Contexts of nursing / edited by John Daly ; Sandra Speedy ; Debra Jackson.
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TextPublisher: Chatswood, N.S.W. : Elsevier Australia, 2013Edition: 4th editionDescription: xii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - 9780729541527
- 0729541525
- 610.73 DAL 23
- RT15 .C66 2014
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 610.73 DAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Donated by Beatrice Moran | 224219 |
Previous edition: Sydney : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, [2009], c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Presenting nursing ... a career for life / John Daly, Debra Jackson and Sandra Speedy -- 2. Visioning the future by knowing the past / Madonna Grehan -- 3. Nursing as art and science / Judith Parker -- 4. Heroines, hookers and harridans: exploring popular images and representations of nurses and nursing / Philip Darbyshire -- 5. Nursing care and nurse caring: issues, concerns, debates / Debra Jackson and Sally Borbasi -- 6. The growth of ideas and theory in nursing / Sarah Winch and Amanda Henderson -- 7. Becoming a critical thinker / Steve Parker -- 8. Reflective practice: what, why and how / Kim Usher and Colin Holmes -- 9. Research in nursing: concepts and processes / John Daly, Doug Elliott, Esther Chang and Kim Usher -- 10. Ethics in Nursing / Megan-Jane Johnstone -- 11. An introduction to legal aspects of nursing practice / Judith Mair -- 12. The gendered culture of nursing: a historical review / Sandra Speedy -- 13. Power and politics in the practice of nursing / Jean Gilmour and Annette Huntington -- 14. Becoming a nurse leader / Patricia M Davidson and Siriorn Sindhu -- 15. Becoming part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team / Anne Hofmeyer and Greta G. Cummings -- 16. Technology and professional empowerment in nursing / Alan Barnard -- 17. Nursing and informatics: a transformational synergy / Jen Bichel-Findlay and Cathy Doran -- 18. Healthy communities: the evolving roles of nursing / Anne McMurray -- 19. The challenges of rural and remote nursing / Marie Hutchinson and Leah East -- 20. Diversity in the context of multicultural communities: implications for nursing and midwifery practice / Kim Usher, Jane Mills and Roianne West -- 21. Cultural awareness: nurses working with Indigenous Australian people / Isabelle Ellis, Christine Davey and Vicki Holliday -- 22. Connecting clinical and theoretical knowledge for practice / Jane Conway and Margaret McMillan.
The new edition of this popular nursing text introduces students to the theory, language and scholarship of contemporary nursing. Contexts of Nursing, 4th edition continues to challenge and extend nursing students by exploring the key concepts underpinning contemporary nursing practice. This exceptional nursing textbook incorporates diverse views and voices and sometimes-controversial topics, encouraging student nurses to reflect, discuss and debate various issues, and ultimately helping them to develop their own positions. Contexts of Nursing, 4th edition features abundant new and updated content - developed in consultation with practicing nurses and nursing students - yet remains based on the same aims and objectives of the popular first edition. Written by expert contributors, all of whom are helping shape contemporary nursing in Australia and New Zealand, this latest edition of Contexts of Nursing reflects the dynamic nature of nursing scholarship.