Adult and General Nurses require excellent clinical skills to provide high quality care to patients‎.‎ After the first year of their training‎,‎ nursing students must master skills of increasing complexity whilst developing clinical judgement and confidence‎.‎ Therefore‎,‎ it is vital that links are made to underlying biology‎,‎ holistic care and problem solving‎,‎ but until now‎,‎ it has been hard to find all this in one place‎.‎ Clinical Nursing Skills‎:‎ Core and Advanced is designed for adult and general nursing students in second year onwards to facilitate the transition from closely supervised beginners‎,‎ to qualified professionals‎.‎ By clearly explaining essential principles‎,‎ evidence and special considerations‎,‎ this text helps students to build up their confidence‎,‎ not just in performing skills‎,‎ but also in decision‎-making in readiness for registration and beyond‎.‎ Step‎-by‎-step guides to performing core and advanced procedures are presented in tables for easy comprehension and revision‎,‎ illustrated by colour artwork and selected video clips‎.‎ Each skill draws on the available evidence base‎,‎ which is updated regularly on the free accompanying Online Resource Centre‎.‎ Relevant to both hospital and primary care settings‎,‎ quick reminders help prevent readers from making common mistakes‎.‎ Uniquely‎,‎ this text develops students‎'‎ decision‎-making and problem‎-solving skills by providing over 250 realistic scenarios‎,‎ alternative interventions to consider‎,‎ and guidance on how to recognise patient deterioration‎.‎ Clearly reflecting the Nursing and Midwifery Council‎'‎s Essential Skills Clusters for registration and beyond‎,‎ Clinical Nursing Skills is designed to support student nurses develop into competent practitioners‎.‎ The text is supported by a dedicated Online Resource Centre with up‎-to‎-date evidence‎,‎ realistic scenarios‎,‎ videos and a wealth of other tools‎.‎ On the Online Resource Centre‎:‎ For registered lecturers and mentors‎:‎ ‎- Tips for teaching and assessing clinical skills ‎- Figures from the book‎,‎ ready to download and use in teaching material For students‎:‎ ‎- Evidence‎,‎ guidelines and protocols‎,‎ reviewed and updated every 3 months ‎- Video demonstration of key skills ‎- Over 300 interactive self‎-test questions and 130 additional scenarios ‎- Active web links provide a gateway to the articles cited in the book ‎- Flashcard glossary to help learn key terms ‎- Links to useful websites‎.‎