Contexts of Nursing:: An Introduction, 5th edition provides comprehensive coverage of the key ideas underpinning contemporary nursing practice in Australia and New Zealand. Each chapter introduces nursing students to the big issues in nursing and healthcare, highlighting the theory, language, research and debate in a way that will challenge the reader and encourage reflection and discussion.
Chapter 1 - Presenting nursing . a career for life Chapter 2 - Visioning the future by knowing the past Chapter 3 - The gendered culture of nursing: a historical review Chapter 4 - Nursing and social media - NEW! Chapter 5 - Ideas and theory informing nursing Chapter 6 - Becoming a critical thinker Chapter 7 - Reflective practice: what, why and how Chapter 8 - Research in nursing Chapter 9 - Ethics in nursing Chapter 10 - An introduction to legal aspects of nursing practice Chapter 11 - Power and politics in the practice of nursing Chapter 12 - Becoming a nurse leader Chapter 13 - Integrated care and multidisciplinary teamwork Chapter 14 - Technology and professional empowerment in nursing Chapter 15 - Nursing and informatics: a transformational synergy Chapter 16 - Healthy communities: the evolving roles of nursing Chapter 17 - Health disparities: the social determinants of health - NEW! Chapter 18 - Mental health promotion - NEW! Chapter 19 - The challenges and rewards of rural and remote nursing Chapter 20 -Cultural safety in nursing and midwifery Chapter 21 - Connecting clinical and theoretical knowledge for practice Chapter 22 - Global health and nursing - NEW!