Clinical Skills: an introduction for nursing & healthcare covers the essential clinical skills required by nurses. It offers an ideal introduction to clinical skills for adult nursing students, & it will also be useful for student nurses in other fields of practice, for trainee nursing associates & for other healthcare students who need to carry out clinical procedures when caring for people in a healthcare environment. Written in an engaging & accessible style, the book will help students to: develop their proficiency in carrying out the nursing procedures required to qualify as a Registered Nurseunderstand when & how to provide nursing intervention & support to people in their carebroaden & deepen their knowledge through the use of realistic scenariosapply their knowledge in a person-centred & compassionate wayreflect on their own values & learning experiences to enhance their nursing practiceimprove their nursing skills by using the 'hints for practice' & 'alerts' The clear, reader-friendly presentation will help students develop the underpinning knowledge & understanding of the clinical skills they will need throughout their healthcare career. " The clinical skills book is a gem, easy to follow, eye catching, & relevant to all skills modules across all years of the nursing programme." Lecturer in Adult Nursing, School of Health, Science & Wellbeing, Staffordshire University