Care in nursing
Principles, Values and Skills

Care in Nursing addresses the fundamental caring principles, values, and skills nurses require to provide sound care to their patients and to meet the challenges of nursing in the future. Exploring essential knowledge and competencies, the authors explore research, evidence and real life practice before outlining practical skills which will empower nurses to deliver quality care. Written by nurses and health professionals from both practice and academia, Care in Nursing explores how care underpins every element of nursing including: patient centred care, cultural diversity, sociology, psychology, communication, partnership working, law and ethics, management and leadership, and more. A specific chapter also addresses how nurses can develop self-care techniques to meet the pressures and demands of a challenging yet ultimately rewarding career. Relevant to nurses in all fields and a diverse range of clinical and non-clinical settings, this is essential reading for nursing students, qualified nurses, mentors, nursing academics as well as nurse managers and leaders.

Foreword. Part 1 - Defining Care. 1. So you think you care?. 2. Caring for oneself. 3. Quality of nursing care. 4. Respecting the individual. 5. Diversity in care. Part 2 - Human Dimensions of Care. 6. Caring for communities. 7. Emotional aspects of care. 8. Spiritual Care. Part 3 - Contexts of Care. 9. Communicating care. 10. Pathways of care. 11. Partnerships of care. 12. Caring in challenging circumstances. Part 4 - Evaluating Care. 13. Leading, Managing and Celebrating Care. 14. When care is absent. 15. Care to complain?. 16. So you think you've cared. Part 5 - The Cost of Care. 17. The cost of care.

Wilfred McSherry is Professor in Dignity of Care for Older People, Centre for Practice and Service Improvement at the Faculty of Health Staffordshire University and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust UK and Part-Time Professor at Haraldsplass Deaconess University College, Bergen, Norway Roger Watson is Professor of Nursing, is Professor of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, Australia and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Advanced Nursing and holds several visiting positions in China and Australia.