Table of Contents

1: Introduction: Reframing Adult Nursing Practice
Part 1:Understanding Common Health Conditions
2: Understanding Asthma
3: Understanding Bone Conditions
4: Understanding Cancer
5: Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder
6: Understanding Coronary Heart Disease
7: Understanding Dementia
8: Understanding Depression
9: Understanding Diabetes Mellitus
10: Understanding Functional Bowel Disorders
11: Understanding Renal Disorders
12: Understanding Skin conditions
13: Understanding Stroke
Part 2: Managing Health Needs And Symptoms
14: Managing Anxiety and Agitation
15: Managing Breathlessness
16: Managing Continence
17: Managing Delirium and Confusion
18: Managing End-of-Life Care
19: Managing Hydration
20: Managing Hygiene
21: Managing Infection
22: Managing Medicines
23: Managing Mobility
24: Managing Nutrition
25: Managing Pain
26: Managing Perioperative Care
27: Managing the Prevention of Skin Breakdown
28: Managing Wounds

About the Author

Dr Ian Bullock is Chief Operating Officer at the National Clinical Guideline Centre, Royal College of Physicians where he has developed expertise in evidence based healthcare and research and development (including quality improvement). He is responsible for a large funded research programme on behalf of NICE, with particular focus on the development of National Clinical Guidelines and Quality Standards. Professor Jill Macleod Clarke is Professor of Nursing,
Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton and has many years experience as a clinical nurse, educator and researcher. She has an international reputation for her research into health
promotion, communication and interprofessional learning. She has held a number of academic leadership positions where she championed the move to all graduate nursing profession. Jill has acted as Chair of the UK Council of Deans of Health and as a member of the 2008 Research Assessment Panel for Nursing and Midwifery.
Professor Joanne Rycroft Malone is Professor of Implementation Research and Director of Research at Bangor University. She has an international reputation for research that aims to improve service delivery and patient care through the appropriate use of evidence in practice. She is currently a principal and co-investigator of research grants that explore various aspects of knowledge use in practice, including evaluating different implementation interventions. Jo is also the inaugural editor of
the journal Worldview on Evidence-Based Nursing.

Reviews

This book contains an excellent balance of empirical and statistical evidence, guidance for best practice and good common sense approaches.
*Dr Peter Carter, Royal College of Nursing, Chief Executive & General Secretary*

This new book gives students the tools to make informed decisions about care and improve adult nursing practice on a day to day basis.
*Nicki Walsh, Lecturer, University of Nottingham, UK*

The coverage is extremely relevant to the preparation of effective adult nurses and will be highly useful to readers.
*Dr Chris Bulman, Senior Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University, UK*

An excellent comprehensive guide to adult nursing practice ideally suited to adult field student nurses.
*Susan Thompson, Deputy Director, University of Nottingham, UK*

An extremely useful 'reader friendly' book; a valuable resource for student and newly qualified nurses.
*Sue Clark, Learning & Development, Portsmouth Hospitals Trust*

This text is ideal for today's nursing courses and for key knowledge to underpin patient care- it bridged the gap between research evidence and professional practice.
*Dr P Scullion, Associate Head of Nursing, Coventry University, UK*

A very useful and supportive textbook which follows a logical framework to explore and examine adult nursing practice and how evidence supports its implementation. It is well written and is supported by good diagrams, photographs, boxes identifying action points, evidence highlights and case studies.
*Keith Booles, Senior Nurse Lecturer, Staffordshire University, UK*

Good book to 'dip in and out of'.
*Jane Douglas, Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University, UK*

The way that the use of supporting evidence is related to adult nursing practice is excellent.
*Ian Wood, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Keele University, UK*

Written in a clear, understandable and reader-friendly way, this will be valuable for undergraduate students and registered practitioners.
*Paul Elliot, Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK*