A Handbook for Student Nurses is a comprehensively updated introduction to the essential background knowledge that pre-registration nursing students need as a foundation for the rest of their training. This book covers the core of first year nursing:

• Legal and professional issues
• Communication
• Values and health care ethics
• Reflection and personal development
• Evidence-based practice
• Study skills and IT
• Medicine, IV fluid and drug administration (new for this edition)

Case studies and examples, activities and reflection points all aid learning, while up-to-date legislation, key documents and reports, and website links to relevant organisations provide easy access to core information.

What lecturers thought about the first edition:
I found this to be an excellent resource and I feel students new to the profession would find it extremely useful.... The book is well-organised, highly readable and accessible.
An excellent introductory text for student nurses, written in a clear and illuminative style.

The Authors

Wendy Benbow is a consultant and an Associate Lecturer for the Open University
Gill Jordan is Senior Lecturer at the University of Bournemouth

Contents:

1. Nurse education and mentorship
2. Communication
3. Legal and professional issues
4. Values and healthcare ethics
5. The UK as a culturally diverse society
6. Quality assurance
7. Evidence-based practice
8. Interprofessional practice and changing roles in nursing
9. Reflection and professional development
10. Study skills and information technology
11. Medicine, IV fluid and blood administration