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				Advanced Nursing Skills Principles and Practice Principles and Practice Cambridge University Press - (ISBN-13: 9781841100364) Published January 2000
	Price:			£ 23.99
	Author(s):			Molly Courtenay University of Reading
	Description:			The expanded practices and new roles which nurses are currently undertaking are often in areas in which a sound knowledge of the life sciences is essential. This book examines a number of advanced nursing skills, in each case describing the research evidence upon which the procedures discussed are based as well as the practical aspects of the procedures themselves. The knowledge of the life sciences that underpins these skills is also presented in each chapter and is always linked clearly to the advanced practices described. Although aimed primarily at post registered nurses, nurses undergoing pre-registration nurse education will find this book helpful as they themselves will be involved to a limited extent in the practices described. • Provides both a practical account of the nursing skills discussed and a thorough understanding of the basic science underlying these skills • Each chapter is accompanied by a series of self-testing questions, with model answers • Illustrated throughout with clear line diagrams • Each chapter is fully referenced for those who wish to investigate specific topics in more depth.
	Contents List:			Introduction 1. Venepuncture; 2. Intravenous cannulation; 3. Intravenous drug administration; 4. Reading and interpreting the electrocardiogram; 5. Defibrillation; 6. Nutritional assessment and enteral tube feeding; 7. Suturing; 8. Male catheterization.
	Publisher:			Cambridge University Press.