Preceded by: Developing practical adult nursing skills / edited by Lesley Baillie. 3rd ed. 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Developing Practical Nursing Skills, Fourth Edition, will help you to learn and perfect the practical skills required to become a qualified nurse. Patient-focussed and adopting a caring approach, this essential text will also help you to integrate nursing values alongside physical skills in your daily practice. Key features include: Full colour text design with clear illustrations and clinical photographs to aid visual learning, Evidence-based and clearly mapped to key guidelines to ensure best practice, Reader-friendly style with learning outcomes, activities and reflection points to help you link theory to practice, Scenarios from a range of settings, including community, mental health and learning disabilities nursing, A focus on adults and young people, and with "pointers" on caring for children to promote a lifespan approach, Free companion website providing image library, videos of key skills, and MCQs as well as additional resources for lecturers to download. This is a complete clinical skills resource for all pre-registration nursing students"--Provided by publisher.