2nd Edition
Becoming a Nurse Fundamentals of Professional Practice for Nursing
1. Introduction: The State of UK Nursing (Paul Snelling and Derek Sellman)
2. Professional Issues (Janet Holt)
3. Ethics (Paul Snelling)
4. Law (Richard Thomas and Paul Snelling)
5. Health Policy (Iain Snelling)
6. Management and Leadership (Iain Snelling, Cathryn Havard and David Pontin)
7. Interprofessional Working (Katherine Pollard, Julie Bugler and Sally Hayes)
8. Evidence-based Practice (Mark Broom, Elaine Mahoney and Derek Sellman)
9. Assessment (Derek Sellman, Stephen Evans and Jackie Younker)
10. Sociological Concepts for Nursing (Margaret Miers)
11. Psychological Concepts for Nursing (Daniel Farrelly and Paul Snelling)
12. Spiritual Care (Janice Clarke)
13. Judgement and Decision-making (Pádraig MacNeela, P. Anne Scott, Gerard Clinton, David Pontin and Derek Sellman)
14. Communication and Interpersonal Skills (Victoria Lavender)
15. Public Health (Jane Thomas)
16. Learning and Teaching (Derek Sellman and Jane Tarr)
17. Personal and Professional Development Through Reflective Practice (Clare Hopkinson)
18. Medicines Management (Claire Fullbrook-Scanlon)
19. Preceptorship and Transition (David Cudlip)
Biography
Derek Sellman is Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada. Derek’s interests include education for professional practice, health care ethics, and philosophy of nursing. Derek is editor of the journal Nursing Philosophy.
Paul Snelling is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Worcester, UK, where he teaches on the BSc Nursing programme. Paul's research interests are in philosophy and ethics of nursing practice and professional regulation.
