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The 5th Australian edition Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing continues to setting the foundation for nursing excellence amid ongoing changes to the regulation of nursing.
For undergraduate nurses, the product covers key concepts in contemporary nursing such as delivering inclusive nursing practice, as well as discussing the latest nursing evidence, standards, and competencies.
Aligned with current nursing standards, the 5th edition helps students link their theoretical knowledge to clinical practice.
New to this edition
The 2nd edition of Skills in Clinical Nursing provides a primary Australian resource, preparing undergraduate nursing students to become skills-competent nurses, as well as providing practicing nurses with a highly relevant reference. The text acts as a visual manual, helping students learn to link theory to practice, developing their clinical skills and underpinning industry requirements.
The new edition has been updated to address the latest research as well as emerging needs of clinical nursing students in the Australian context.
Using a series of authentic scenarios, Clinical Reasoning guides students through the clinical reasoning process while challenging them to think critically about the nursing care they provide.
With scenarios adapted from real clinical situations that occurred in healthcare and community settings, this edition continues to address the core principles for the provision of quality care and the prevention of adverse patient outcomes.
Whether used individually across students’ education and into early practice, or as a tool to complement a comprehensive text such as Berman, Skills in Clinical Nursing, Clinical Survival Guide students to deliver competent person-centred care in professional practice.
Students are supported with a variety of pedagogical features aimed at providing a consistent and scaffolded delivery of content, offering a broad range of opportunities to apply and test their learning.
The new edition also has:
Key terms – anchors students in understanding new concepts and terms related to the unit.
Learning outcomes for each section – identifies key points for the reader to keep in mind as they progress through the chapter. Featured at the start of the chapter, as well as located in the margins near relevant sections of text within the chapter.
Each unit begins with an assessment of that system / function – provides a good basis to move through the unit onto the skills that are associated with that particular area.
Ethical practise box – allows students the opportunity to understand the ethical complexities of nursing practise. This provides opportunities for practise for those who have not done placement.
Standards for practise – Provides a professional reference for students to understand industry standards.
Clinical scenario – Helps students who have not been on placement understand the critical thinking and skills needed in placement.
Critical thinking Questions- Develops student thinking with scaffolded learning and questions.
The 3 Ps table– presents information in a concise way for students. The rationales of the intervention are presented next to each step of the intervention. This assists students with their critical thinking.
Further Reading – Provides resources for further learning
References– Students will have the resources to use to enhance their learning and reference to professional standards.
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Nursing Student's Clinical Survival Guide
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