Vital Notes for Nurses: Psychology
- ISBN-10
- 1118305930
- ISBN-13
- 9781118305935
- Series
- Vital Notes for Nurses
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-11-30
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- Sue Barker
Description
Vital Notes for Nurses: Psychology provides a concise,accessible introduction to key psychological theories and outlinestheir relevance to nursing practice. Divided into seven chapters,the first offers a preliminary insight into the differentperspectives in psychology: Biological, Psychodynamic, Behavioural,Cognitive and Humanistic. These perspectives go on to underpin thetopics in all the other chapters. Vital Notes for Nurses: Psychology explores developmentaltheories, attachment theories, and relationship theories. Itdiscusses issues relevant to nursing practice such as motivation,change, stereotypes, relationships and motivation and looks atissues of suffering, including stress and pain. Illustrated withexamples from all branches of nursing practice, this text clearlyillustrates the relevance of psychology to nurses. Relates psychological themes specifically to nursingpractice Written in a clear, accessible style which assumes no priorknowledge Useful to all nursing students on the common foundationprogramme as well as newly qualified nurses. Each chapter includes features such as activities, case studiesand learning objectives
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