1st Edition
Nursing Practice and Education Aspiring to Excellence through Seven Pillars of Learning
This accessible co-produced textbook presents essential knowledge, skills, and values relevant to all undergraduate student nurses up to Master’s level.
The book is structured around seven pillars of learning, which were developed through extensive consultation with patients, practitioners and academics. Each chapter focuses on an engaging scenario from nursing practice or education, which serves as the focus for the application of the seven pillars. The text is designed to meet the requirements and standards of nurse regulators internationally, including the Nursing and Midwifery Council. It includes chapters on:
- the fundamentals of nursing care
- ethics and professionalism
- evidence for practice
- patient and public involvement
- no health without mental health
- global health
- leadership and management.
The chapters include a range of features to help readers apply their learning, including the application of relevant international research and incorporating the voices of students, patients, and nurse educators. It enables readers to gain confidence and competence in their practice and serves as an important introduction for student nurses.
Welcome by Faye Doris
Foreword by David Richards
- Introduction
ANN GALLAGHER, KRIS DEERING, AND ENRICO DE LUCA - The Fundamentals of Nursing Care Pillar
ENRICO DE LUCA, VICTORIA SADLER, ALEX BERRY, ISOBEL COXON, AND HOWARD ALMOND - The Ethics and Professionalism Pillar
ANN GALLAGHER, ROXANNE KENNEDY, MATTHEW JONES, HELEN SMITH, LISA REYNOLDS, AND PATRICK CONIAM - The Evidence for Nursing Practice Pillar
KRIS DEERING, HOLLY SUGG, CHARLI MORRIS, MALCOLM TURNER, NIKITA BAILEY, AND BEL MCDONALD - The Patient and Public Involvement Pillar
MARIE CLANCY, ANA MARIA GOMEz CORRALES, BETHANY GOODING, AND BEL MCDONALD - The No Health without Mental Health Pillar
RACHEL MILLER, JEMIMA KEMPTON, HAYLEY RICH, OREOLUWA ONIFADE, SIMON PRIVETT, KRIS DEERING, AND MARY MANCINI - The Global Health Pillar
JOEL FARONBI, FAYE DORIS, SUE CLOMPUS, AND JASMINE HESSLEGRAVE -
The Leadership and Management Pillar
RICHARD KYLE, ANCA ICHIM, LEILA MORGAN, AMY MILES, NIKOLE PETROVA, AND BARBARA SwEENEY - Integrating the Seven Pillars of Learning: Student Perspectives
HAYLEY RICH, CHARLI MORRIS, ROXANNE KENNEDY, NIKOLE PETROVA, BETH GOODING, MATTHEW JONES, AND ISOBEL COXON - Conclusion: Context and Reflective Questions
ANN GALLAGHER
Biography
Ann Gallagher is head of health sciences and professor at Brunel University London. Ann is a registered nurse, editor-in-chief of the international journal Nursing Ethics, a Fulbright scholar and a fellow of the United Kingdom Royal College of Nursing. Ann’s career is dedicated to progress towards excellence in health and social care through education, research and scholarship. Her most recent book is Slow Ethics and the Art of Care (2020). At the time of writing, Ann was head of nursing at the University of Exeter.
Kris Deering is senior lecturer and researcher in mental health nursing. Kris is lead for evidence-based practice and for mental health nursing in the Academy of Nursing at the University of Exeter. Kris has 15 years’ experience in mental health nursing practice including a leadership role in a crisis team which informed his most recent book Inter-professional Perspectives of Mental Health Crisis: For Nurses, Health, and the Helping Professions (2022). Kris is currently researching patient-centeredness in risk management and is involved in the United Kingdom national strategy to improve risk assessment in psychiatry.
Enrico De Luca is senior lecturer and practice lead in the Academy of Nursing, University of Exeter. Enrico is a registered nurse and a qualitative/mixed methods researcher. He has an extensive clinical background in intensive care in Italy and England. Enrico’s research interests include touch studies, inter-professional education, the role of spirituality in emergency, and palliative and end-of-life care. Enrico’s PhD topic was mixed-method research on nurses’ perceptions and education on interpersonal contact during caring. He has published research findings in international nursing journals, and his most recent publications are on the themes of palliative care in emergencies during COVID and community nursing.
