What is Nursing? Exploring Theory and Practice
Exploring Theory and Practice
- Carol Hall - University of Nottingham
- Dawn Ritchie - University of Nottingham, UK
Nursing Theory
This book helps new nursing students, and those applying to nursing programmes, understand what being a nurse is all about. It explores the essential issues, processes and theories of nursing practice, and is therefore an ideal introductory text as you start your nursing programme, or as pre-course reading.
This revised edition includes a new first chapter on being a nursing student, with insights from students themselves, and explains what will be expected of you in the new all-degree programmes. Interviews with real nurses in each of the fields of practice gives you an important view into the real world of nursing.
- The revised third edition includes a new chapter on being a nursing student, with student tips and stories
- Updated with, and linked to, the new NMC Standards and Essential Skills Clusters for degree-level education
- Activities, case studies and scenarios helps you apply theory to practice
- Particularly suitable for first-year students and those applying to pre-registration programmes
This book is part of the Transforming Nursing Practice Series, the first series of books designed to help students meet the requirements of the NMC Standards and Essential Skills Clusters for the new degree programmes.
An excellent third edition of this very useful book.
would be useful for an individual considering nursing or at the beginning of the programme
An excellent book for the prospective & current nursing student as it focusses on all the relevant issues in the nursing programme. Good links to NMC standards & Essential Skills clusters providing context for learning. Welcome addition of the student experience in the latest edition.
This is a fantastic book for final year nursing students and one that i will be recommending to my students
Excellent, clear and concise. Very useful to demonstrate links to current learning at FE level and nursing requirements and future learning.
This is a clearly written text and all prospective and lst year nursing students will find useful
Useful background text for first year module where we cover defining nursing and images of nursing
essential read for the students to support academic writing particularly around care planning and models / theories and how theory and practice are integrated
Useful book: addition to the year 1 reading list for pre qualification nursing students in year 1 professional module
Good for first year students
