Essentials of Nursing Adults
- Karen Elcock
- Wendy Wright
- Paul Newcombe - Kingston University & St George's University of London, UK
- Fiona Everett - University of the West of Scotland, UK
Drawing together the best of text, video and interactive material for the definitive guide to adult nursing.
This one-stop-shop will enable students to understand the core aspects of care, learn the essential nursing skills and knowledge that underpin practice, deal with the complexities of the role and apply their learning to common conditions and patient groups. It has been developed in line with the 2018 NMC standards to provide a complete learning resource for adult nursing students.
Key features:
- Uses patient centered care and evidence-based practice as guiding principles throughout
- Clear and engaging features to help students understand the core theory and knowledge, apply it to nursing practice, revise for assessments and exams, and go further in their independent study.
- 12 months free access to an interactive eBook version, meaning you can access the book anytime.
The book is supported by online resources, including links to up to 100 instructional videos, case studies and accompanying questions, access to selected SAGE journal articles, weblinks, multiple-choice quizzes, and glossary flashcards.
Designed to make learning flexible and fun, leaving students better prepared for practice and ready to thrive in their future careers.
Supplements
- Links to up to 100 instructional videos
- Case studies and accompanying questions
- Access to selected SAGE journal articles
- Web links to relevant information
- Multiple-choice quizzes
- Glossary flashcards
- Answers to in-book activities: Activity Answers, Case Study Answers, and What’s the Evidence Answers
Essentials of Nursing Adults gives a broad introduction to adult nursing, by recognising that student nurses have to engage with not only their own choice of nursing but that they have to engage with all fields of practice.
The Essentials of Nursing Adults helped me to understand the module on person centered care. It’s the best book by far that I have read in nursing. It’s brilliantly easy to read and understand.
The book is general in its approach, yet covers the essentials of care for any student nurse. The book is multicultural and diverse in the examples it provides, which mirrors the population. I would say that this book should be on the essential reading list for all pre-registration students. The book is current in its approach to using web links, and additional resources, plus the exercises are helpful, and I believe that academics could use this to support their teaching and self-directed study sections. Layout is really nice and appealing. The book also covers things such as lifelong learning which is extremely important for students to understand when they embark on their nursing education. This book would avoid the need for students to buy several books as they would have all in one place. An excellent book- well done to the authors!
Sage College Publishing
