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• Chapter 1: What is nursing and what is a nurse? 

• Chapter 2: Being a nursing student

• Chapter 3: Core academic skills

• Chapter 4: Academic writing and assessment skills

• Chapter 5: Ethics

• Chapter 6: Law

• Chapter 7: Accountability and professionalism

• Chapter 8: Resilience

• Chapter 9: The role of the nursing student in effecting change

• Chapter 10: Delivering effective care

• Chapter 11: Introduction to nursing theory

• Chapter 12: Value-based, person- or family-centred care

• Chapter 13: Patient, service user, family and carer perspectives

• Chapter 14: Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation (APIE)

• Chapter 15: Core communication skills

• Chapter 16: Communication and interpersonal skills in challenging circumstances

• Chapter 17: Ensuring quality and effective management of risk

• Chapter 18: Record-keeping and documentation

• Chapter 19: Clinical decision-making

• Chapter 20: Safeguarding

• Chapter 21: Promoting health

• Chapter 22: Infection prevention and control (IPC)

• Chapter 23: Aseptic technique and specimen collection

• Chapter 24: Clinical measurement

• Chapter 25: Pain management

• Chapter 26: Skin integrity

• Chapter 27: Safe handling of people

• Chapter 28: Emergency care

• Chapter 29: Medicines administration

• Chapter 30: Assisting patients with their nutritional needs

• Chapter 31: Assisting patients with their elimination needs

• Chapter 32: Assisting patients with their hygiene needs

• Chapter 33: Last offices

• Chapter 34: Introduction to the organisation and settings of care

• Chapter 35: Introduction to interprofessional working

• Chapter 36: Introduction to the psychological context of nursing

• Chapter 37: Introduction to the sociological context of nursing 

• Chapter 38: Introduction to public health

• Chapter 39: Introduction to health policy and the political context of nursing

• Chapter 40: Introduction to the global context of nursing