Contexts of Nursing: An Introduction, 5th edition provides comprehensive coverage of the key ideas underpinning contemporary nursing practice in Australia and New Zealand. Each chapter introduces nursing students to the big issues in nursing and healthcare, highlighting the theory, language, research and debate in a way that will challenge the reader and encourage reflection and discussion.

Chapter 1 - Presenting nursing ... a career for lifeChapter 2 - Visioning the future by knowing the pastChapter 3 - The gendered culture of nursing: a historical reviewChapter 4 - Nursing and social media - NEW!Chapter 5 - Ideas and theory informing nursingChapter 6 - Becoming a critical thinkerChapter 7 - Reflective practice: what, why and howChapter 8 - Research in nursingChapter 9 - Ethics in nursingChapter 10 - An introduction to legal aspects of nursing practiceChapter 11 - Power and politics in the practice of nursingChapter 12 - Becoming a nurse leaderChapter 13 - Integrated care and multidisciplinary teamworkChapter 14 - Technology and professional empowerment in nursingChapter 15 - Nursing and informatics: a transformational synergyChapter 16 - Healthy communities: the evolving roles of nursingChapter 17 - Health disparities: the social determinants of health - NEW!Chapter 18 - Mental health promotion - NEW!Chapter 19 - The challenges and rewards of rural and remote nursingChapter 20  -Cultural safety in nursing and midwiferyChapter 21 - Connecting clinical and theoretical knowledge for practiceChapter 22 - Global health and nursing - NEW!