Lloyd / Hancock / Campbell Vital Notes for Nurses

Principles of Care
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-30594-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Vital Notes for Nurses

Vital Notes for Nurses: Principles of Care is an essentialguide for nursing students and newly qualified nurses. It providesa concise introduction to the essential principles of nursing care.It encourages nurses to examine the principles and evidenceunderlying nursing practice and equips them with a thoroughunderstanding of the complexities of patient care in differentenvironments of care.
Principles of Care explores concepts of health andillness, conceptual frameworks for practice, principles of healthcare delivery, and professional standards. Key themes includeassessment and planning, implementation and evaluation, patienteducation and health promotion, decision making and riskmanagement, benchmarking, clinical effectiveness and practicedevelopment.
* Examines assessment, planning and evaluation of care
* Covers risk management and prioritisation of care
* Addresses the use of NICE guidance and National serviceframeworks
* Explores clinical effectiveness, practice development and qualityassurance
* Includes learning objectives, scenarios and case studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lloyd, Hilary

Hancock, Helen

Campbell, Steven

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Principles of Health and Illness.
Chapter 1: Health Models and Concepts of Health.
Health beliefs and Practices.
Chapter 2: Behaviour in Health and Illness.
Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health and Illness.
Chapter 3: Nursing Theory and Nursing Models.
Chapter 4: Principles of the nursing process.
Assessment and planning.
Implementation and evaluation.
Section 2: Principles of Nursing Practice.
Chapter 5: Principles of 'essence of care'.
Maintaining dignity.
Individualised care/holism.
Primary nursing/named nurse.
Chapter 6: Developing therapeuticrelationships/partnerships.
Patient participation.
Patient advocacy.
Chapter 7: Principles of communication.
Securing consent.
Managing confusion and aggression.
Information giving and sharing (patient as expert).
Chapter 8: Patient education.
Health promotion.
Section 3: Principles of Health Care Delivery.
Chapter 9: The nature of the multidisciplinary team.
Patient journey/integrated care pathway development.
Chapter 10: Decision making and risk management in careimplementation.
Prioritisation of care.
Chapter 11: Evidence based practice.
Using evidence in care delivery.
Chapter 12: Environments of Care.
Primary/secondary/tertiary.
User perspectives / Expert patient.
Section 4: Principles of Professional Issues.
Chapter 13: New role development.
Developing new clinical skills.
Modernisation.
Chapter 14 Quality Assurance.
Clinical Governance.
NICE.
Benchmarking practice.
National service frameworks.
Chapter 15: Clinical effectiveness.
Practice development.
Disseminate best practice.
Chapter 16: Scope of practice and professional standards.
Legislation.
Advanced roles developing new skills.
Novice to expert

Über Autor(innen)

Hilary Lloyd is Principal Lecturer in Nursing Practice Development and Research and Deputy Head of Nursing R and D; this is a joint post between City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and Northumbria University.
Helen Hancock is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Integrated Health Care Research, School for Health at Durham University.
Steven Campbell is Head of Research and Development City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of Nursing Practice, School of Health, Community and Education Studies, Northumbria University.