Includes bibliographic references and index.

Essential of nursing : values, knowledge, skills and practice / Elizabeth Lee-Woolf, Julia Jones, Jane Brooks, and Joanne Timpson -- Nursing therapeutics / Caroline Jagger, Heather Iles-Smith, and Julia Jones -- Interprofessional and multidisciplinary team working / Jean Rogers -- Medicines management / Julie Gregory -- The NMC essential skills clusters / Deborah Ward -- Exposure to other fields of nursing / Georgina Taylor -- Clinical decision making / Mary Cooke -- Leadership and management / Dianne Burns -- Promoting health / Helen Davidson -- Supportive care : caring for adults with long-term conditions / Judith Ormorod and Dianne Burns -- Caring for the acutely ill adult / Paul Tierney, Samantha Freeman, and Julie Gregory -- Caring for the older person / Emma Stanmore and Christine Brown Wilson -- The provision of effective palliative care for adults / John Costello.

"Foundations of Adult Nursing introduces the principles, themes and issues that define what it means to be a nurse today. It explains the theory and knowledge required to develop person-centred nursing skills and explores the diverse settings and patient groups that you will encounter on your placements. Key features of the book are: A companion website with multiple choice questions for revision, and interactive glossary to test you on key terms and free SAGE journal articles to help you develop your evidence base; Stop and Think boxes which challenge you to reflect on your own practice; Discussion on the latest literature, policy and research relevant for your assignments; Case Scenarios that illustrate the realities of everyday nursing."-- Back cover.