that best describes their pain can both add to the overall pain assessment and provide a common language between health care professional and patient. Mrs Swinbourne tends to describe her pain using the words 'ache' and 'soreness' so it ...
This book has been specifically designed to address the main skills you need to meet NMC requirements.
Lampert checked the board, ordered someone who didn't require a monitor shifted to the hall and the new patient rolled in. Musical beds. Bumper beds. The ambulance brought in a hopelessly uncooperative patient, the sort who can ...
Becoming a Nurse takes you behind the scenes to find out what it’s really like, and what it really takes, to become a nurse.
This book has been specifically designed to address the main skills you need to meet NMC requirements.
Becoming a Nurse will demystify what you need to know while preparing you to meet NMC standards and become a confident, practicing professional. This book is ideal for both pre-registration and practicing nurses.
Provides an overview of the nursing profession, with sections on career outlook, benefits, earning potential, the pros and cons of the field, and types of education needed.
This new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, and includes four new chapters on psychosocial concepts for nursing; sociological concepts for nursing; spiritual care; and preceptorship and transition.
This book has been specifically designed to address the main skills you need to meet NMC requirements.
Becoming a Nurse provides a clear picture of what embarking on a career in nursing really involves.
The second edition includes new chapters on interprofessional collaboration, cultural diversity in healthcare, research in clinical practice, translating knowledge into practice, and health information systems and technologies.
Annotation A must read for all those thinking about a career in nursing.