Fundamentals of Nursing, unlike other texts, is not limited to just one specialism, but considers nursing across all fields from Adult, to Child, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities as well as both within the acute and community settings. Fundamentals of Nursing will help you to prepare and succeed in the varied and exciting career you have chosen, enabling you to become the skilled, flexible and confident nurse modern healthcare demands.

Fundamentals of Nursing helps you on this journey with comprehensive coverage of contemporary professional nursing developed to compliment the latest Standards of Proficiency for Pre-Registration Nursing Education (Nursing & Midwifery Council 2010) and the Essential Skills Clusters.

Support for your learning is provided through:

Full Colour Presentation – view procedures and other visuals in realistic full colour. Diagrams and text features stand out in the colourful and highly developed text design. Black and white and dullness are banned. Don’t accept anything less!
Step-by-Step Clinical Procedures, often including images, are based on clinical evidence and guide you through the procedure. You will also find Skills revision videos (available within MyNursingKit) which link to these procedures.
Case Studies – helping to put nursing into context, these realistic scenarios across a range of nursing fields and settings are included in all chapters. Relevant guidance is included to help you understand what you need to consider when confronted with a similar situation. These are suitable for both personal reflection and group discussion.
Newly Developed Chapters devised by specialists on Mental Health, Child and Learning Disability Nursing have been added to promote the widest possible experience and understanding regardless of your field, promoting the basic skills to meet any patient’s needs independent of age or vulnerability.
Clinical Alerts highlight particular areas of practice that you need to take into account when caring for an individual or group.
Activities help you reinforce and prove your learning. Reference answers are provided to check your understanding.
Lifespan Considerations highlight alternative practices when caring for infants, children and/or older adults.
Community Considerations provide information on caring for individuals in the home care and community setting. This prepares you for more than just the acute setting.
MyNursingKit – a premium website integrated with the text providing you with extra practice, revision and support. Including diagnostic tests, interactive scenario simulations and skills videos among other resources. Go to www.pearsoned.co.uk/kozier to login!

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Welcome to the core textbook for your Nursing Degree covering clinical and professional skills to support you throughout your degree and beyond.

Fundamentals of Nursing, unlike other texts, is not limited to just one specialism, but considers nursing across all fields from adult to child, mental health and learning disabilities set in both the acute and community environments. With comprehensive coverage of contemporary professional nursing developed to complement the latest Standards of Proficiency for Pre-Registration Nursing Education (Nursing & Midwifery Council 2010) and the Essential Skills Clusters.

Support for your learning is provided through:

Full Colour Presentation – view procedures and other visuals in realistic full colour. Diagrams and text features stand out in the colourful and highly developed text design.
Step-by-Step Procedures are included in all clinical chapters (with a quick access contents list included within the prelims) and are based on current clinical evidence. Skills revision videos (available within MyNursingKit) are linked to procedures where relevant.
Case Studies – helping to put nursing into context, these realistic scenarios across a range of nursing fields and settings are included in all chapters.
Newly Developed Chapters devised by specialists on mental health, child and learning disability nursing enable you to develop the basic skills to meet any patient’s needs independent of age or vulnerability.
Clinical Alerts are used in clinical chapters to highlight particular areas of practice that need to be taken into account when caring for an individual or group.
Activities include guidance and are used throughout to help you reinforce and prove your learning.
Lifespan Considerations are included where appropriate to highlight alternative practices when caring for infants, children and/or older adults.
Community Considerations provide information on caring for individuals beyond the acute environment in the home care and community setting.
MyNursingKit – a premium website integrated with the text providing extra practice, revision and support for the student. Includes: eBook, diagnostic tests, interactive scenario simulations and skills videos. Go to www.pearsoned.co.uk/kozier to log in.

About the Authors:

Sharon Harvey is a Tutor in the Department of Nursing at Swansea University. Sharon teaches clinical skills and drug calculations on the pre-registration Nursing Degree and has a particular interest in numeracy in nursing education. Her research interests include tissue viability, cardiac care and disability support for health care professionals.

Heulwen Morgan-Samuel is a Tutor in the Department of Nursing at Swansea University and is the cancer and palliative care team leader. Heulwen teaches general principles of nursing care and her research interests include factors that enhance learning within the clinical environment, student support, principles of care and education for oncology nurses.

“Comprehensive and nicely laid out with good use of colour to highlight the different approaches to presentation of information. It provides a comprehensive introductory coverage of all the main topics... regardless of branch programme the students will eventually follow. A wide base text which is likely to be useful for several modules rather than a very specific text which students may only use for one module.”

Roger Cobley, Birmingham City University

“The text is an exciting, clear and essential textbook for pre-registration nursing students. It sets the scene, shows application to practice, helps to make nursing practice more understandable and so enhances the student’s learning experience.”

Martin Bailey, Canterbury Christ Church University

“Kozier is an excellent resource for students throughout their training, and could be used as the starting point for most of their assessments. Overall, it is an excellent text that I will have no hesitation in recommending to my students.”

Dorothy Adam, The Robert Gordon University

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