Professional and Ethical Issues in Nursing E-Book , 3rd Edition

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The chapters examine statements from the NMC code and explore the concepts and problems that relate to it. A variety of philosophical and professional behaviour are presented to enable nurses, nursing students, midwives and health visitors to develop a greater autonomy in their day-to-day decision making and to help them make reasoned judgements.

Key Features

Compact, easy to read, and dip into

New to this Edition

Content is fully updated

Includes information on NMC code for practice document, the National Board guidance re core skills and competencies for newly qualified nurses, guidelines for mental health and learning disabilities nursing, guidelines for records and record-keeping, midwives' rules and code of practice, practitioner-client relationships and prevention of abuse, nursing in secure environments, new guidelines for the administration of medicines.

Readership

Practising nurses, nurse students, lecturers, managers, midwives, heath visitors

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Philip Burnard, PhD MSc RGN RMN DipN Cert Ed RNT, Vice-Dean, School of Nursing Studies, University of Wales College of Medicine, UK; Visiting Professor, Royal Thai Army Nursing College, Bangkok, Thailand;; and Christine M. Chapman, Professor and Director of Nursing Studies, Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff