Clinical Skills: an introduction for nursing and healthcare is a comprehensive learning resource for student nurses. Printed in full color throughout, this textbook covers all the key clinical skills required for effective and efficient practice. The book maps the development of the student nurse in relation to clinical skill acquisition, focusing not only on the dexterity aspects, but also on the underpinning theory and the attitudinal aspects of skill delivery. Using a scenario-based approach, this book relates skills to 'real' people and situations. In addition to providing step-by-step instruction on how to perform clinical skills, it asks the students to reflect and consider how these skills and related principles may be transferred to other situations and contexts. Above all, the authors are offering students a friendly, interactive and visual approach to skills acquisition. Written by an experienced team of clinical skills educators at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK, Clinical Skills provides students and lecturers with: - up-to-date theory and evidence-based practice - scenarios and case studies - step-by-step clinical skills guidance - activities to encourage reflection - exercises for self-assessment and skills practice - a glossary, references and further reading.