Becoming a Nurse:
A Textbook for Professional Practice
By Derek Sellman & Paul Snelling
April 2010
Pearson Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780132389235 
468 pages, Illustrated
$75.00 Paper original
The guidelines and skills required to become a nurse are always changing and it can be difficult to stay up-to-date with the current standards. This book has been specifically designed to address the main skills you need to meet NMC requirements. Becoming a Nurse will demystify what you need to know while preparing you to meet NMC standards and become a confident, practicing professional.
This book is ideal for both pre-registration and practicing nurses. It is an excellent resource to prepare you for your programme or to refresh your knowledge of current NMC standards.
User-friendly language describes the key NMC standards to Become a Nurse:
· Personal and professional development
· Professional and ethical practice
· Care delivery
· Care management
· 17 overarching standards of the NMC.
"More readable than texts on single topics such as ethics or management, it is also a better preparation for the accountability of Registration than clinically oriented books usually are. ... Would you recommend it? Resoundingly, yes."- Sue McBean, University of Ulster, THES, Feb 2010 top
Contents
List of contributors
Introduction
1 Professional issues
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining professional issues
Part 2: Explaining professional issues
Part 3: Exploring professional issues
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
2 Ethics
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining ethics
Part 2: Explaining ethics
Part 3: Exploring ethics
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
3 Law
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining the law
Part 2: Explaining the law
Part 3: Exploring the law
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
4 Health policy
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining health policy
Part 2: Explaining health policy
Part 3: Exploring health policy
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
5 Interprofessional working
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining interprofessional working
Part 2: Explaining interprofessional working
Part 3: Exploring interprofessional working
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
6 Evidence-based practice
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining evidence-based practice
Part 2: Explaining evidence-based practice
Part 3: Exploring evidence-based practice
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
7 Assessment
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining assessment
Part 2: Explaining assessment
Part 3: Exploring assessment
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
8 Judgement and decision making
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining judgement and decision making
Part 2: Explaining judgement and decision making
Part 3: Exploring judgement and decision making
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
9 Communication and interpersonal skills
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining communication and interpersonal skills
Part 2: Explaining communication and interpersonal skills
Part 3: Exploring communication and interpersonal skills
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
10 Public health
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining public health
Part 2: Explaining public health
Part 3: Exploring public health
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
11 Learning and teaching
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining learning and teaching
Part 2: Explaining learning and teaching
Part 3: Exploring learning and teaching
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
12 Management and leadership
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining management and leadership
Part 2: Explaining management and leadership
Part 3: Exploring management and leadership
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
13 Personal and professional development
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining personal and professional development
Part 2: Explaining personal and professional development
Part 3: Exploring personal and professional development
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
14 Medicines management
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Part 1: Outlining medicines management
Part 2: Explaining medicines management
Part 3: Exploring medicines management
Conclusion
Suggested further reading
References
Index
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· Learning outcomesguide your study and prepare you for what you will learn in each chapter.
· Relevant NMC standards of proficiencyin every chapter illustrate how what you are learning is relevant to becoming a nursing and passing your programme.
· Chapter activitiesfor self or group study encourage reflective and active learning.
· Further Readingsuggestions point you in the right direction for more study or to resources for research projects.