Includes bibliographical references and index.

""The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures""; ""Brief table of contents""; ""Detailed table of contents""; ""Foreword to the ninth edition""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of contributors""; ""List of abbreviations""; ""Quick reference to the procedure guidelines""; ""How to use your manual""; ""About the companion website""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Overview""; ""Evidence-based practice""; ""What is evidence-based practice?""; ""Grading evidence in The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures""; ""Structure of the Manual""

""Structure of chapters in the student edition""""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Part One Managing the patient journey""; ""2 Assessment and discharge""; ""Overview""; ""Inpatient assessment and the process of care""; ""Definition""; ""Related theory""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Legal and professional issues""; ""Pre-procedural considerations""; ""Post-procedural considerations""; ""Observation""; ""Definition""; ""Discharge planning""; ""Definition""; ""Introduction""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Legal and professional issues""; ""Pre-procedural considerations""

""Prior to discharge""""Discharge at the end of life""; ""Post-procedural considerations""; ""References""; ""3 Infection prevention and control""; ""Overview""; ""Infection prevention and control""; ""Definitions""; ""Related theory""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Legal and professional issues""; ""Pre-procedural considerations""; ""Aseptic technique""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Source isolation""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Protective isolation""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Prevention and management of inoculation injury""; ""Related theory""

""Evidence-based approaches""""Complications""; ""Management of waste in the healthcare environment""; ""Definition""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Legal and professional issues""; ""Management of soiled linen in the healthcare environment""; ""References""; ""Part Two Supporting the patient with human functioning""; ""4 Communication""; ""Overview""; ""Communication""; ""Definition""; ""Anatomy and physiology""; ""Related theory""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Legal and professional issues""; ""Pre-procedural considerations""; ""Principles of communication""

""Communicating with those who are worried or distressed""""Definition""; ""Related theory""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Pre-procedural considerations""; ""Informing patients""; ""Related theory""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Principles of giving information to a patient""; ""Pre-procedural considerations""; ""Communicating with those with specific psychological needs""; ""Denial and collusion""; ""Definitions""; ""Related theory""; ""Evidence-based approaches""; ""Anxiety""; ""Definition""; ""Anatomy and physiology""; ""Related theory""; ""Evidence-based approaches""

The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the number one choice for nurses since it first published, over 30 years ago. One of the world's most popular books on clinical skills and procedures, it provides detailed procedure guidelines based on the latest research findings and expert clinical advice, enabling nurses and students to deliver clinically effective patient-focused care. The ninth edition of this essential, definitive guide, written especially for pre-registration nursing students, now includes a range of new learning features throughout each chapter that ha.

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