Becoming a Nurse (2^nd Ed.)
Fundamentals of Professional Practice for Nursing

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, practising professional. The book introduces the many subjects outside the biological which are none the less essential for both pre-registration and practising nurses. This new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, and includes four new chapters on psychosocial concepts for nursing; sociological concepts for nursing; spiritual care; and preceptorship and transition. Like the previous edition the book also covers:

Law, ethics and policy

Management and leadership

Communication, interpersonal skills and interprofessional working

Evidence based practice

Medicines management

Public health

and professional development

Each chapter is packed full of case studies, discussion question and further readings to encourage critical thinking and reflection. It is an excellent resource to prepare you for your programme or to refresh your knowledge of NMC standards.

1. Introduction: The State of UK Nursing

2. Professional Issues

3. Ethics

4. Law

5. Health Policy

6. Management and Leadership

7. Interprofessional Working

8. Evidence-based Practice

9. Assessment

10. Sociological Concepts for Nursing

11. Psychological Concepts for Nursing

12. Spiritual Care

13. Judgement and Decision-making

14. Communication and Interpersonal Skills

15. Public Health

16. Learning and Teaching

17. Personal and Professional Development Through Reflective Practice

18. Medicines Management

19. Preceptorship and Transition

Derek Sellman is Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada. Derek’s interests include education for professional practice, health care ethics, and philosophy of nursing. Derek is editor of the journal Nursing Philosophy.

Paul Snellingis a Principal Lecturer at the University of Worcester, UK, where he teaches on the BSc Nursing programme. Paul's research interests are in philosophy and ethics of nursing practice and professional regulation.