The Nursing Associate (NA) role was developed following the outcome of the Shape of Caring Review (Health Education England 2015) which showed that there was a knowledge and skills gap between healthcare assistants and registered nurses. The book covers a wide range of essential information, including the requirements for patient assessment, such as the latest risk assessment tools, the Bristol stool chart, management of shock and sepsis, interpreting electrocardiograms and a guide to wound classification and healing.

It contains the essential knowledge needed to deliver safe, confident, and person-centred care, across the four nursing fields: adult, children, learning disabilities and mental health. Acute/Emergency Care: Adult basic life support, In-hospital resuscitation, Adult advanced life support, AED, Anaphylaxis management, Airway management and choking, Emergency drugs, Mental health first aid.He was the Elizabeth Kenny-McCann Nursing Education Scholar at UBC between 2013-2014, and the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Pat Griffin Nursing Education Scholar between 2014-15. Nursing students, mentors, practice educators and preceptees will find that this resource enables the move into real life practice, supporting safe, confident patient centred nursing. This resource provides rapid access to key information that a nurse will need to provide effective holistic care of the adult patient. A clinical pocket reference provides key information that a nurse will require on placement and in practice, selected by experienced teachers/practitioners, clearly written and presented, drawn from a wide range of different sources, packaged in an easily accessible portable format suitable for pocket or mobile phone.

New material includes new Mental Capacity Act overview and guidelines, updated infection control (including donning and doffing PPE) and End of Life care sections, and latest Resuscitation Guidelines. We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts. The authors, all experienced teacher/practitioners have looked at latest teaching trends and national drivers, including the new NMC standards to provide coverage of the widening range of competencies a nurse needs to display in today's healthcare environment. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. The booklet is suitable for nursing students or even a new qualify nurses especially when doing clinical practice on there placement.

However, I personally find it too bulky to take onto placement, which kind of defeats the object to me. Garrett was the recipient of the 2007 at the Spencer Award for Information Technology Innovation and the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia Award of Excellence in Nursing Education in 2000. At Clinical Pocket Reference Ltd, we believe the best way to serve the UK’s healthcare community is through providing high quality learning resources and practical advice. Assessment: Assessment of risk and reporting, Respiratory assessment, Oxygen administration, Cardiac assessment, Shock, Sepsis (adult), Risk assessment for VTE, Neurological assessment, Pain, Gastrointestinal and abdominal assessment, Urological assessment, Skin assessment, Wound classification and healing, Older adult assessment, Psychological assessment.

Engage with topical issues affecting the UK’s healthcare practitioners and stimulate healthy debate. It is an educational tool that supports learning in practice and can also be used as a quick revision aid.

He holds a PhD in information Science, specializing in education, multimedia and artificial intelligence. Assessment: Assessment of risk and reporting, Respiratory assessment, Oxygen administration, Cardiac assessment, Shock, Sepsis, Risk assessment for VTE, Neurological assessment, Pain, Gastrointestinal and abdominal assessment, Urological assessment, Skin assessment, Wound classification and healing, Older adult assessment, Psychological health. Biochemistry: biochemistry values, Other useful biochemistry, Blood: composition, measurement and groups, Blood transfusion, Blood gases, Urinalysis.