Student Edition: Product Overview

The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Student Edition

‘This book is amazing! As a student nurse I find it a fountain of knowledge and have referenced to it in every assignment I've written so far, and I'm sure it'll be referenced in the future ones too!’

‘What can I say... it’s the bible, well written and full of current information’

‘This is a must have for any nurse/student nurse. If you’re ever unsure on how to carry out a clinical procedure you'll find it in here’
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Clinical skills procedures are a fundamental aspect of patient-centred nursing care. The Student Manual has been specially compiled for pre-registration students to include the essential procedures they need to know. Procedure guidelines are based on the very latest research findings and expert clinical advice, to enable students to provide the best possible care. The underlying theory and evidence are provided for procedures related to essential aspects of a person’s care, enabling student nurses to deliver clinically effective patient-focused care. Students gain the confidence they need to become safe, informed and skilled practitioners.

Key features
• Includes the key evidence-based procedures students need to know
• Clear, user friendly and easy to understand
• Compact and portable – can be taken anywhere
• All procedures include the rationale for each action
• Evidence graded to help students assess its validity
• Includes multiple choice questions to help students test their knowledge
• Accompanying student companion site with interactive multiple choice questions

Video

The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures is full of all the latest evidence and procedures you need. As an extra bonus, the Royal Marsden Hospital and Wiley-Blackwell have made available this video procedure on hand-washing for you to check you are adhering to the very best practice. Click this link and confirm you are adhering to the very best practice!

10 things I wish I had known when I was a student nurse

1. How much there is to learn.
2. The reality of giving an intramuscular injection. I made my first patient cry. Practising on an orange really doesn’t prepare you for that!
3. How scary it is when performing ‘last office’ and the patient groans as they expel the last of any remaining air in their lungs.
4. It’s okay not to know things.
5. You learn a lot on the job and nobody expects you to know everything straight away.
6. There is always someone you can ask.
7. Never be afraid to ask.
8. Care of patients is 24-hour and shared by many -- you don’t have to do everything.
9. Good time management is as important as all the knowledge you’ll acquire.
10. You never stop learning.