This well-known text provides guidelines for over 40 common nursing procedures carried out by carers in a variety of settings. The development of competence in these practices is one of the most important aspects of pre-registration programmes, and this is one of the few UK-based texts that takes an educational approach to these practices as opposed to a purely procedure-driven approach. As in previous editions, the emphasis is on a holistic approach with the recognition that each patient is a unique individual. Each procedure contains rationale and information for patient education in addition to step by step guidance. CONTENTS: 1 Frameworks for Practice 2 Administration of medicines 3 Blood Glucose Monitoring 4 Blood Pressure 5 Blood Transfusion 6 Body Temperature 7 Bone Marrow Aspiration 8 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 9 Care of the Deceased Person 10 Catheterisation: Urinary 11 Central Venous Pressure 12 Chest Drainage: Underwater Seal 13 Eardrops: Instillation of 14 Ear Syringing 15 Enema 16 Exercises: Active and Passive 17 Eye Care 18 Gastric Aspiration 19 Infection Control 20 Intrapleural Aspiration 21 Intravenous Therapy 22 Isolation Nursing 23 Lumbar Puncture 24 Mouth Care 25 Moving and Handling 26 Nebuliser Therapy 27 Neurological Examination 28 Nutrition 29 Oxygen Therapy 30 Paracentesis: Abdominal 31 Personal hygiene 32 Preoperative Nursing Care 33 Postoperative Nursing Care 34 Pulse/ Radial Pulses 35 Rectal Examination 36 Respiration 37 Skin Care 38 Specimen Collection 39 Stoma Care 40 Suppositories 41 Toileting 42 Tracheostomy Care 43 Transfer of Patients Between Care Settings 44 Unconscious Patient 45 Urine Testing 46 Vaginal Examination 47 Vaginal Ring Pessary Insertion 48 Venepuncture 49 Wound Care Index