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Core Skills for Nurse Practitioners : A Handbook for Nurse Practitioners/

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Whurr Publisher; c2003.Description: xii,223p.: ill.; 24cmISBN:
  • 1861562756
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RT82.8 .P35 2003
Contents:
Contributors vii Series Foreword ix Preface xi Practice Development 1 (13) Surrinder Kaur Leadership 14 (10) Angela Turner Change Management 24 (19) Tracey Heath Kate Jagger Breaking the Boundaries 43 (14) Julie D'Silva Evidence-based Care, Research and Audit 57 (14) Maggie Griffiths Risk Management and Assessment 71 (26) Pauline Hutson The Legal Position of Nurses in Clinical Practice 97 (16) Marian Pearson Health-promoting Practice 113 (20) Julie Dickinson Stella Jones-Devitt Ethics 133 (12) James M Mercer Professional Judgement and Clinical Decision-making 145 (15) Diane Palmer Clinical Supervision 160 (14) Surrinder Kaur Reflecting on Practice and Portfolio Development 174 (11) Aldine Alsop Pyschological Support and Counselling 185 (17) Diane Palmer Sue Baker Lifelong Learning 202 (13) Lynda Buckingham Diane Palmer Index 215
Summary: In addition to clinical knowledge, every senior clinical nurse should be comfortable with the professional issues that are part of the senior nurse's role. This handbook addresses these issues in a clear and concise manner. It discusses leadership, change management and risk assessment and looks at evidence-based care. The book also considers the legal and ethical implications of advanced practice and examines clinical supervision, psychological support and portfolio development. The contributors have been specifically selected to provide applied knowledge which has been tested and utilised in acute hospital environments. Written in clear and accessible language this book is essential reading for all nurse practitioners and senior clinical nurses
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Includes Bibliographical references and Index


Contributors vii
Series Foreword ix
Preface xi
Practice Development
1 (13)
Surrinder Kaur
Leadership
14 (10)
Angela Turner
Change Management
24 (19)
Tracey Heath
Kate Jagger
Breaking the Boundaries
43 (14)
Julie D'Silva
Evidence-based Care, Research and Audit
57 (14)
Maggie Griffiths
Risk Management and Assessment
71 (26)
Pauline Hutson
The Legal Position of Nurses in Clinical Practice
97 (16)
Marian Pearson
Health-promoting Practice
113 (20)
Julie Dickinson
Stella Jones-Devitt
Ethics
133 (12)
James M Mercer
Professional Judgement and Clinical Decision-making
145 (15)
Diane Palmer
Clinical Supervision
160 (14)
Surrinder Kaur
Reflecting on Practice and Portfolio Development
174 (11)
Aldine Alsop
Pyschological Support and Counselling
185 (17)
Diane Palmer
Sue Baker
Lifelong Learning
202 (13)
Lynda Buckingham
Diane Palmer
Index 215

In addition to clinical knowledge, every senior clinical nurse should be comfortable with the professional issues that are part of the senior nurse's role. This handbook addresses these issues in a clear and concise manner. It discusses leadership, change management and risk assessment and looks at evidence-based care. The book also considers the legal and ethical implications of advanced practice and examines clinical supervision, psychological support and portfolio development. The contributors have been specifically selected to provide applied knowledge which has been tested and utilised in acute hospital environments. Written in clear and accessible language this book is essential reading for all nurse practitioners and senior clinical nurses

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