Adult Nursing at a Glance

Everything you need to know about Adult Nursing...at a Glance!

Adult Nursing at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for Adult Nursing students from the publishers of the market–leading at a Glance series.

This title blends up–to–date evidence and essential knowledge from expert experience of nursing practice, research and teaching, in an easy–to–follow guide for student and newly qualified nurses. Adult Nursing at a Glance covers the essential components of excellent nursing, highlighting the skills that all students need to develop from the outset of their studies, and encompassing organisational and leadership skills. With an emphasis on patient care and dignity, this title is the perfect guide to healthcare delivery, management and professional development.

Follows a simple structure based around systems of the body for quick access to information, with the most common disorders of these systems

Is accompanied by a comprehensive companion website with self–testing features

Ward and Primary Care covered throughout the text

Contains all the information you need to provide the best patient care, including care planning, symptom control, communication and health promotion.

Section 1: Essentials of excellent nursing care

1. Fundamentals of nursing care

Communication

2. Communication

3. Documentation

Assessment and monitoring

4. Assessment and monitoring

5. Eating and drinking

Symptom control and management

6. Symptom control and management

7. Breathlessness

8. Diarrhoea and constipation

9. Nausea and vomiting

10. Pain and discomfort

11. Incontinence

12. Nursing older people

13. Nursing people at the end of life

Risk assessment and management

14 Risk assessment and management

15 Medicines management

16 Pre– and post–operative care

17 Moving and positioning

18 Infection prevention and control

19 Adult basic life support

20 In–hospital resuscitation

21 Wound management

22 Health education and promotion

23 Discharge planning

24 Evaluation

25 Research and service development

Section 2: Nursing people: common disorders and special groups

Nursing people with cardiovascular disorders

26 Nursing people with cardiovascular disorders

27 Signs, symptoms, assessment and emergencies

28 Nursing people with hypertension

29 Nursing people with coronary heart disease (stable angina)

30 Nursing people with CHD (acute coronary syndromes)

31 Nursing people with arrhythmias

32 Nursing people with valve disease

33 Nursing people with heart failure

34 Nursing people with aneurysms

35 Nursing people with peripheral vascular disease

Nursing people with respiratory disorders

36 Nursing people with respiratory disorders

37 Signs, symptoms, assessment and emergencies

38 Nursing people with respiratory failure

39 Nursing people with respiratory infections

40 Nursing people with asthma

41 Nursing people with COPD

Nursing people with digestive disorders

42 Nursing people with digestive disorders

43Signs, symptoms, assessment and emergencies

44 Nursing people with infections of the digestive system

45 Nursing people with gastro–oesophageal reflux disease

46 Nursing people with stomach disorders

47 Nursing people with disorders of the intestines

48 Nursing people with disorders of the intestines and anal canal

49 Nursing people with liver disorders

50 Nursing people with gallstone disease

51 Nursing people with pancreatitis

Nursing people with urinary disorders

52 Nursing people with renal and urinary disorders

53 Signs, symptoms, assessment and emergencies

54 Nursing people with glomerulonephritis

55 Nursing people with acute renal failure

56 Nursing people with chronic renal failure

57 Nursing people with urinary calculi

58 Nursing people with urinary tract infection

Nursing people with blood/lymph disorders

59 Nursing people with blood/lymph disorders

60 Signs, symptoms, assessment and emergencies

61 Nursing people with anaemias

62 Nursing people with neutropenia

63 Nursing people with leukaemia

64 Nursing people with platelet/coagulation disorders

65 Nursing people with lymphomas

Nursing people with endocrine disorders

66 Nursing people with endocrine disorders

67 Summary of disorders of the endocrine system

68 Nursing people with diabetes mellitus

Nursing people with immune disorders

69 Nursing people with immune disorders

70 Signs, symptoms and emergencies

71 Nursing people with immunodeficiency and auto–immune diseases

Nursing people with skin disorders

72 Nursing people with skin disorders

73 Signs, symptoms and assessment

74 Nursing people with eczema or psoriasis

Nursing people with musculoskeletal disorders

75 Nursing people with musculoskeletal disorders

76 Signs, symptoms and assessment

77 Nursing people with bone disorders

78 Nursing people with joint disorders

79 Nursing people with muscle disorders

Nursing people with nervous system disorders

80 Nursing people with nervous system disorders

81 Signs, symptoms, assessment and emergencies

82 Nursing people with CNS infections

83 Nursing people with epilepsy

84 Nursing people with vascular disorders of the brain

85 Nursing people with multiple sclerosis

86 Nursing people with Parkinson s disease

87 Nursing people with dementia

Nursing people with disorders of the eye or ear

88 Nursing people with disorders of the eye or ear

89 Nursing people with disorders of the eye

90 Nursing people with disorders of the ear

Nursing people with disorders of the reproductive system and breast

91 Nursing people with disorders of the reproductive system and breast

92 Nursing people with vaginal discharge or urethritis

93 Nursing men with prostate gland disorders

94 Nursing women having hysterectomies

95 Nursing people with breast lumps

Nursing people with cancer

96 Nursing people with cancer

Section 3: Essential Skills: leadership and organisational

97 Organisational aspects of care

98 Leadership

99 Management

100 Managing people and difficult situations

101 Research utilisation

102 Time management

103 Continuing professional development

104 Practice development

Index

Andrée le May is Professor of Nursing within the School of Health Sciences, at the University of Southampton.