Essential Clinical Skills in Nursing

Deborah Rowberry is a Senior Lecturer at Swansea University working in the Department of Nursing. She has over 20 years clinical experience in a variety of settings including, neurology, acute medicine, cardiac ITU and nephrology and moved into education almost 15 years ago. Deborah is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a double recipient of the University’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award. Deborah has previous experience as a Clinical Skills Educator for postgraduate medicine and undergraduate Medical Students. Deborah’s specialist and research interest areas include Simulation Based Education and Inter Professional Education. Dr Lee Gauntlett is a trainee anaesthetist working in South Wales with experience in intensive care medicine. His career began working as a health care support worker in several hospitals in the Midlands and volunteering within the British Red Cross, starting medical training in 2013. He came to the medical profession as a mature student and from a different career background and recognises the value in diversity. He is keen to teach nurses, medical students, and allied health professionals, strongly believing that a multidisciplinary approach to learning can lead to beneficial patient outcomes. Dr Libor Hurt was born in the Czech Republic and moved to the UK aged 11. He began working as a hospital porter in the summer holidays and evenings after college and carried on doing this whilst reading Medical Sciences at De Montfort University. Following this, he pursued a further MSc by Research in Learning Technology there, before eventually going on to study medicine at Swansea University. He rotated through several medical and surgical specialities and ultimately began working as a general surgery speciality trainee. Dr Hurt enjoys teaching and mentoring, actively participating whenever given the opportunity to do so. He presented his research at both a national and international level on a wide variety of topics such as antibiotic treatment of appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic and outcomes of hepatic metastasectomy in patients with anal squamous cell carcinoma. In his spare time, Dr Hurt enjoys exploring the diverse Welsh landscape.

Part I Essential Knowledge for Clinical Skills
Chapter 1 Evidence-Based Practice and Clinical Skills - Libor Hurt
Chapter 2 The Importance of Assessment - Deborah Rowberry, Pete Sewell and Wendy Churchouse
Chapter 3 The Importance of Communication - Deborah Rowberry
Part II Clinical Skills for Nursing Care
Chapter 4 History Taking and Examinations - Lee Gauntlett and Peter Sewell
Chapter 5 Dignity, Comfort, Rest and Sleep - Sarah Tait and Louise Giles, with Sarah Kingdom-Mills
Chapter 6 Hygiene and Skin Integrity - Nicola Tingle and Nerys Williams, with Sarah Kingdom-Mills
Chapter 7 Nutrition and Hydration - Helen Beckett and Lovely Sajan
Chapter 8 Bladder and Bowel Health - Jemma Gustafson and Trudi Petersen
Chapter 9 Mobility and Safety - Jamie Wheeler and Lovely Sajan, with Sarah Kingdom-Mills
Chapter 10 Respiratory Care - Gabby Wilcox
Chapter 11 Prevent and Manage Infection - Lisa Duffy, Lee Gauntlett and Libor Hurt
Chapter 12 End of Life Care - Hywel Thomas, Deb McNee, Alison Young, Wendy Mashlan, Julie Hayes and Nicola Dawkins
Chapter 13 Medicines Administration - Nicola Henwood