Becoming a Nurse:
A Textbook for Professional Practice


By Derek Sellman & Paul Snelling
April 2010
Pearson Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780132389235

468 pages, Illustrated
$75.00 Paper original


The guidelines and skills required to become a nurse are always changing and it can be difficult to stay up-to-date with the current standards. This book has been specifically designed to address the main skills you need to meet NMC requirements. Becoming a Nurse will demystify what you need to know while preparing you to meet NMC standards and become a confident, practicing professional.

This book is ideal for both pre-registration and practicing nurses. It is an excellent resource to prepare you for your programme or to refresh your knowledge of current NMC standards.

User-friendly language describes the key NMC standards to Become a Nurse:

·  Personal and professional development

·  Professional and ethical practice

·  Care delivery

·  Care management

·  17 overarching standards of the NMC.

"More readable than texts on single topics such as ethics or management, it is also a better preparation for the accountability of Registration than clinically oriented books usually are. ... Would you recommend it? Resoundingly, yes."- Sue McBean, University of Ulster, THES, Feb 2010 top

Contents

List of contributors

Introduction

1 Professional issues

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining professional issues

Part 2: Explaining professional issues

Part 3: Exploring professional issues

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

2 Ethics

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining ethics

Part 2: Explaining ethics

Part 3: Exploring ethics

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

3 Law

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining the law

Part 2: Explaining the law

Part 3: Exploring the law

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

4 Health policy

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining health policy

Part 2: Explaining health policy

Part 3: Exploring health policy

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

5 Interprofessional working

Learning outcomes

Introduction  

Part 1: Outlining interprofessional working

Part 2: Explaining interprofessional working

Part 3: Exploring interprofessional working

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

6 Evidence-based practice

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining evidence-based practice

Part 2: Explaining evidence-based practice

Part 3: Exploring evidence-based practice

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

7 Assessment

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining assessment

Part 2: Explaining assessment

Part 3: Exploring assessment

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

8 Judgement and decision making

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining judgement and decision making

Part 2: Explaining judgement and decision making

Part 3: Exploring judgement and decision making

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

9 Communication and interpersonal skills

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining communication and interpersonal skills

Part 2: Explaining communication and interpersonal skills

Part 3: Exploring communication and interpersonal skills

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

10 Public health

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining public health

Part 2: Explaining public health

Part 3: Exploring public health

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

11 Learning and teaching

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining learning and teaching

Part 2: Explaining learning and teaching

Part 3: Exploring learning and teaching

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

12 Management and leadership  

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining management and leadership

Part 2: Explaining management and leadership

Part 3: Exploring management and leadership

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

13 Personal and professional development

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining personal and professional development

Part 2: Explaining personal and professional development

Part 3: Exploring personal and professional development

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

14 Medicines management

Learning outcomes

Introduction

Part 1: Outlining medicines management

Part 2: Explaining medicines management

Part 3: Exploring medicines management

Conclusion

Suggested further reading

References

Index

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·  Learning outcomesguide your study and prepare you for what you will learn in each chapter.

·  Relevant NMC standards of proficiencyin every chapter illustrate how what you are learning is relevant to becoming a nursing and passing your programme.

·  Chapter activitiesfor self or group study encourage reflective and active learning.

·  Further Readingsuggestions point you in the right direction for more study or to resources for research projects.



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