Beschreibung:
This book helps new nursing students, and those applying to nursing programmes, understand what being a nurse is all about. It explores the essential issues, processes and theories of nursing practice, and is therefore an ideal introductory text as you start your nursing programme, or as pre-course reading. This revised edition includes a new first chapter on being a nursing student, with insights from students themselves, and explains what will be expected of you in the new all-degree programmes. Interviews with real nurses in each of the fields of practice gives you an important view into the real world of nursing.
Foreword About the Authors Contributors AcknowledgementsIntroductionDefining Contemporary UK NursingBeing a Student NurseThe Professional Nurse: Image and Values in NursingTheory and Practice: Understanding the Nature of Nursing as a Caring ActivityDoing NursingNursing as a Global ActivityBecoming a Registered NurseExploring the World of Nursing by Those Working in It References Index