Alexander's Nursing Practice  Hospital and Home  5th Edition

Alexander's Nursing Practice Hospital and Home 5th Edition

The latest edition of this popular volume has been fully updated throughout to meet the needs of the 2018 NMC Standards of Proficiency. Richly illustrated throughout, the book comes with ‘real-life’ Case Studies to help readers contextualise and apply new information, pathophysiology to explain disease processes, enhanced discussion of pharmacology and medicines management to assist with ‘prescribing readiness’, and helpful learning features which include Key Nursing Issues and Reflection and Learning – What Next? Available with a range of supplementary online tools and learning activities, Alexander’s Nursing Practice, fifth edition, will be ideal for all undergraduate adult nursing students, the Trainee Nursing Associate, and anyone returning to practice.
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Key Features

  • New edition of the UK’s most comprehensive textbook on Adult Nursing!
  • Retains the popular ‘three-part’ structure to ensure comprehensive coverage of the subject area – Common Disorders, Core Nursing Issues and Specific Patient Groups
  • Illustrative A&P and pathophysiology help explain key diseases and disorders
  • ‘Real-life’ Case Studies help contextualise and apply new information
  • Explains relevant tests and investigations and, when needed, the role of the nurse in the context of each of them
  • Helpful learning features include Key Nursing Issues and Reflection and Learning – What Next?
  • Encourages readers to critically examine issues that are related to care provision
  • Useful icons throughout the text directs readers to additional online material
  • Glossary contains over 300 entries to explain new terminology and concepts
  • Appendices include notes on Système International (SI) units and reference ranges for common biochemical and haematological values
  • Perfect for second and third-year undergraduate nursing students, senior Trainee Nursing Associates, those ‘returning to practice’ or needing to review practice and prepare for revalidation

New to This Edition

  • Edited by the world-renowned Ian Peate – editor of the British Journal of Nursing – who brings together a new line up of contributors from across the UK and Australia
  • Reflects contemporary issues such as the complexity of acute admissions and the increasing importance of the multidisciplinary approach to patient care
  • Reflects the 2018 NMC Standards of Proficiency for Nurses and the NMC 2018 Code
  • Helps prepare students for ‘prescribing readiness’, with basic principles of pharmacology, evidence-based person-centred approaches to medicines management and an understanding of the regulatory, professional legal and ethical frameworks
  • Recognises the introduction of the Nursing Associate role in England

Contents

  • 1 The essence of nursing
  • 2 The nursing team
  • Section 1: Care of patients with common disorders
  • 3 Nursing patients with cardiovascular disorders
  • 4 Nursing patients with respiratory disorders
  • 5 Nursing patients with gastrointestinal, liver and biliary disorders
  • 6 Nursing patients with endocrine and metabolic disorders
  • Part 1 Nursing patients with endocrine disorders
  • Part 2 Nursing patients with diabetes mellitus
  • 7 Nursing patients with disorders of the lymphatic and immune systems
  • 8 Nursing patients with disorders of the breast and reproductive systems
  • Part 1 Nursing patients with disorders of the reproductive systems
  • Part 2 Nursing patients with disorders of the breast
  • 9 Nursing patients with urinary disorders
  • 10 Nursing patients with disorders of the nervous system
  • 11 Nursing patients with musculoskeletal disorders
  • 12 Nursing patients with blood disorder
  • 13 Nursing patients with skin disorders
  • 14 Nursing patients with disorders of the eye and sight impairment
  • 15 Nursing patients with disorders of the ear, nose and throat
  • Section 2: Core nursing issues
  • 16 Medicines management
  • 17 Infection prevention and control
  • 18 Recognizing and managing shock
  • 19 Pain management
  • 20 Maintaining fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance
  • 21 Nutrition and health
  • 22 Tissue viability and managing chronic wounds
  • 23 Maintaining continence
  • Section 3: Nursing specific patient groups
  • 24 Nursing the patient undergoing surgery
  • 25 Nursing the patient who experiences trauma
  • 26 Nursing the unconscious patient
  • 27 Nursing the critically ill patient
  • 28 Nursing the patient with burn injury
  • 29 Nursing the patient with cancer
  • 30 Care and rehabilitation of people with long-term conditions
  • 31 Nursing patients who need palliative care
  • 32 Nursing care for older patients
  • 33 Nursing patients with sexually acquired infections and HIV/AIDS
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
Weight3kg
Dimensions27.6cm · 21.9cm · 4cm
Author(s)Ian Peate, OBE, FRCN, EN(G) RGN, DipN(Lond), RNT B.Ed (Hons), MA, LLM, Head of School, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar Health Authority, Gibraltar; Editor in Chief British Journal of Nursing; Visiting Professor St George’s University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow University of Hertfordshire, UK
Publisher - Imprint Elsevier Health Sciences
Print Length889 pages with Approx. 230 illustrations (229 in full color);
Publication date11/11/2019
Language English
ISBN-100702062308
ISBN-139780702062308
Reading Level / Audience Tertiary; University or College & Professional
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