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.
New to this edition
1. Contexts of Nursing: AN INTRODUCTION - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. vii 7. Reviewers - p. xi 8. Preface - p. xiii 9. List of Illustrations - p. xv 10. List of Tables - p. xvi 11. 1. Presenting nursing ... a career for life - p. 1 12. 2. Visioning the future by knowing the past - p. 9 13. 3. Ethics in nursing - p. 33 14. 4. An introduction to legal aspects of nursing practice - p. 45 15. 5. Cultural safety in nursing and midwifery - p. 61 16. 6. Key concepts informing nursing: Caring, compassion and emotional competence - p. 75 17. 7. Patient perspectives and person-centred care in nursing - p. 87 18. 8. Nursing and the quest for care quality and patient safety - p. 103 19. 9. Becoming a critical thinker - p. 117 20. 10. Power and politics in nursing - p. 135 21. 11. Reflective practice: The importance and ways of reflection in nursing - p. 153 22. 12. Interprofessional learning and working - p. 167 23. 13. Engaging with social media: Opportunities and challenges for nursing professionals - p. 179 24. 14. Using digital health to enhance patient care and clinical quality - p. 197 25. 15. Social justice, health disparities and equity in nursing - p. 213 26. 16. Nursing and family violence - p. 229 27. 17. Rural and remote nursing - p. 243 28. 18. Primary healthcare and nursing - p. 257 29. 19. Simulation learning in nursing - p. 267 30. 20. Preparing for and making meaning of clinical placement - p. 289 31. 21. Research in nursing - p. 305 32. 22. Becoming a nurse leader - p. 321 33. 23. Nursing and the environment - p. 339 34. 24. Global health and nursing - p. 357 35. Glossary - p. 377 36. Index - p. 391
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.
New to this edition
1. Contexts of Nursing: AN INTRODUCTION - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. vii 7. Reviewers - p. xi 8. Preface - p. xiii 9. List of Illustrations - p. xv 10. List of Tables - p. xvi 11. 1. Presenting nursing ... a career for life - p. 1 12. 2. Visioning the future by knowing the past - p. 9 13. 3. Ethics in nursing - p. 33 14. 4. An introduction to legal aspects of nursing practice - p. 45 15. 5. Cultural safety in nursing and midwifery - p. 61 16. 6. Key concepts informing nursing: Caring, compassion and emotional competence - p. 75 17. 7. Patient perspectives and person-centred care in nursing - p. 87 18. 8. Nursing and the quest for care quality and patient safety - p. 103 19. 9. Becoming a critical thinker - p. 117 20. 10. Power and politics in nursing - p. 135 21. 11. Reflective practice: The importance and ways of reflection in nursing - p. 153 22. 12. Interprofessional learning and working - p. 167 23. 13. Engaging with social media: Opportunities and challenges for nursing professionals - p. 179 24. 14. Using digital health to enhance patient care and clinical quality - p. 197 25. 15. Social justice, health disparities and equity in nursing - p. 213 26. 16. Nursing and family violence - p. 229 27. 17. Rural and remote nursing - p. 243 28. 18. Primary healthcare and nursing - p. 257 29. 19. Simulation learning in nursing - p. 267 30. 20. Preparing for and making meaning of clinical placement - p. 289 31. 21. Research in nursing - p. 305 32. 22. Becoming a nurse leader - p. 321 33. 23. Nursing and the environment - p. 339 34. 24. Global health and nursing - p. 357 35. Glossary - p. 377 36. Index - p. 391
