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 third 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 also features a completely new chapter on health promotion, and 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 third edition; Preface to the second edition; About the authors 1. Nurse education, practice supervision and assessment      1.1 Introduction      1.2 Pre-registration nurse education      1.3 Nurse education today      1.4 Standards of proficiency for registered nurses      1.5 Standards for education      1.6 Practice placements      1.7 Registration 2. Communication      2.1 Introduction      2.2 Communication defined      2.3 The communication process      2.4 Interpersonal skills      2.5 Intercultural communication      2.6 Emotional intelligence      2.7 Non-verbal interaction      2.8 Barriers to effective communication      2.9 Listening skills      2.10 Advocacy and empowerment      2.11 Digital literacy 3. Legal and professional issues      3.1 Professional accountability      3.2 Arenas of professional accountability      3.3 Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)      3.4 Compassion in Practice      3.5 Delegation      3.6 The Code in more detail      3.7 Consent      3.8 Safeguarding      3.9 Confidentiality      3.10 Record-keeping      3.11 Fitness to Practise 4. Values and healthcare ethics      4.1 Values and rights      4.2 Patients' rights      4.3 Human rights      4.4 Professional considerations      4.5 Respect, privacy and dignity      4.6 Healthcare ethics 5. Cultural awareness      5.1 Introduction      5.2 Culture      5.3 Associated cultural terminology      5.4 Legislation and policy      5.5 Culture in practice      5.6 Religious awareness 6. Quality care      6.1 Defining quality assurance      6.2 A brief history of the organisation of quality assurance in UK healthcare      6.3 National quality assurance      6.4 Local clinical level      6.5 Further aspects of quality assurance 7. Evidence-based practice      7.1 Introduction      7.2 Evidence-based practice in nursing      7.3 Carrying out evidence-based practice      7.4 Clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice      7.5 Implementing evidence-based practice 8. Professional roles in healthcare      8.1 Introduction to interprofessional practice      8.2 Definitions      8.3 Interprofessional working      8.4 Challenges to interprofessional working      8.5 Changing roles in nursing      8.6 Nursing in the 21st century in the UK      8.7 Careers in nursing 9. Reflection and clinical supervision      9.1 Reflection      9.2 Models of reflection      9.3 Using reflective frameworks      9.4 The benefits of practising reflectively      9.5 Reflective writing - keeping a journal or reflective diary      9.6 Preceptorship      9.7 Maintaining professional knowledge and competence (revalidation)      9.8 Continuing professional development and lifelong learning      9.9 Clinical supervision      9.10 Resilience in nursing 10. Study skills      10.1 Study skills      10.2 Reading      10.3 Taking notes      10.4 Writing essays      10.5 Electronic learning (e-learning)      10.6 Researching online      10.7 Numeracy 11. Public health and promoting health and wellbeing      11.1 Why is public health and promoting health and wellbeing relevant to nursing?      11.2 The context of public health      11.3 Determinants of health and health inequalities      11.4 Local public health      11.5 Health promotion Index