Customer Reviews
A good all round book for students! - By: E. Barnes, 16 Nov 2008 
Nursing Practice, Fundamentals of Holistic Care:
This book is written specifically for nursing students, & being a student nurse myself, I would highly recommend to fellow students. The book is spilt into four sections; Nursing & Healthin the 21st Century, Professional Practice, Nursing & Lifespan implications & Developing Nursing Skills.
Each of the main sections are broken into chapters & focus on various issues & topics surrounding nursing. The book is geared for students as it covers the majority of subjects which are taughtin theory for example health promotion. As well as covering subjects usefulin theory blocks, it also covers a wide range of clinical skills for example catheters. The book goes into great detail of how to complete the clinical skill, rationales of why you do a particular way & theory behind it.
The book is based upon holistic care which is cruical when nursing & a major part of the current nursing degree. Don't be put off by the size of the book as it is easy to navigate & allows the reader to pick it up & quickly find what they are looking for.
I would highly recommend to first year student nurses who want a book which covers nearly everything,in a simple & straight forward manner.
An excellent foundation for the consideration of holistic care. - By: Kate Philp, 05 Nov 2008 This textbook was written with Nursing Studentsin mind & it certainly doesn't fail.
With so much focus being on holism this book is a great textbook for a foundation year, detailing nursing as a current profession with a key focus on health promotion, ADL's, how to develop your skills safely detailing nursing assessments & conducting effective admission interviews.
Four key sections detail nursingin the 21st century, professional practice, nursing & lifespan implications & the development of nursing skills.
The final section details areas of nursing that first year students will encounterin placement, such as baseline obs, infection control, administration of medicines, pre-surgical care, wound management & pain, all alongside ADL's.
Whilst this book is a wealth of information it is an ideal text, it is at times a little too detailed & it is certainly a bulky & cumbersome text that to simply pick up & thumb through is a physical challenge! However, you will use this as a valuable resource & will put it back on the shelf when that has been accomplished!
It has many opportunities within the text to consider reflective practices & details the all important evidenced based practice.
I would recommend this book for both first & second year nursing students as a pertinent resource to support study.
great price! - By: sillygoose, 29 Oct 2008 a great book for a fraction of the cost it was going for at my university's bookstore. the item was delivered on time &in perfect condition.
