Theory and Practice of Nursing

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Cover

Preface

Table of Contents

MODULE 1: FOCUS ON CARE

Introduction

1 PRECEDENTS Lynn Basford

2 COMMITMENT TO CARE: A PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE ON NURSING Carol Kirby

3 THE CONTEXT OF CARE Lynn Basford

4 EMPOWERING CARE Katie Dann

Reflections

MODULE 2: THE PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE OF NURSING

Introduction

5 PROFESSIONALISATION Lynn Basford

6 NURSING AS A PROFESSION Oliver Slevin

7 CLINICAL SUPERVISION AND LEADERSHIP Dawn Freshwater

8 TOWARDS A LEARNING SOCIETY David Davies

Reflections

MODULE 3: THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEORETICAL BASIS OF NURSING

Introduction

9 AN EPISTEMOLOGY OF NURSING: WAYS OF KNOWING AND BEING Oliver Slevin

10 EMPIRICAL KNOWING: A KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR NURSING PRACTICE Eamonn Slevin

11 PERSONAL KNOWING: NURSING AS A CARING AND HEALING PROCESS Oliver Slevin and Carol Kirby

12 AESTHETIC KNOWING: NURSING AS SKILL AND MASTERY Oliver Slevin

13 ETHICAL KNOWING: THE MORAL GROUND OF NURSING PRACTICE Carol Kirby and Oliver Slevin

14 NURSING MODELS AND THEORIES: MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS Oliver Slevin

Reflections

MODULE 4: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

Introduction

15 THE RESEARCH PROCESS Eamonn Slevin

16 RESEARCH PARADIGMS Eamonn Slevin

17 CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS: AN EVIDENCE BASE FOR PRACTICE? Alan Pearson

18 THEORY, PRACTICE AND RESEARCH Oliver Slevin

Reflections

MODULE 5: THE SOCIAL AND HUMAN CONTEXT OF NURSING CARE

Introduction

19 THE POLITICS OF CARE Oliver Slevin

20 RELIGION, ETHNICITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE INCLUSIVE HEALTH CARE Paul Weller

21 GENDER ISSUES IN A NURSING CONTEXT Lynn Basford

22 A NURSING PERSPECTIVE ON OLDER PEOPLE: THE PROBLEM OF AGEISM Oliver Slevin

23 SPIRITUALITY AND NURSING Oliver Slevin

Reflections

MODULE 6: FRAMEWORKS FOR PRACTICE

Introduction. 24 PROBLEM-SOLVING FRAMEWORKS: THE NURSING PROCESS APPROACH Oliver Slevin

25 COMPETENCE-BASED APPROACHES Lynn Basford

26 REFLECTIVE PRACTICE Gary Rolfe

27 CLINICAL REASONING: ARTICULATING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN NURSING PRACTICE Patricia Benner

28 NURSING IN THE WIDER CONTEXT: ORGANISATIONAL FRAMEWORKS Oliver Slevin

Reflections

MODULE 7: THERAPEUTIC MODES

Introduction

29 THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP Carol Kirby

30 THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION IN NURSING Oliver Slevin

31 COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES Lynn Basford

Reflections

MODULE 8: THE DELIVERY OF NURSING CARE

I ntroduction

32 PUBLIC HEALTH: THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH

33 MAINTAINING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT Clare Bale

34 HELPING WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF LIVING Marlene Sinclair

35 COPING WITH DEATH AND BEREAVEMENT Jo Cooper

36 CARING IN THE COMMUNITY: A NURSING PERSPECTIVE Ann Long

Reflections

MODULE 9: NURSING PERSPECTIVES

I ntroduction

37 ADULT NURSING Marlene Sinclair

38 CHILDREN'S NURSING Denise Burgin

39 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING Ann Long

40 LEARNING DISABILITY NURSING Eamonn Slevin

41 GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING Lynn Basford

Reflections

MODULE 10: INTO THE FUTURE

Introduction

42 NURSING IN AN AGE OF CHANGE Lynn Basford

43 INTO THE FUTURE: POST-MODERN AND BEYOND Jean Watson

44 GLOBAL DIMENSIONS: NURSING IN THE RISK SOCIETY Oliver Slevin

Reflections

45 POSTSCRIPT Lynn Basford and Oliver Slevin

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