Key topics • Importance of communication in nursing • What communication is • Anatomy and physiology of speech, hearing and vision • The nurse–patient relationship • The complexity of communication…
Key topics • The meaning and function of food • Obtaining food and providing food that meets people’s needs • Food policy • Food availability • Eating to promote health…
Key topics • An introduction to clinical governance • Essential principles of safe practice: • Adopting a questioning approach • Informing your practice with up-to-date knowledge and evidence • Knowing…
Key topics • The importance of becoming a learner for life • Planning to be a successful learner through use of time-management techniques • Making good use of study time…
Key topics • Multicultural society • Supporting diversity employment policy • Quality issues relating to diversity • Gender differences • Transcultural care Introduction This chapter is about learning and working…
Key topics • Having a personal vision about being a nurse • Formalizing the vision • The professional statutory organization for nursing in the UK • Careers in nursing •…
Key topics • Evidence-based practice • Decision-making • The nursing process • Using models of assessment • Using frameworks • Making decisions on-your-feet • Documentation and record-keeping Introduction This chapter…
Key topics • Making the most of the activities in the ‘toolkit’ • Being a nurse and doing nursing • Finding out about your placement setting • Planning your nursing…
Key topics • Introduction • Why are placements so important? • What is a placement and who will support me? • What can I do before I commence a placement?…
