Foundation Clinical Nursing Skills by Charles Docherty

Foundation Clinical Nursing Skills by Charles Docherty

This new textbook teaches first year nursing students how to perform fundamental nursing skills and why to perform them in that way, integrating best practice, biological knowledge and clinical evidence. The step-by-step procedures, colour illustrations, and realistic scenarios from all nursing branches help readers prepare for placements.

Charles Docherty, Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University. He provides strategic direction to practice-based learning in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health. He has published on the acquisition of clinical skills in simulated environments and his doctoral studies focused on how mentors assess nursing students' clinical performance.
Jacqueline McCallum, is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Simulation at Caledonian University. She teaches modules in clinical skills, adult nursing and critical care. She specialises in skills and simulation education, including the use of actors and 'mid-fidelity' simulators as patients. Having spent eleven years as a cardiac nurse, Jacqueline has written numerous articles on cardiac and critical care nursing, as well as skills acquisition.

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ISBN 13	9780199534456
ISBN 10	0199534454
Title	Foundation Clinical Nursing Skills
Author	Charles Docherty
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2009-03-12
Number of pages	512
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.