The Foundations of Nursing

This book successfully takes a biomedical approach to understanding nursing care, which provides a solid foundation of knowledge. Building on anatomy and physiology, in depth scenarios take the reader through the impact of altered physiology on a persons health and wellbeing. The related activities integrated into the text to facilitate learning, including developing and delivering expert care, questioning clinical practice and applying theory to practice, also help to place the theory into a real world environment.
Anne Waugh, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Care, Napier University.

“Whilst focusing on the Foundation of Nursing, this engaging and creatively written book illustrates the amazing diversity and complexity of nursing in the 21st Century. Its wide reaching content is presented in a variety of modes that facilitate reflection, critical thinking and foster practical application. As such this book provides nursing students with a comprehensive resource from which to develop the knowledge and evidence base expertise required to become a qualified nurse.”
Dawn Freshwater, Professor and Head of School, University of Leeds, Editor Journal Psychiatric mental health nursing

This comprehensive foundation textbook uniquely combines anatomy and physiology with nursing theory and professional issues to present a unified approach to patient care and the modern nurses role. Using an array of pedagogy, the text applies theory to practice taking a student-friendly approach designed to help you improve your clinical effectiveness and successfully integrate your nursing knowledge.

Key Features include::

• With over 250 themed boxes, covering the application of theory into practice, essential A&P, professional reflection and utilising evidence-based care, the text brings theory to life and asks you to consider how to improve practices and procedures.
• Includes over 40 different patient Scenarios such as major haemorrhages, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute myocardial infarction, each identifying best practice initiatives, relevant A&P and professional issues. These are designed to familiarise you with the most common and serious clinical presentations.
• Multiple-choice quizzes at the end of each chapter assist learning, revision and development of professional portfolios. Key tips from clinical experts and educators provide students with a unique insight into modern healthcare.
• Includes a chapter on each of the different nursing branches to provide valuable insight into other key areas of the nursing role.
• Chapters on First Aid, Pharmacology and Drug Calculations are also included to provide confidence in these vital but notoriously difficult areas.

Visit www.openup.co.uk/foundationsofnursing to access online learning resources to accompany Foundations of Nursing:: an Integrated Approach. This includes PowerPoint slides, multiple-choice questions and video interviews with the author and a Patient Relations officer.