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<p>Preface vii</p> <p>Acknowledgements ix</p> <p>Meet the family x</p> <p>Chapter 1 The nature of nursing 1</p> <p>Chapter 2 The provision of care 17</p> <p>Chapter 3 Critical thinking and clinical decision making 31</p> <p>Chapter 4 The nursing process 45</p> <p>Chapter 5 Care plans 60</p> <p>Chapter 6 Models of nursing 73</p> <p>Chapter 7 The skills of assessment and planning care 87</p> <p>Chapter 8 Assessment tools 104</p> <p>Chapter 9 Assessing the musculoskeletal system 119</p> <p>Chapter 10 Assessing the circulatory system 141</p> <p>Chapter 11 Assessing the cardiac system 166</p> <p>Chapter 12 Assessing the gastrointestinal system 189</p> <p>Chapter 13 Assessing the renal system 218</p> <p>Chapter 14 Assessing the respiratory system 238</p> <p>Chapter 15 Assessing the male reproductive system 263</p> <p>Chapter 16 Assessing the female reproductive system 283</p> <p>Chapter 17 Assessing the nervous system 302</p> <p>Chapter 18 Assessing the endocrine system 327</p> <p>Chapter 19 Assessing the immune system 344</p> <p>Chapter 20 Assessing the skin 365</p> <p>Index 383</p>

<p><b>Ian Peate, OBE FRCN</b> is Visiting Professor of Nursing, Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, Editor-in-Chief of the <i>British Journal of Nursing</i>, and Head of School, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar.</p>

<p>All nursing students are required to meet the seven standards produced by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) before being entered onto the professional register. <i>Fundamentals of Assessment and Care Planning for Nurses</i> addresses two of these important standards, helping readers become proficient in assessing patient needs, and planning, providing and evaluating care.</p> <p>This timely publication adopts a practical approach with NMC proficiencies at its core, providing guidance and insight into the application of key skills and demonstrating competency in real-life settings.</p> <ul> <li>Centres around a fictitious nuclear family to provide a practical basis to the various chapters and assessment</li> <li>Offers mnemonics to enable comprehensive history taking and systematic physical assessment</li> <li>Helps readers address socio-cultural considerations they may face in practice</li> <li>Includes links to literature that provides further support and additional information</li> </ul> <p><i>Fundamentals of Assessment and Care Planning for Nurses</i> is an important resource for pre-registration nursing students and Nursing Associates who are required to demonstrate proficiency in the new NMC standards, and other registered practitioners seeking to update their knowledge.</p>

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