The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, Student Edition
Royal Marsden Manual Series
10. Edition April 2021
1152 Pages, Softcover
Textbook
The student edition of The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the definitive, market-leading textbook of clinical nursing skills for fifteen years. This internationally best-selling title sets the gold standard for nursing care, providing the procedures, rationale, and guidance required by pre-registration students to deliver clinically effective, patient-focused care with expertise and confidence.
With over two-hundred detailed procedures which reflect the skills required to meet The Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses (NMC 2019), this comprehensive manual presents the evidence and underlying theory alongside full-colour illustrations and a range of learning activities designed to support student nurses in clinical practice. Loved and trusted by millions, The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, Student Edition continues to be a truly indispensable textbook for students, and includes coverage of patient assessment and discharge planning, communication, infection prevention and control, perioperative care, wound management, nutrition, diagnostic testing, medicines management, and much more.
Learning features in this revised tenth edition include:
* Learning outcomes - summarise the focus of the information in each chapter
* Learning in practice - asks you to consider issues within your practice environment
* Case studies - provide learning around a particular patient scenario
* Clinical applications - ask you to consider how you would apply your knowledge to a clinical situation
* Stretch activities - challenge you with more nuanced, advanced issues to reflect upon
Many of the features in the book are relevant to trainee nursing associates, especially when used in conjunction with supervision from academic and clinical teachers.
A companion website to this title is available at www.royalmarsdenmanual.com/student10e
Acknowledgements xviii
List of contributors xix
Quick reference to the procedure guidelines xxiii
How to use your manual xxv
About the companion website xxviii
1 The context of nursing 1
Part One Managing the patient journey 13
2 Admissions and assessment 15
3 Discharge care and planning 47
4 Infection prevention and control 69
Part Two Supporting patients with human functioning 131
5 Communication, psychological wellbeing and safeguarding 133
6 Elimination 205
7 Moving and positioning 283
8 Nutrition and fluid balance 339
9 Patient comfort and supporting personal hygiene 403
10 Pain assessment and management 457
11 Symptom control and care towards the end of life 497
12 Respiratory care, CPR and blood transfusion 539
Part Three Supporting patients through the diagnostic process 657
13 Diagnostic tests 659
14 Observations 719
Part Four Supporting patients through treatment 801
15 Medicines optimization: ensuring quality and safety 803
16 Perioperative care 937
17 Wound management 1029
Part Five Looking after ourselves so we can support patients 1061
18 Self-care and wellbeing 1063
Appendix: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses 1085
List of abbreviations 1089
Index 1093
Justine Hofland, Formerly Divisional Clinical Nurse Director Cancer Services, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
Hayley Grafton, Chief Nursing Information Officer, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
Catherine Wilson, Formerly Head of School, The Royal Marsden School, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.