Includes index.

The nature of nursing / Lynn Quinlivan --
Safeguarding vulnerable adults / Victoria Darby --
Assessing needs and the nursing process / Lynda Sibson --
Promoting safety / Janet G. Migliozzi --
Communicating effectively / David Briggs --
Eating and drinking, fluid and nutritional care in practice / Jane Say --
Elimination : alimentary and urinary tracts / Muralitharan Nair --
Breathing / Sean Mallon --
Personal cleansing and dressing / Laureen Hemming --
An ergonomic approach to safe manual handling / Kim Walter --
Maintaining body temperature / Guy Dean --
Work and leisure / Jackie Hulse --
The sexual being / Ian Peate --
Sleep and rest / Debbie Davies --
Death and dying / Mary Greeno.

This book gives a practical focus to the underpinning theory of nursing in order to help students through the academic part of their undergraduate course as well as their placement. The book is based on the activities of living model so each activity has its own chapter, allowing readers to dip in and out.