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Placement learning in medical nursing : a guide for students in practice / Maggie Maxfield, Michelle Parker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Placement learningPublication details: Edinburgh ; New York : Bailliere Tindall/Elsevier Ltd., c2012.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages). ill. ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 9780702043024
  • 0702043028 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 610.73 23
LOC classification:
  • RT41 .M44 2012
NLM classification:
  • WY 100
Online resources:
Contents:
Medical nursing in context -- Medical placements -- Preparation for placement learning -- The patient journey within medical placements -- Nursing practice : admission and beyond -- Assessment of risk and the medical patient -- Assessment of vital signs and changes in health status -- Communication within medical placements -- Nutrition and effective elimination -- Medicines management -- Medical investigations and medical day care -- The end of the journey : discharge from hospital and the experience of death -- Case study of a patient with heart failure -- Case study of a patient who has been diagnosed HIV positive / Brian Thornton -- Case study of a patient with tuberculosis / Maria Mercer -- Case study of a patient living with diabetes mellitus / Anne Claydon -- Revision and future learning.
Summary: Are you unsure about your medical nursing placement? Do you need guidance on what to prepare to get the most out of your practice learning? Will you have the range of clinical skills to care for individual patients? What learning opportunities will there be to meet your competencies? How can you maximise your learning during this placement? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will advise you on what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities and meet your competencies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medical nursing in context -- Medical placements -- Preparation for placement learning -- The patient journey within medical placements -- Nursing practice : admission and beyond -- Assessment of risk and the medical patient -- Assessment of vital signs and changes in health status -- Communication within medical placements -- Nutrition and effective elimination -- Medicines management -- Medical investigations and medical day care -- The end of the journey : discharge from hospital and the experience of death -- Case study of a patient with heart failure -- Case study of a patient who has been diagnosed HIV positive / Brian Thornton -- Case study of a patient with tuberculosis / Maria Mercer -- Case study of a patient living with diabetes mellitus / Anne Claydon -- Revision and future learning.

Are you unsure about your medical nursing placement? Do you need guidance on what to prepare to get the most out of your practice learning? Will you have the range of clinical skills to care for individual patients? What learning opportunities will there be to meet your competencies? How can you maximise your learning during this placement? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will advise you on what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities and meet your competencies.

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