Contexts of Nursing
An Introduction
- 5th Edition - September 6, 2017
- Latest edition
- Authors: John Daly, Sandra Speedy, Debra Jackson
- Language: English
Contexts of Nursing: An Introduction, 5th edition provides comprehensive coverage of the key ideas underpinning contemporary nursing practice in Australia and New Zealand. Each c… Read more
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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.
- Highly respected editorial team and contributors who are at the forefront of nursing practice
- Revised and updated learning objectives, key words, reflective questions, recommended readings andreferences
- Emphasis on the different levels and roles in nursing, nursing specialisations and scope of practice to help students understand the ever evolving landscape of nursing
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!
- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: September 6, 2017
- Language: English
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John Daly
Emeritus Professor John Daly works at the University of Western Sydney; Emeritus Professor, University of Technology, Sydney; Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, University of Western Sydney; Emeritus Professor, University of Technology, Sydney; Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong, AustraliaSS
Sandra Speedy
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Psychologist, Emeritus Professor, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSWDJ
Debra Jackson
Professor Debra Jackson AO is a distinguished nurse scientist and scholar, and her career has spanned clinical practice, academic work, research and scholarship. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). In 2015 she won a Principal Fellowship of the NIHR‐funded Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, awarded in recognition of sustained contribution to generating knowledge to enhance the care of NHS patients. In 2019, her work was honoured through her being awarded Officer of the Order of Australia(AO) for distinguished service to medical education in the field of nursing practice and research as an academic and author. In 2020 Professor Jackson was named as Australia’s leading nurse researcher by The Australian newspaper in their list of Australia’s Top 250 Researchers. This was based on highest number of citations from papers published in the last five years in the 20 top journals in the field. In 2020 she was appointed Fellowship Ad Eundem, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Nursing, Sydney Nursing School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia