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More About This Title The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical NursingProcedures Student Edition 9e
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The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the number one choice for nurses since it first published, over 30 years ago. One of the world's most popular books on clinical skills and procedures, it provides detailed procedure guidelines based on the latest research findings and expert clinical advice, enabling nurses and students to deliver clinically effective patient-focused care.
The ninth edition of this essential, definitive guide, written especially for pre-registration nursing students, now includes a range of new learning features throughout each chapter that have been designed to support student nurses to support learning in clinical practice. Providing essential information on over 200 procedures, this manual contains all the skills and changes in practice that reflect modern acute nursing care.
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Lisa Dougherty,OBE, RN, MSc, DClinP, Nurse Consultant Intravenous Therapy, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Sara Lister,RN, PGDAE, BSc (Hons), MSc, MBACP, Assistant Chief Nurse/Head of School, The Royal Marsden School of Cancer Nursing & Rehabilitation, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Alex West-Oram, Programme Leader, The Royal Marsden School of Cancer Nursing & Rehabilitation, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Foreword to the ninth edition xv
Acknowledgements xvii
List of contributors xix
List of abbreviations xxiii
Quick reference to the procedure guidelines xxvii
How to use your manual xxix
About the companion website xxxii
Introduction 1
Part One Managing the patient journey
Assessment and discharge 9
Infection prevention and control 37
Part Two Supporting the patient with human functioning
Communication 89
Elimination 127
Moving and positioning 201
Nutrition, fluid balance and blood transfusion 247
Patient comfort and end-of-life care 305
Respiratory care 377
Part Three Supporting the patient through the diagnostic process
Interpreting diagnostic tests 435
Observations 495
Part Four Supporting the patient through treatment
Medicines management 575
Perioperative care 675
Wound management 745
Appendix: The Code 781
Index 789
