A Handbook for Student Nurses, fourth edition: Introducing Key Issues Relevant for Practice

A Handbook for Student Nurses is widely recommended in institutions across the UK and is essential reading for new students. The book provides an introduction to the essential background knowledge that pre-registration nursing students need as a foundation for their training. This fourth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the new NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses and the most recent update of the NMC Code. It incorporates the very latest developments in nurse education and in the health service. A Handbook for Student Nurses covers the core of first-year nursing studies: Practice supervision and assessment Communication Legal and professional issues Values, ethics and cultural awareness Reflection and personal development Quality care and evidence-based practice Study skills Public health and promoting health and wellbeing “An excellent introductory text for student nurses, written in a clear and illuminative style.” Lecturer, Adult Nursing

Table of Contents:
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

About the Author :
Gill Jordan qualified as a registered nurse in 1978. She completed her Orthopaedic Nursing Certificate and moved to New Zealand where she worked in a large orthopaedic teaching hospital, ultimately as a ward sister of a trauma orthopaedic ward. On her return to the UK in 1988, Gill moved into nurse education. Since then, she was involved in a variety of courses and professional development programmes, as both a teacher and programme leader. These included courses leading to professional registration, Return to Practice, Overseas Nurses Programme, conversion courses and various post-registration undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Most recently Gill was Framework Leader for CPD Programmes at Bournemouth University before retiring in 2019. The late Anneyce Knight, who died in 2021, had retired earlier that year from her role as Associate Dean for Global Engagement and Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Bournemouth University, where she was also the Programme Leader for the Return to Nursing Practice course. She qualified as a registered nurse in 1982 and worked in orthopaedics and oncology, then trained as a midwife. She continued to practise in a variety of nursing and midwifery clinical settings before moving into Higher Education in 2000. Prior to taking up her role at Bournemouth University in 2015, Anneyce was the Course Lead for the innovative Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (clinical) for Associate Practitioners, a joint NHS and Southampton Solent University collaboration. Previously she was at the University of Greenwich, where she held a number of positions. She was passionate about the need for compassionate care, thereby enhancing the quality of patient care, particularly at the end of life. Her primary research interests focused on public health and wellbeing, areas in which she has published and presented nationally and internationally. Sara qualified as a registered nurse in 1986, after which she worked in Acute Trauma and Orthopaedics before moving to Intensive care (ICU) and Coronary care. She worked in a number of ICUs in London and the south of England and gained multiple qualifications (including General Intensive Care Nursing, Principles of Intensive Care (Paediatrics), BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies and Diploma in Health Service Management). Having spent ten years as an ICU Sister she moved into Higher Education where she has been for twenty years. During her time in HE she has facilitated the learning of many thousands of students at both undergraduate level and postgraduate level, whilst at the same time continuing her own education to Doctorate level. She believes that as a nurse educator she should strive to enable students to fuse their learning and integrate education, professional practice and research in order to develop as future nurses and enhance the care they offer patients.

Review :
Excellent book to support nursing degree. ‘This book covers many different areas of the nursing degree. It covers many areas which are included in lectures and assignments, and references as to where I can find further information. This book is excellent in supporting learning and helps with writing assignments.’ Amazon reviewer ‘An invaluable resource and a daily accompaniment for lectures. I take it into my second year with the knowledge that I have a great reference book I can reflect on throughout my years of training.’ Adult nursing student ‘I found this to be an excellent resource and I feel students new to the profession would find it extremely useful…The book is well-organised, highly readable and accessible.’ Lecturer, Adult Nursing ‘An excellent textbook that provides up-to-date and relevant information for pre- and post-registration nursing students.’ Lecturer, Adult Nursing ‘This is an excellent book, full of relevant information for student nurses.’ Student Nurse