Introducing Psychology for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals
By Dominic Upton
May 2010
Pearson Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780273721444 
274 pages, Illustrated
$49.95 Paper original
Introducing Psychology for Nurses and Healthcare Professionalsis a refreshingly engaging, and accessible introduction to psychology written specifically to support nurses and other medical and health care professionals, such as Midwives and Care Assistants, in both their studies and in practice. Assumingno previous knowledge, the text emphasizes the importance of understanding the psychological thought and action of patients in order for nursing and healthcare professionals to provide appropriate and satisfactory patient care in practice.
The seven chapters cover psychology topics relevant to nursing and health care including the various psychological approaches and how they can be applied, psychology across the lifespan, the psychology of communication, cognitive psychology, the basis of psychological thought and action, and the psychology of stress and pain. In addition to being an ideal introductory text for all pre-registration nursing courses, this book is also suitable for those in practice requiring a refresher or reference text.
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction: Psychology in nursing care
Chapter 2: Psychological approaches to understanding people
Chapter 3: Psychology across the lifespan
Chapter 4: Social Processes
Chapter 5: Perception, memory and providing information
Chapter 6 Stress and stress management.
Chapter 7: The Psychology of pain
Glossary
References
Features used throughout the book include:
Your starting point - a short test at the start of each chapter designed to check initial understanding.
Think about this - activities developed to open up discussion about specific issues discussed in each chapter.
Key message - a single sentence summary of each section within a chapter.
Quick check - regular short activities designed to test knowledge and application of what has been covered.
Your end point - an end-of-chapter test intended to diagnose what you know and what you need to revise further.
Future reading - targeted and annotated further reading lists developed to reduce time spent searching for other resources and focus on those that are most relevant and beneficial.
Glossary - all major terms and definitions are covered in a comprehensive glossary.