Contexts of Nursing: An Introduction - Softcover

Jackson AO RN CommNsgCert DipAppSci(Nsg) BHlthSc(Nsg) MN(Ed) PhD FCNA SFHEA, Debra; Bonner PhD MA BAppSc(Nurs) RN MACN, Ann; Bloomfield RN BN MN PGDip (Midwifery) PGDip (Professional Healthcare Education) PhD SFHEA, Jacqueline; Daly RN PhD DrNurs(Hon.) FACN FAAN FFNMRCSI, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0729545008 ISBN 13: 9780729545006

Verlag: Elsevier, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Embarking on a nursing career

Authored by leading nursing academics from Australia and New Zealand, Contexts of Nursing is an essential resource that equips students with a foundational understanding of the theory, language and scholarship of nursing and healthcare. This book provides critical insights that shape the future practice of aspiring nurses, ensuring they are well prepared for the complexities of modern healthcare.

The book is an indispensable guide for nursing students, covering everything they need to know to enter the nursing profession―from ethics to patient safety, preparing for clinical placements, and working across diverse health settings.

The seventh edition of this well-established textbook has been completely updated, featuring five brand-new chapters. Designed to challenge and expand the reader's understanding, this edition prepares future nurses to enter the field with confidence, compassion, and with the skills needed to excel in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

• Prepares students for professional practice with a realistic overview of the contemporary nursing profession
• Unique Australian and New Zealand content―not available elsewhere
• Offers a range of views and voices, providing a unique and contemporary focus on Australian and New Zealand healthcare contexts
• Useful for all levels of study, from new student nurses to those advancing their studies
• Reflective questions and exercises within each chapter to stimulate critical thinking, learning and deep personal reflection
• Case studies and other pedagogical features enhance learning

New to this edition

• New chapter on patient perspectives and person-centred care in nursing
• New chapter on nursing and the quest for care quality and patient safety
• New chapter on nursing and family violence
• New chapter on simulation learning in nursing
• New chapter on nursing and the environment
• New digital resource (small group activities)

Students and Instructor resources on Evolve:
Group activities

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

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.

Ann Bonner works at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Australia Kidney Health Service, Metro North Health, Australia.

Professor of Nursing Education, University of Sydney; Honorary Professor, Queen’s University Belfast

Emeritus Professor John Daly works at the University of Western Sydney; Emeritus Professor, University of Technology, Sydney; Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Elsevier
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0729545008
• ISBN 13: 9780729545006
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 420
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: ELSEVIER; https://www.elsevier.com/es-es; ; Mooswaldallee 6; Freiburg; 79108; Deutschland