Achieving competencies for nursing practice : a handbook for student nurses / edited by Sheila Reading and Brian Webster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reading, Sheila.

Webster, Brian.

Series:

UK Higher Education OUP Humanities and Social Sciences Health and Social Welfare Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Nursing.

Evidence-based nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Evidence-based nursing.

Physical Description:

xviii, 270p. ; ill. (b&w)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Quality patient care relies on the demonstration of competencies by nurses at all stages of their education and developing career.This exciting textbook is designed to help student nurses better understand the competencies set out by the NMC and equip them to achieve and demonstrate competency as they prepare to qualify as a nurse.

Contents:

Achieving Competencies for Nursing Practice: A handbook for student nurses

Achieving Competencies for Nursing Practice: A handbook for student nurses

Praise for this book

Contents

The editors and contributors

Foreword

Introduction

1. The importance of evidence-based professional nursing practice

Section 1: Professional values

2. Professional values for nursing

3. Owning your standards of care

Section 2: Communication and interpersonal skills

4. Developing effective communication and interpersonal skills

5. Developing skills in solution-focused interactions

6. Com munication in difficult situations

Section 3: Nursing practice and decision-making

7. An introduction to clinical decision-making in practice

8. Advanced decision-making: involving patients and relatives in decisions on care

Section 4: Leadership, management and team working

9. Effective leadership, management and team working skills

10. Enhancing and developing leadership, management and team working skills in the community setting

11. Leadership, management and team working in an acute care setting

Section 5: Achieving competencies: simulation, working with mentors and learning when working abroad

12. Simulation: crafting your care

13. Working with mentors: how to get the most from working with your mentors in practice

14. Learning abroad: the student experience of nursing in a European or international context

Domains Appendix: NMC Competencies for entry to the register

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780335246755 (ebook)

OCLC:

868489371