All nursing students are required to meet the seven standards produced by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) before being entered onto the professional register. Fundamentals of Assessment and Care Planning for Nurses addresses two of these important standards, helping readers become proficient in assessing patient needs, and planning, providing and evaluating care.
This timely publication adopts a practical approach with NMC proficiencies at its core, providing guidance and insight into the application of key skills and demonstrating competency in real-life settings.
- Centres around a fictitious nuclear family to provide a practical basis to the various chapters and assessment
- Offers mnemonics to enable comprehensive history taking and systematic physical assessment
- Helps readers address socio-cultural considerations they may face in practice
- Includes links to literature that provides further support and additional information
Fundamentals of Assessment and Care Planning for Nurses is an important resource for pre-registration nursing students and Nursing Associates who are required to demonstrate proficiency in the new NMC standards, and other registered practitioners seeking to update their knowledge.
Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
Meet the family x
Chapter 1 The nature of nursing 1
Chapter 2 The provision of care 17
Chapter 3 Critical thinking and clinical decision making 31
Chapter 4 The nursing process 45
Chapter 5 Care plans 60
Chapter 6 Models of nursing 73
Chapter 7 The skills of assessment and planning care 87
Chapter 8 Assessment tools 104
Chapter 9 Assessing the musculoskeletal system 119
Chapter 10 Assessing the circulatory system 141
Chapter 11 Assessing the cardiac system 166
Chapter 12 Assessing the gastrointestinal system 189
Chapter 13 Assessing the renal system 218
Chapter 14 Assessing the respiratory system 238
Chapter 15 Assessing the male reproductive system 263
Chapter 16 Assessing the female reproductive system 283
Chapter 17 Assessing the nervous system 302
Chapter 18 Assessing the endocrine system 327
Chapter 19 Assessing the immune system 344
Chapter 20 Assessing the skin 365
Index 383
