Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology: For Nursing and Healthcare Students, 2nd Edition
Edited by Ian Peate, Muralitharan Nair
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing and Healthcare Students is a succinct but complete overview of the structure and function of the human body, with clinical applications throughout. Designed specifically for nursing and healthcare students, the new edition of this best-selling textbook provides a user-friendly, straightforward, jargon-free introduction to the subject.
Key features:
- Clinical considerations and scenarios throughout showing how the material can be applied to daily practice
- Featuring over 300 superb full colour illustrations
- Now includes a boxed feature throughout on medicines management; providing information concerning a variety of medicines used in the care and management of people that are related to the body system of the chapter
- The ‘Conditions’ feature within each chapter provides you with a list of disorders that are associated with the topics discussed, helping relate theory to practice
- Each chapter includes learning outcomes, test your knowledge, scenarios, activities and summaries.
- Includes a list of prefixes and suffixes, as well as normal values, and a glossary of terms
- Supported by enhanced online resources with fantastic extras for both lecturers and students, including an image bank, online glossary, flashcards, interactive multiple choice questions, examples of patient notes, and more
This edition is now supported by an accompanying study guide to facilitate the learning and revision of the content within this book: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology Workbook: A Study Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Students
Nursing Practice: Knowledge and Care, 2nd Edition
Edited by Ian Peate, Karen Wild
The second edition of the successful and definitive nursing textbook, Nursing Practice is designed to support the student throughout the entire nursing degree. Structured around the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct, it explores a range of clinical and professional issues that the student will need to know, in one complete and accessible volume.
Thoroughly updated and with full-colour, high quality illustrations throughout, this new edition features an additional chapter on the principles of supporting families and carers in practice, advice on revalidation, as well as a number of learning features and activities to help consolidate learning.
Nursing Practice provides invaluable information to enable not just student nurses, but also those who are qualified and members of the extended nursing family, to develop a deeper understanding of their patients' needs and to ensure that they are practicing safely and effectively.
Table of Contents
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology: For Nursing and Healthcare Students, 2nd Edition
Edited by Ian Peate, Muralitharan Nair
Contributors xx
Acknowledgements xxii
Preface xxiii
Prefixes, suffixes xxvii
How to use your textbook xli
About the companion website xlii
Chapter 1 Basic scientific principles of physiology 1
Peter S Vickers
Chapter 2 Cells, cellular compartments, transport systems, fluid movement between compartments 29
Muralitharan Nair
Chapter 3 Genetics 61
Peter S Vickers
Chapter 4 Tissue 95
Anthony Wheeldon
Chapter 5 The skeletal system 121
Ian Peate
Chapter 6 The muscular system 153
Janet G Migliozzi
Chapter 7 Circulatory system 185
Muralitharan Nair
Chapter 8 The cardiac system 223
Carl Clare
Chapter 9 The digestive system 257
Louise McErlean
Chapter 10 The renal system 299
Muralitharan Nair
Chapter 11 The respiratory system 333
Anthony Wheeldon
Chapter 12 The reproductive systems 371
Ian Peate
Chapter 13 The nervous system 403
Louise McErlean and Janet G
Chapter 14 The senses 439
Carl Clare
Chapter 15 The endocrine system 479
Carl Clare
Chapter 16 The immune system 513
Peter S Vickers
Chapter 17 The skin 551
Ian Peate
Index 603
Nursing Practice: Knowledge and Care, 2nd Edition
Edited by Ian Peate, Karen Wild
Preface xiv
Acknowledgements xvi
About the Editors xvii
Contributors xviii
How to Use Your Textbook xxii
About the Companion Website xxiv
Unit 1 Contextualising the Art and Science of Nursing 1
1 Nursing: Past, Present and Future 2
2 The Professional Nurse and Contemporary Healthcare 24
3 Health Promotion 50
4 Public Health 71
Unit 2 The Elements of Care 91
5 Ethics, the Law and the Nurse 92
6 The Nursing Process 111
7 Models of Nursing 129
Unit 3 The Principles of Care 147
8 The Principles of Safeguarding and Dignity 148
9 The Principles of Older People's Care 171
10 The Principles of Caring for People with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism 193
11 Principles of Caring for Children and Families 210
12 The Principles of Caring for People with Mental Health Problems 236
13 The Principles of Maternity Care 254
14 The Principles of Surgical Care 270
15 The Principles of Cancer Care 288
16 The Principles of Infection Control 307
17 The Principles of Nutrition 332
18 The Principles of Skin Integrity 350
19 The Principles of Medicine Administration and Pharmacology 376
20 Care at the End of Life 404
21 The Principles of Supporting Families and Carers in Practice 430
Unit 4 The Scientific Nature of Disease 453
22 The Cell 454
23 Immunity, Inflammation and Infection 480
24 Pain Management 504
25 Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance, and Shock 528
Unit 5 The Art and Science of Nursing Care 551
26 The Person with a Cardiovascular Disorder 552
27 The Person with a Haematological Disorder 578
28 The Person with a Respiratory
29 The Person with a Gastrointestinal Disorder 635
30 The Person with a Urinary Disorder 662
31 The Woman with a Reproductive Disorder 686
32 The Man with a Reproductive Disorder 717
33 The Person with a Sexually Transmitted Infection 746
34 The Person with an Endocrine Disorder 768
35 The Person with a Neurological Disorder 797
36 The Person with an Ear or Eye Disorder 850
37 The Person with a Musculoskeletal Disorder 879
38 The Person with a Skin Disorder 909
Glossary 929
References 930
Appendix A Reference Values in Venous Serum (Adults) 931
Appendix B List of Units 934
Index 935
