New international text Nurses and Nursing leads off with chapter by Truth leaders
March 2017 – The exciting new textbook Nurses and Nursing: The Person and the Profession includes a chapter on nursing’s image by Truth leaders Sandy Summers and Harry Jacobs Summers. Edited by Pádraig Ó Lúanaigh, RN, EdD, the thought-provoking new textbook from Routledge “draws on international contributors with a range of backgrounds to explore, engage with and challenge readers in understanding the many aspects and elements that inform and influence contemporary nursing practice.” Our chapter is “Nursing’s public image: Toward a professional future.” We thank Dr. Lúanaigh for the opportunity to be a part of this important new project. Please consider this book for your classes in professionalism, nursing and society, and nursing leadership. Click here to request a free copy for review now! See more about the book below:
Nurses and Nursing: The Person and the Profession
Edited by Pádraig Ó Lúanaigh
© 2017 – Routledge, 208 pages
Part I: Understanding nursing and nurses
Chapter 1: Nursing’s public image: Toward a professional future
Sandy Summers and Harry Jacobs Summers
Chapter 2: Nursing, a trusted brand: Do we dare to care?
Pádraig Ó Lúanaigh
Chapter 3: The changing nature of nurse education: Preparing our future workforce
Elizabeth Rosser
Chapter 4: The unique role of the nurse: The organisation of nursing careers
Kay Norman
PART II Developing your nursing practice
Chapter 5: Nursing regulation: Being a professional
Maureen Morgan and Robert Parry
Chapter 6: Nurses influencing healthcare: Leading as a professional
Lisa Bayliss-Pratt and Liz Fenton
Chapter 7: Creating your professional identity: Becoming the nurse you want to be
Mike Cook
PART III Contexts of health care and nursing
Chapter 8: Health literacy and the nurse–patient partnership
Jacquie Kidd
Chapter 9: The global context of health care delivery
Allison Squires
Chapter 10: The economic challenge for healthcare services
Helen Myers and Di Twigg
Chapter 11: Political and policy influences on health care: Are nurses political and do they need to be?
John S.G. Wells and Jennifer Cunningham
you have no idea how many lives are saved by the profession of Nursing either at the bedside or in advanced education and management. Research has proved that highly trained nurses saves lives
you have no idea how many lives are saved by the profession of Nursing either at the bedside or in advanced education and management. Research has proved that highly trained nurses saves lives