Understanding Decision-Making in Nursing Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1526424479 ISBN 13: 9781526424471

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2022

Synopsis

A clear, accessible and evidence-based introduction to effective decision-making in nursing. It discusses the processes and frameworks that support clinical reasoning and applies theory and knowledge to the nursing context.

Activities and case studies provide regular opportunities to apply theory to practice with real-world examples of decision making in action encourage students to reflect on and draw from their own lived experiences.

The book has been carefully developed to support students in meeting the NMC Future Nurse Standards of Proficiency and draws from many of the lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic, making it a rich learning resource for all student and qualified nurses.

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About the Authors

Karen Holland is the Founding Editor of Nurse Education in Practice journal and a senior lecturer ( Honorary ) in the School of Health and Society , University of Salford. She has co- edited and authored seven books , two of which are in their 3rd Edition (both translated into Japanese ) . She has been a Series Editor of nursing books for two major publishers , focused on supporting student learning in practice .Her main interests and career experience is in the field of nursing education , and in particular curriculum development and evaluation , evidence -based teaching and learning as well as research informed practice. Her most recent book, Anthropology of Nursing, reflects her long standing interest and commitment to exploring how nursing itself can be viewed and understood through an anthropological lens.  She has been the Subject Chair (Nursing and Health Professions ) for the Elsevier Scopus Content Selection Advisory Board (CSAB ) since 2010 and is a committed advocate for ethical publishing and authorship .Her 20years as Editor/Editor in Chief of an international nurse education journal enabled her to support and promote scholarly publishing in the field of nursing education and practice. She is currently engaged in reviewing for a number of international nursing journals as well as writing and editing new books to enhance student nurse engagement in the practice of nursing.

Professor Debbie Roberts has deep expertise in nursing, with over 30 years of experience as a qualified nurse, and 20 years as a nurse academic for universities in Wales and England.  Debbie’s areas of teaching and research expertise includes practice and immersive learning, as well as clinical simulation. She has a particular interest in linking research, teaching and innovation; ensuring that evidence-based teaching is used within nurse education and relevant research is embedded into the curriculum.  Debbie supports PhD students and has examined several PhD candidates. Widely published in the field of nurse education, Prof Roberts has contributed to textbooks, used internationally as core texts in nurse education programmes. She also has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers for international journals with her work often cited by others, indicating the impact of her ideas on teaching and learning internationally.   Prof Roberts has established a wide range of national and international links through her work as an external examiner and in 2019, she was nominated as one of the top 100 women in Wales in the inaugural Welsh Women’s Awards, which celebrate those women who continue to thrive and excel at the forefront of their professions and make meaningful contributions to the country.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2022
• ISBN 10: 1526424479
• ISBN 13: 9781526424471
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Holland Karen, Roberts Debbie