Kozier and Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing, Volume 1, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (31 July 2025) © 2025

  • Audrey T. Berman Samuel Merritt Univeristy
  • Geralyn Frandsen Maryville University
  • Shirlee J. Snyder Nevada State College
  • Tracy Levett-Jones
  • Adam Burston
  • Trudy Dwyer Central Queensland University
  • Majella Hales
  • Nichole Harvey James Cook University
  • Lorna Moxham Central Queensland University
  • Tanya Langtree James Cook University
  • Kerry Reid-Searl Central Queensland University
  • Flora Rolf
  • David Stanley University of Western Australia
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Who It's For

Ideal for undergraduate nursing students seeking to develop the practical clinical skills, professional knowledge and critical-thinking capabilities required for safe and effective

This pack contains 1 copy of Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing, Volumes 1-3, 1 copy of Skills in Clinical Nursing and 1 copy of Critical Conversations for Patient Safety: An Essential Guide for Healthcare Students

Skills in Clinical Nursing provides a practical, visually rich guide that helps undergraduate nursing students build the clinical competencies required for contemporary healthcare settings. By connecting foundational knowledge with hands-on application, the resource supports students as they progress from learning essential concepts to performing clinical skills with confidence and professionalism.

Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing provides a comprehensive foundation for undergraduate nursing students, supporting the development of essential clinical knowledge, skills, and professional practice.

The 5th Australian edition reflects the evolving healthcare landscape, covering contemporary nursing concepts such as inclusive practice, evidence-based care, and current standards and competencies. Aligned with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) standards, the text helps students connect theory to real-world clinical practice and develop the confidence to think and act like a nurse.

Critical Conversations for Patient Safety: An Essential Guide for Healthcare Students

A practical text designed for all health professionals. It addresses therapeutic communication, communication between health professionals and, crucially, the critical relationship between communication and patient safety.

The product starts with the foundations of the concept of therapeutic communication (i.e. communication between health professionals and their patients), then extends the focus to include communication between health professionals, and critically, the relationship between communication and patient safety.

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Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing

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Skills in Clinical Nursing

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Critical Conversations for Patient Safety

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Table of contents

Skills in Clinical Nursing

  • Unit 1 Infection Control
  • Unit 2 Safe patient moving
  • Unit 3 Health Assessment
  • Unit 4 Hygiene Care
  • Unit 5 Skin and Wound Care
  • Unit 6 Medication administration
  • Unit 7 Pain Management
  • Unit 8 Perioperative Nursing Skills
  • Unit 9 Gastrointestinal nursing skills
  • Unit 10 Genitourinary nursing skill
  • Unit 11 Cardiovascular nursing skills

Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing, Volumes 1-3

  • VOLUME 1
  • Unit 1 The Nature of Nursing
  • Unit 2 Contemporary Health Care
  • Unit 3 The Nursing Process
  • Unit 4 Health Beliefs and Practices
  • Unit 5 Lifespan Development
  • VOLUME 2
  • Unit 6 Integral Aspects of Nursing
  • Unit 7 Assessing Health
  • VOLUME 3
  • Unit 9 Promoting Psychological Health
  • Unit 10 Promoting Physiological Health

Critical Conversations for Patient Safety

  • Section 1 Communication and patient safety
  • Chapter 1: The relationship between communication and patient safety
  • Chapter 2 An introduction to communication skills
  • Chapter 3: Key attributes of patient-safe communication
  • Chapter 4: Why do patients complain about how health professionals communicate?
  • Chapter 5: An historical and cultural overview of health professionals' evolving team dynamics
  • Section 2: Improving inter-professional communication to promote patient safety and wellbeing
  • Chapter 6: Interpersonal communication for inter-professional collaboration
  • Chapter 7: Clinical handover
  • Chapter 8: Open disclosure
  • Chapter 9: Discharge planning and continuity of care
  • Chapter 10: Communicating to promote medication safety
  • Section 3: Improving therapeutic communication to promote patient safety and wellbeing
  • Chapter 11: Key attributes of therapeutic communication
  • Chapter 12: Communicating with older people
  • Chapter 13: Communicating with children and families
  • Chapter 14: Communicating with people who have a mental health problem
  • Chapter 15: Communicating with people who have communication impairment
  • Chapter 16: Communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  • Chapter 17: Communicating with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  • Chapter 18: Communicating with people about their spiritual needs
  • Chapter 19: Communicating with people who are angry or aggressive
  • Chapter 20: Communicating about end-of-life care and decisions
  • Section 4: Workforce issues and patient safety
  • Chapter 21: When whistle-blowing seems like the only option
  • Chapter 22: Creating safe healthcare organisations

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