Peate (nursing and midwifery, Thames Valley U., UK) presents a manual for student nurses that contains 15 chapters by nursing specialists and educators from the UK, who discuss clinical issues they will face when nursing adults on wards, in clinics, and in the community setting. Focusing on the principle of providing safe and effective care in order to protect the public, chapters use the activities of living model in use in Europe and Australia, and address the roles and responsibilities of the nurse, the concept of vulnerability, assessment, safety, communication, nutrition, the gastrointestinal and urinary systems, the respiratory system, personal cleansing and dressing, movement and mobility, maintaining body temperature, work and leisure assessment, sexuality, sleep, and death and dying. This edition has additions to chapters such as quizzes and objectives. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)