Alexander's Nursing Practice: Hospital and Home

Alexanders Nursing Practice: Hospital and Home, Sixth Edition is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduate nursing students, covering all the basics of nursing, including care of patients with common disorders, core nursing issues, medicines management, infection prevention and control, and nursing specific patient groups. It has been fully updated to incorporate the latest evidence, policies, and registration requirements, and reflects the transformative changes currently occurring in healthcare policies, procedures, and technologies. It includes a host of features to enhance the learning and teaching experience, such as case studies and critical thinking exercises, and is supplemented with online material including MCQs, image bank, critical thinking questions, extra online material, website figure references, and extra online images. It covers the latest NHS policies, guidelines, and protocols, aligned to NMC standards for nursing practice, Code of Professional Conduct, and regulatory requirements for nursing education in the UK. It discusses key legislation impacting nursing practice, clinical governance frameworks, quality assurance mechanisms, and risk management strategies implemented within the NHS to ensure patient safety, accountability, and continuous improvement in healthcare delivery. It emphasizes the importance of collaborative practice and interdisciplinary teamwork within the UK healthcare system, integration of content related to patient safety initiatives and strategies endorsed by organizations such as the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) and the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, and expanded coverage of community and public health nursing roles, responsibilities, and interventions. It also explores mental health nursing practice within the UK context and enhances discussion around parity of health ensuring equity and fairness in the provision of healthcare services, regardless of individuals' socio-economic status, ethnicity, gender, age, or other characteristics.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 01 May 2024
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Selected for 2025 Doodys Core Titles® in Long Term Care and Home Care, Alexanders Nursing Practice: Hospital and Home, Sixth Edition is the most comprehensive textbook available for undergraduate nursing students today. This resource will prepare students for their future role as healthcare professionals in a variety of settings. It covers all the basics of nursing, including care of patients with common disorders, core nursing issues like medicines management and infection prevention and control, and how to nurse specific patient groups. The sixth edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest evidence, policies and registration requirements, and reflects the transformative changes currently occurring in healthcare policies, procedures and technologies. With a host of features to enhance the learning and teaching experience, this book will make a significant contribution to preparing compassionate nurses who will deliver patient-centred, high quality and holistic care. Designed to help the reader navigate the demands of the latest NMC educational requirements, Expert team of contributors led by renowned editor, Ian Peate OBE FRCN Fully updated with the latest evidence and trends - incorporates the latest practice guidelines, research findings and clinical standards relevant to the nursing field Addresses the role of nurses in primary care settings, general practice nursing responsibilities, chronic disease management, health screening and the delivery of integrated, patient-centred care within the UK primary care landscape Richly illustrated throughout to reinforce key concepts, demonstrate clinical procedures and engage students in active learning Includes a wide range of helpful learning features including case studies and critical thinking exercises - helps the read.

Dimension: 276 x 216 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780443110221
Edition number: 6 ed