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Tabbner's Nursing Care 2 Vol Set, 9th Edition

Theory and Practice
Authors :
Gabrielle Koutoukidis & Kate Stainton
Date of Publication: 11/2024
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Must-have resource for all future Enrolled NursesTabbner’s Nursing Care is the main resource for Diploma of Nursing students and instructors. This well-established and highly respected book provides the knowledge and skills learners need to qua ...view more

Must-have resource for all future Enrolled Nurses

Tabbner’s Nursing Care is the main resource for Diploma of Nursing students and instructors. This well-established and highly respected book provides the knowledge and skills learners need to qualify as Enrolled Nurses.

Written by a highly qualified team of editors and contributors, the book equips the learner to provide safe, competent and person-centred care. It teaches and prepares learners to apply critical and reflective thinking to decision-making, use healthcare technology and work as part of a healthcare team in a variety of settings.

Complete with an accompanying workbook and a host of features to support and facilitate teaching and learning, Tabbner’s Nursing Care is the ideal contemporary, evidenced-based resource to develop competent and safe Enrolled Nurses of the future.

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Must-have resource for all future Enrolled Nurses

Tabbner’s Nursing Care is the main resource for Diploma of Nursing students and instructors. This well-established and highly respected book provides the knowledge and skills learners need to qualify as Enrolled Nurses.

Written by a highly qualified team of editors and contributors, the book equips the learner to provide safe, competent and person-centred care. It teaches and prepares learners to apply critical and reflective thinking to decision-making, use healthcare technology and work as part of a healthcare team in a variety of settings.

Complete with an accompanying workbook and a host of features to support and facilitate teaching and learning, Tabbner’s Nursing Care is the ideal contemporary, evidenced-based resource to develop competent and safe Enrolled Nurses of the future.


Key Features
  • Reflects the current context and scope of practice for Enrolled Nurses

  • Takes a person-centred care approach and supports learners to become safe and competent Enrolled Nurses

  • Builds clinical reasoning, critical thinking and problem-solving skills

  • Full-colour content to support teaching and learning

  • Includes Nursing Care Plans, Critical Thinking Exercises, Case Studies, Progress Notes, Decision-Making Framework Exercises, Clinical Skills with rationales and Review Exercises


New to this edition


  • New skills covering:
    - Removal of a drain tube
    - Urinary catheterisation (male)
    - Focused pain assessment
    - Care of the person after death

  • Content covering health informatics and technology, LGBTQIA+ representation and COVID-19

  • New chapter on readiness for practice


Instructor resources on Evolve:


  • Answer guides for Case Studies, Critical Thinking Exercises, Decision-Making Framework Exercises, Review Questions

  • Clinical Cases case studies

  • Clinical Skills videos

  • Image collection

  • PowerPoint slides

  • Test bank

  • Weblinks


Learner and instructor resources on Evolve:


  • Answer guides for Case Studies, Critical Thinking Exercises, Decision-Making Framework Exercises, Review Questions

  • Clinical Cases case studies

  • Clinical Skills videos

  • Weblinks


Author Information
Edited by Gabrielle Koutoukidis, EdD (Research), MPH, BN (Mid), DipAppSci(Nurs), AdvDipN(Ed), DipBus, Voc Grad Cert Business (Transformational Management), International Specialised Skills Institute Fellow, Dean, Faculty Health Science, Community & Social Studies, Holmesglen, Melbourne, Victoria, Australianity Studies, Holmesglen, Melbourne, Victoria; Kate Stainton, MA HlthSci(Nurs), GDipNurs(ed), BN(Mid), DipAppSci(Nurs), Cert IV TAE, MACN, Strategy & Innovation Consultant, BaptistCare, NSW, Australia and Sessional Academic, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia