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Nursing in Context: Policy, Politics, Profession

Nursing in Context: Policy, Politics, Profession

by Michael Traynor (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

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Synopsis

Want a sophisticated, witty and engaging introduction to the nursing profession? Based on over 20 years of research and experience, Nursing in Context offers a critical discussion of the nursing profession, with frank and honest answer to 'What is nursing?' - making it thoroughly absorbing reading. It addresses core topics which underpin nursing education including history, values, evidence-based practice, caring, compassion, policy and politics. This book will truly prepare students of nursing for the complexities of their chosen career, giving them the confidence to practice in modern healthcare settings.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 188
 Edition: 2013
 Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 09 Oct 2013
ISBN 10: 0230368735
ISBN 13: 9780230368736
Book Overview: ...a much needed book which gives a flavour of modern-day nursing set against the back-drop of the development of the profession over the last century. ...an interesting and thought provoking text which addresses many complex issues concerning the nursing profession, its development and the current policies and drivers behind nursing in the 21st Century. It provides an honest debate about political and policy driven trends in current healthcare and the freedoms and constraints these place on today's nurse. - Karen Thompson, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Brighton, UK

Media Reviews
...a much needed book which gives a flavour of modern-day nursing set against the back-drop of the development of the profession over the last century. ...an interesting and thought provoking text which addresses many complex issues concerning the nursing profession, its development and the current policies and drivers behind nursing in the 21st Century. It provides an honest debate about political and policy driven trends in current healthcare and the freedoms and constraints these place on today's nurse. - Karen Thompson, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Brighton, UK
Author Bio
Michael Traynor is Trevor Clay Professor of Nursing Policy at Middlesex University, London, UK. He has been working as a researcher in healthcare and nursing policy since 1989. He worked in the research unit at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in London from 1991 to 1996 on a national research project. After this Michael co-inaugurated nursing's only policy research centre based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine until 2004 when he was appointed to his current post. He has practised as a nurse and then health visitor in Cambridge and London. He is also Editor of the journal Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine, and European Editor of Nursing Inquiry.