Fundamentals of Nursing Clinical Skills Workbook,
Edition 5Editors: By Geraldine Rebeiro, RN, Midwife, B.AppSci (Adv Nsng), B.Ed Studs, M.Ed, PhD, MACN, Damian Wilson, RN, BNurs, Grad Cert Emerg Nurs, Grad CertEd (HEd), MNurs (Emerg Care), MACN, MCENA and Stacey Dix, RN, BSc(Nurs), GradCert(CritCare), GradCert(HlthProfEd)
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Bringing theory to life
The Fundamentals of Nursing Clinical Skills Workbook is an essential resource for undergraduate nursing students across Australia and New Zealand. This workbook complements the 7th edition of Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing by helping readers apply clinical skills to the real world.
The workbook provides clear, step-by-step instructions for students to work through and master 82 clinical skills that are fundamental to nursing practice. A patient-centred approach supports deeper learning, while detailed checklists and assessment tools enable both students and assessors to track progress.
Comprehensively updated and revised, this resource is an ideal learning aid that will encourage students to build capability in critical thinking and clinical reasoning for safe and effective nursing practice.
Key Features
- An essential component of the Fundamentals of Nursing suite – aligned to the main textbook and clinical skills videos
- Provides contemporary and comprehensive coverage for the registered and enrolled nurse – aligned to RN and EN Standards
- Relates theory to practice – person-centred focus and observation checklists prompt the reader to refer continually to the patient, not just the steps in the skill
- Emphasises the need for critical thinking and the use of clinical reasoning for safe and effective clinical decision-making
- An ideal teaching aid – detailed checklists and assessment tools enable both students and assessors to track progress
- Aligned to newly developed Clinical Reasoning in Action Framework
- Revised Bondy Assessment Tool
About the author
By Geraldine Rebeiro, RN, Midwife, B.AppSci (Adv Nsng), B.Ed Studs, M.Ed, PhD, MACN, Associate National Course Coordinator - Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Business Administration, Senior Lecturer (Melbourne) School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine (Vic) ACU, Melbourne; Damian Wilson, RN, BNurs, Grad Cert Emerg Nurs, Grad CertEd (HEd), MNurs (Emerg Care), MACN, MCENA, Associate Nurse Unit Manager Emergency Department Sunshine Hospital, Victoria and Stacey Dix, RN, BSc(Nurs), GradCert(CritCare), GradCert(HlthProfEd), Staff Development Educator, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Placing communication at the heart of person-centered care
- The vital signs: Using a primary survey approach for patient assessment
- Undertaking a focused assessment: Physical assessment of body systems
- Preventing and controlling infection
- Optimising skin integrity and wound care
- Ensuring medication safety
- Promoting mobility
- Assessing and managing pain
- Supporting oxygenation and perfusion
- Balancing fluid, electrolyte and acid-base
- Meeting nutritional needs
- Maintaining hygiene
- Managing continence: urinary
- Managing continence: bowel
- Working in the acute care sector
- Working in the mental health sector
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