Manual of Nursing Procedures and Practice: A Comprehensive Guide for Nursing Students

Authored by Omayal Achi, the third edition of the Manual of Nursing Procedures and Practice is a revised and updated resource for nursing students, faculty, and clinical nursing preceptors. This comprehensive book is designed to guide students in providing expert and efficient patient care, aligned with the revised syllabus prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council.

About the Manual

This iconic resource covers over 550 nursing procedures across various subjects, including:

• Nursing Foundations
• Adult Health Nursing
• Community Health Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
• Child Health Nursing
• Midwifery/Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBG) Nursing

Salient Features

This manual boasts the following key features:

• Now in color, making it more engaging and easy to understand
• Content consistent with the Indian Nursing Council Syllabus for BSc (N) and MSc (N)
• Organized in a logical sequence, with Volume I covering Nursing Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, and Volume II covering Community Health Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Child Health Nursing, and Midwifery/OBG Nursing
• Concise content with clear and simple terminologies, developed and reviewed by subject experts

Newly Added Chapters

This edition includes new chapters on:

• Communication and Documentation
• Infection Control, Safety, and Care of Patient with Communicable Diseases
• Care of Patient with Immunological Disorders, Geriatric Nursing, and Participation in Disaster Mock Drills
• Preparing the Patient to Perform Activities of Daily Living, Community Mental Health, and Psychoeducation
• Infant Feeding, Care of Ostomies, Care of Surgical Wound, and Anticipatory Guidance Health Education to Mothers/Parents

Five-Step Nursing Process

The manual follows a five-step nursing process for all applicable procedures, including:

1. Assessment
2. Nursing Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation

This process facilitates the framing of OSCE checklists as per the steps in the procedure, and highlights nursing care implementation with Ibox and sample documentation to ease the work of students during their clinical practice.

Additional Resources

The manual includes:

• Nursing Alert to guide students in performing procedures appropriately (with caution)
• Illustrations with relevant figures for enhanced retention of concepts
• Suitable assessment formats (e.g., history collection) and other proformas
• Review questions for all six sections to help students during their exams
• Video demonstration of few key procedures as online ancillary

Published by Wolters India Pvt Ltd, this comprehensive resource is a must-have for nursing students, faculty, and clinical nursing preceptors.

Publisher: Wolters India Pvt Ltd

Publication Date: 12 December 2022

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 796

ISBN-10: 9393553297

ISBN-13: 978-9393553294