The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures (Hardcover, 10, Edition, Profes)

Foreword to the tenth edition

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of contributors

Quick reference to the procedure guidelines

How to use your manual

1 The context of nursing and the introduction

Part One Managing the patient journey

2 Admissions and assessment

3 Discharge care and planning

4 Infection prevention and control

Part Two Supporting the patient with human functioning

5 Communication, psychological wellbeing and safeguarding

6 Elimination

7 Moving and positioning

8 Nutrition and fluid balance

9 Patient comfort and supporting personal hygiene

10 Pain assessment and management

11 Symptom control and care towards the end of life

12 Respiratory care, CPR and blood transfusion

Part Three Supporting the patient through the diagnostic processes

13 Diagnostic tests

14 Observations

Part Four Supporting the patient through treatment

15 Medicines optimisation – ensuring quality and safety

16 Perioperative care

17 Vascular access devices: insertion and management

18 Wound management

Part Five Supporting our colleagues and looking after ourselves

19 Self-care and wellbeing

Appendix [the list of proficiencies, how they map to the chapters, plus links to the proficiencies and code]

Abbreviations

Index