Transitions to practice : essential concepts for health and social care practitioners / edited by Teena J. Clouston, Lyn Westcott, and Steven W. Whitcombe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clouston, Teena J., editor.

Westcott, Lyn, editor.

Whitcombe, Steven W., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Vocational guidance.

Medicine.

Social service--Vocational guidance.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : M&K Update Ltd, 2018.

Summary:

Whether you are a student, a trainee, or a newly qualified or highly experienced health or social care practitioner, you are always in a state of transition - progressing along a career path, coping with organisational change and dealing with the ever-increasing pressures placed on our health and social care systems.Transitions to practice provides a vital map to help you navigate your way through these changes. The book begins with an exploration of the fundamental aspects of professionalism. This is followed by a section on the importance of communication for effective health and social care practice. The third section focuses on quality in practice; and the final section discusses personal values, safeguarding, spirituality and professional resilience.Each chapter contains learning outcomes and reflective questions to help you apply the discussion to your own experiences and practice. These questions have been designed to challenge you and help you embed the content into your own professional journey, enabling you to uphold key values, like care, compassion and person-centred working, even under pressure.Throughout the book, the authors have highlighted how transitions at all levels of practice are affected by personal, professional, organisational and political agendas that create critical challenges. They have also identified how you can interact with and confront these to effect positive action and change, thus achieving the best outcomes, not only for your patients and clients, but also for your own well-being and that of your colleagues.

Contents:

Cover

Prelims

Contents

List of contributors

Preface

Introduction

SECTION 1 - To begin at the beginning: Scaffolding professional practice

Chapter 1 - Professional ethics, registrationand fitness to practise

Chapter 2 - Being professional

Chapter 3 - Professionalism: A journey from novice to expert practitioner

Chapter 4 - Embracing professionalism: Becoming a responsible autonomous practitioner

SECTION 2 - Working together and communication

Chapter 5 - Team working in complex organisations: Principles and practice

Chapter 6 - Partnership working

Chapter 7 - Communication in the digital age

SECTION 3 - Quality in practice

Chapter 8 - The political and legal interface with professional practice

Chapter 9 - Duty of quality in times of constraint

Chapter 10 - Research in health and social care practice

SECTION 4 - Caring values, spirituality, resilience and the duty of care

Chapter 11 - Safeguarding vulnerable adults

Chapter 12 - Safeguarding children

Chapter 13 - Evidencing caring values in everyday practice

Chapter 14 - The place of spirituality in health and social care practice

Chapter 15 - The resilient practitioner: working in a context of change

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 6, 2018).

ISBN:

9781910451588

1910451584