustrate healthcare provision outside the hospital environment
  • Includes anatomy and physiology and pathophysiology of important diseases and disorders
  • OSCEs help trainee nursing associates prepare for examinations
  • Helpful glossary provides definitions of new terms
  • Part 1 Learning to Care

    1 Health and social care provision

    2 The Care Certificate

    3 Learning to learn

    4 Professional and regulatory bodies

    5 The law and the NA

    6 Professional issues

    7 Documentation

    8 The 6Cs

    9 Effective communication skills

    10 Taking a patient history & physical examination

    11 A systematic approach to nursing care

    12 Managing care provision

    13 Reflective practice

    14 Using an evidence base

    15 Health education and promotion

    16 Infection prevention and control

    17 Medicines management

    18 Moving and handling

    19 First aid

    20 Data gathering and patient monitoring

    21 Breaking bad news

    22 Essay writing

    Part 2 Providing Effective Care

    23 Nutrition

    24 Cancer

    25 Skin care

    26 Skin disorders

    27 Immunity

    28 Pain management

    29 Cardiovascular disorders

    30 Haematological disorders

    31 Respiratory disorders

    32 Gastro intestinal disorders

    33 Urinary disorders

    34 Reproductive disorders

    35 Endocrine disorders

    36 Neurological disorders

    37 ENT disorders

    38 Ophthalmological disorders

    39 Musculoskeletal disorders

  • Ian Peate, OBE, FRCN, EN(G) RGN, DipN(Lond), RNT B.Ed (Hons), MA, LLM, Editor in Chief, British Journal of Nursing; Consultant Editor, Journal of Paramedic Practice; Consultant Editor, International Journal for Advancing Practice; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Visiting Professor, St Georges University of London and Kingston University London; Professorial Fellow, Roehampton University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, UK
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