Contexts of Contemporary Nursing

SECOND EDITION

A wide variety of factors impact on the scope of nursing practice, including government policies, organisational structures, the media, education, future healthcare directions and service users themselves. It is an NMC requirement that nurses understand these factors in order to deliver quality care. This book provides a clear and practical introduction to these contexts for the new nursing student. The new edition (formerly Nursing in Contemporary Healthcare Practice) has been revised to cover the organisational structures that students will find themselves working in, the various bodies involved in healthcare policy and the big issues in current and future healthcare delivery.

Praise for this book

"Essential for pre registration nursing students who wish to explore and understand the context in which health care is delivered" - Lecturer, Swansea University.

Authors:
Graham R. Williamson, University of Plymouth
Tim Jenkinson, University of Plymouth
Tracey Proctor-Childs, University of Plymouth

Series: Transforming Nursing Practice

Publication Date: 22/06/2010

No. of Pages: 216