What type of schooling do I need to become a nurse practitioner? How do I choose the right clinical preceptor? How can I best prepare for my first year of practice? Written for those considering NP practice, current NP students, and newly certified NPs alike, this quick, easy-to-use manual covers everything there is to know about transitioning into the NP role and its rewards and challenges. Completely updated, this second edition provides several new chapters covering electronic health records, the impact of health care reform, promoting the NP role, and how to choose a doctoral program. All original chapters have been revised and/or expanded, and updated key points, tables and vignettes describe cutting-edge knowledge and skills that will help new NPs to excel. The only resource of its kind, the book guides the reader through the entire process from the decision to become an NP to selecting the right educational program to licensure. It discusses the contractual relationship with institutions, and related health providers, along with legal/malpractice issues. Current NPs offer words of wisdom on how to survive the first year of practice, and stories from the author and her colleagues provide an intimate look at everyday realities. Organized for easy access to information and filled with humour, the resource also contains learning objectives, plentiful checklists to facilitate important decision-making, charts, tables, and ""hot topics"" sections. This book was originally published under the Fast Facts series by Springer Publishing Company.

Clinical nurse managers face myriad challenges, including administrative, clinical, and interpersonal issues. This concise, practical resource offers wise guidance for nurses working in this complex, fast-paced role. Addressing common complaints and anxieties, it offers quick access to insights, proven strategies, and tools for effectively coping with such situations as institutional change, a multigenerational and multicultural workforce, resistance to change, and toxic behaviours. Fully updated and revised, this edition provides sound advice addressing the changing dynamics in health care that have amplified the challenges of clinical nurse management. It offers strategies for boosting staff morale during times of fear and anxiety, explains how to reclaim professional practice and focus on quality of care, advocates for nurses at senior levels, and discusses how to maintain one's identity in an interdisciplinary setting. Designed to assist clinical nurse managers at all levels in developing new and effective ways of leading in a rapidly changing health care environment, this resource helps foster a better quality of work life and professional practice. It features concise chapters and bulleted information for quick access and at-a-glance boxes. Also included are helpful tools and worksheets for managing a variety of challenges, along with the "Top 10 Fast Facts for Thriving in a Changing Workplace." This book was originally published under the Fast Facts series by Springer Publishing Company.

Replete with new information that helps nurses to become first-rate clinical instructors. Newly expanded and updated with a wealth of practical information, this guide offers pragmatic advice on how to tailor teaching to nurses in different clinical sites, specialties, and student populations; and addresses new requirements regarding online learning and hospital electronic documentation. Providing concrete tools for anxiety and stress reduction, the third edition also focuses on the importance of self-care. Following the instructor from day one through an entire rotation, the book helps readers to organize the clinical experience, develop effective relationships with staff at clinical facilities, make clinical assignments, plan orientation days, develop clinical rotations, and understand relevant legal issues. It covers key information about policies and procedures, from school to clinical site. Delivered in a concise, quick-access, easy-to-read format, the book helps both new and experienced instructors to optimize the learning experience for their students. This book was originally published under the Fast Facts series by Springer Publishing Company.

Go 'back to basics' with this concise, clear text on the essentials of nursing care.

• Comprehensively covers all aspects of essential care
• Puts care into context and relates it to current UK Government policy and targets

• Shows how to apply theory in practice using diagrams and case studies

• Uses a 'reflective' theme throughout, in line with current teaching practice

• Explains Clinical Skills in the context of care
• Includes a companion website (www.pearsoned.co.uk/field) to support learning

The book is designed to help the student develop a proactive approach to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care that they give. The invaluable advice can be applied to all branches of nursing and to all environments where patients are nursed, whether in hospital, at home or care homes.

Essential reading for nursing students, qualified nurses and all health and social care workers

The Foundations of Modern Nursing in America reprints a distinguished selection of important texts published in this field over the last century, authored by some of the most eminent names in nursing including Lavinia Dock (Secretary for the Council of Nurses for over 20 years), Adelaide Nutting (the first ever professor of nursing), Clara Weeks-Shaw, Darlene Clark Hine, and Susan Reverby. The collection deals with issues such as the education and training of nurses, hospital management, the history of anesthesia, and issues of race and ethics in the nursing profession.

Designed to accompany Elkin's Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 4th edition text, these handy checklists serve as a valuable assessment tool for each skill presented in the textbook.

UPDATED AND EXPANDED FOR 2022 and beyond. This clinical pocket reference provides key information that a nurse will require on placement and in practice, selected by experienced teachers/practitioners, clearly written and presented, drawn from a wide range of different sources, packaged in an easily accessible portable format suitable for pocket or mobile devices. Nursing students, assessors, practice educators and preceptees will find that this resource enables the move into real life practice, supporting safe, confident, patient centred nursing. The fourth edition has now been thoroughly updated and extended. New material includes new Mental Capacity Act overview and guidelines, updated infection control (including donning and doffing PPE) and End of Life care sections, and latest Resuscitation Guidelines. This edition is built around the new pre-registration nursing education standards released by the NMC (Nursing & Midwifery Council) in early 2019, allowing it to support all nursing practitioners throughout their years of practice. The authors, all experienced teacher/practitioners have looked at latest teaching trends and national objectives, including the new NMC standards, to provide coverage of the widening range of competencies a nurse needs to display in today's healthcare environment. This resource provides rapid access to key information that a nurse will need to provide effective holistic care of the adult patient. For the student on clinical placement it provides a valuable aide memoire for recently learnt key information. For the newly qualified nurse it assists review, reflection, and revalidation.

Numeracy and Clinical Calculations for Nurses is a user-friendly introduction for student nurses that guides you from the basics to the core calculations required in a healthcare setting. To qualify as a registered nurse you will need to demonstrate proficiency and accuracy when calculating dosages of prescribed medicines. The second edition of Numeracy and Clinical Calculations for Nurses features even more worked examples and practice tests, all designed to increase your confidence and competence in calculating drug dosages and performing other important clinical calculations - a critical issue in improving patient safety. Key benefits: Diagnostic test to assess your existing skills and knowledge. Back to basics chapter uses a step-by-step approach to ensure understanding - tested by nursing lecturers and their students. Self-assessment tests throughout each chapter enable you to monitor your progress. Extensive worked examples use authentic scenarios to set learning in context. Summary tests provide practice for numeracy exams. Covers drug dosages and other clinical calculations such as pressure ulcer risk assessment tools, National Early Warning Score, hydration and fluid balance, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool, BMI and ideal body weight. Answers provided for all tests. The book also features: Error alerts pointing out common errors and why they are sometimes made. Sense checks to help you avoid fundamental errors. Tips to help with calculations and relate them to clinical practice. Appendices covering safe administration of medicine, routes of administration, medication administration records, drug glossary, a handy multiplication grid and simple conversion tables. Numeracy and Clinical Calculations for Nurses is required reading: Before the numeracy test at your student nurse interview. During your university course as you prepare for further numeracy exams. In practice as you get to grips with drug doses, BMI, drip rates, fluid balance, etc.

LEARN–APPLY–ASSESS Davis Advantage for Basic Nursing combines an innovative text with an immersive online program that make this challenging but must-know content easier to master by making learning personal. Together, they create a seamless experience that tracks each student’s progress and assesses their knowledge until they have mastered the concepts and are ready to apply them in class, clinical, and practice. An access code inside new, printed textbooks unlocks an ebook, as well as access to Davis Advantage. Or choose the all-digital Instant Access option, which includes the ebook and immediate access to Davis Advantage. THE TEXTBOOK A comprehensive approach to care promotes critical thinking and clinical judgment to teach students how to “Think Like a Nurse” from the very first day. A consistent and concise organization along with a wealth of pedagogical features emphasizes the Thinking, Doing, and Caring at the heart of professional practice. In every chapter, students first explore the theoretical knowledge behind key Fundamentals concepts. Then, they learn the practical knowledge guided by the nursing process; and finally, the skills and procedures for safe and effective nursing care. ONLINE (DAVIS ADVANTAGE) Using a unique and proven approach across a Learn-Apply-Assess continuum, Davis Advantage engages students and helps them make the connections to key topics. Whether teaching in-person or online, this complete, integrated solution aligns seamlessly with the textbook and equips instructors with actionable analytics to track students’ progress, remediate where needed, and facilitate an active learning environment. LEARN—Personalized Learning The foundation of the Davis Advantage platform, Personalized Learning, immerses students in an online learning experience tailored to their needs. Students are assessed on their comprehension of key topics from the text, and then are guided through animated mini-lecture videos and dynamic activities to reinforce learning and bring concepts to life. APPLY—Clinical Judgment (NEW!) Clinical Judgment elevates students’ critical thinking and clinical reasoning, helping them to build the clinical judgment skills they need to practice safe and effective nursing care and to prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX® with confidence. Progressive case studies featuring real-life, complex clinical situations challenge students to apply their knowledge, make informed decisions, and evaluate outcomes. ASSESS—Quizzing Quizzing uses NCLEX®-style questions for assessment and remediation. Its adaptive, question-based format provides the additional practice students need to test their knowledge, master course content, and perform well on course and board exams. Textbook Provides the evidence-based, foundational knowledge students need to learn how to ‘think like a nurse’. Promotes critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical decision making through a comprehensive approach to care. Prepares students for real-world practice with case studies and clinically based exercises that develop clinical judgment skills and reinforce the thinking, doing, and caring they will do as nurses. Features over 230 step-by-step, illustrated procedures with rationales to teach students how to perform and master essential nursing skills. Emphasizes the important aspects of safe and effective care to ensure the best patient outcomes. Davis Advantage (Personalized Learning, Clinical Judgment (NEW!) and Quizzing) Personalized Learning engages students through videos and interactive activities that present key concepts in a way that makes content more relatable and understandable. Clinical Judgment (NEW!) challenges students with complex questions that align with the cognitive areas of the NCSBN’s Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, requiring careful analysis, synthesis of the data, and critical thinking. Quizzing provides thousands of NCLEX®-style questions (including alternate format questions) and detailed rationales to test students’ knowledge and promote in-depth understanding. Personalized Learning Plans and dashboards track students’ progress across their assignments and highlight where they need to focus their study time. Actionable analytics allow instructors to track comprehension and participation, monitor performance, and identify areas for remediation. Personalized Teaching Plans provide instructors with engaging lesson plans and activities that can be leveraged in both virtual and in-person classroom settings. Integrated ebook allows students to reference the textbook anytime, anywhere. New To This Edition: NEW! Clinical Judgment component now in Davis Advantage. EXPANDED & ENHANCED! Increased focus on Clinical Judgment reflecting the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) and the relationship among the nursing process, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment. NEW! “Critical-Thinking and Clinical Judgment” scenario with questions added to each chapter. UPDATED! “Example Client Conditions” to reflect CJMM. REVISED! Nursing process chapters combined into a single chapter to better explain the interconnectedness of each step in the Nursing Process. EXPANDED & ENHANCED! Focus on patient advocacy.

Learn the most common methods of drug calculation, and use the one that is right for you! Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 10th Edition helps you learn to calculate drug dosages accurately. It covers the four major drug calculation methods - basic formula, ratio and proportion, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis - plus body weight and body surface area. It also includes practice problems not only for general care but also for specialty areas such as pediatrics and critical care. Written by a team of experts, this market-leading text shows how drug calculation and drug administration are related and emphasizes patient safety above all else. Coverage of four major drug calculation methods includes basic formula, ratio and proportion, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis, plus body weight and body surface area, enabling you to learn and apply the method that works best for you. Information on drugs, drug administration techniques, and devices helps you master the most up-to-date techniques of drug administration, including oral, intravenous, intra-muscular, subcutaneous, and other routes. Calculations for Specialty Areas section addresses the drug calculations needed to practice in pediatric, labor and delivery, critical care, and community settings. Detailed, full-color photos and illustrations show current equipment for IV therapy, the latest types of pumps, and the newest syringes. Practice problems are included for specialty units - pediatrics, critical care, pediatric critical care, labor and delivery, and community - in addition to general patient areas. Comprehensive post-test allows you to test your knowledge of key concepts from the text. Information on pumps covers insulin and enteral infusion pumps, plus intravenous infusion pumps such as single and multi-channel, PCA, ands syringe, explaining their use in drug administration. Caution boxes provide alerts to problems or issues related to various drugs and their administration. NEW! Next-Generation NCLEX (R) examination-style and NGN Prep questions introduce the new elements from the updated NCLEX exam, assessing critical thinking, clinical judgment, and decision-making based on actual clinical situations.

Of Sluices and Sisters: Anecdotes of Student Nurses at a London Teaching Hospital Follows the trials and tribulations of a set of student nurses training at an elitist Teaching Hospital in the 1960's as they deal with legendary ward sisters, petty rules, challenging patients, and eccentric doctors. It includes many stories - some poignant, many very amusing - which give an insight into what nurse training was like in those days.

Reinforce your understanding of Sorrentino's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker, 5th Edition! Designed to accompany Sorrentino's bestselling textbook, this workbook helps you review and master all of the text's important concepts, skills, and procedures. Worksheets for the topics in each chapter include multiple-choice questions, true and false questions, matching and labelling exercises, and other activities. Matching the textbook chapter for chapter, this helpful study tool ensures that you are prepared for success in your career as a support worker. Chapter-by-chapter, tear-out worksheets include a variety of question types to test student comprehension and reinforce their understanding, including: Fill-in-the-blank questions Identification questions Labelling activities Matching questions Multiple-choice questions Multiple-response questions True and False questions NEW! Thorough updates reflect content in the new 5th edition of Sorrentino's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker.

Health organizations in social, medico-social and health sectors are not immune to the pressures of productivity, efficiency and quality. The race against time, which is far more problematic today than 20 years ago, makes care in the workplace much more difficult to implement, though it is essential. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 only reinforced this stance. Caring Management in Heath Organizations questions the benevolent nature of management, understood here to mean taking care, according a central role to relationships. It takes a political, historical and international perspective on health management, examining successful implementations of this practice in health organizations, with all its difficulties, pitfalls and riches. Other sectors are also explored. This book takes a critical look at the very foundations of "caring management". It opens up the debate between researchers from different backgrounds and professionals in the field.