This is the most comprehensive UK Adult Nursing core text, now in its fourth edition, for the next generation of nurses. This best-selling textbook has been fully revised by a team of experienced nurses for nurses focusing on the issues that are important to them. It provides a comprehensive source of the knowledge and skills required for competent, evidence-based nursing practice. High quality nursing care is patient-centred, knowledgeable and based on the best available evidence. This book will help you to achieve that. Printed book plus Pageburst[trademark] access - you will receive a printed book and access to the complete book content electronically. Pageburst[trademark] enhances learning by not only bringing world class content to your fingertips but also letting you add to it, annotate it, and categorize it all in a way that suits you. Pageburst[trademark] frees you to spend more time learning and less time searching.The new edition is now in full colour and offers an exciting companion website including: self-test quiz questions with full explanations with the answers; critical-thinking questions with outline answers; full colour photographs, diagrams, tables and care plans; and, hyper-linked references and all the images from the book.