Nursing Professionalism for Nursing Students,
Edition 1Editors: Edited by Tara Iles and Teresa Chinn, MBE
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Welcome to nursing! Nursing Professionalism for Nursing Students is part of the New Notes on Nursing series, a series created especially for you, the nursing student, at the start of your nursing journey.
Here, you will find accessible, easy-to-absorb coverage of the key ingredients needed to become an accomplished nursing professional and meet Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for professional standards: the NMC code, how to raise concerns, maintaining safety, digital professionalism, global perspectives and more. From the first steps in your nursing journey to your final year and beyond, Nursing Professionalism for Nursing Students is your essential guide.
The New Notes on Nursing series presents key topics in a highly accessible way without making assumptions about your existing knowledge. Concise volumes cover critical and emerging areas that include successful studying, clinical placements, models of care, student wellbeing and more. The aim is to make content engaging and easy to absorb, focusing just on what is essential for success in your course. Using a relaxed writing style and an all-new design, these unique books provide personal guidance from experts and students alike. So when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for New Notes on Nursing!
Key Features
- Case studies and storytelling approaches help link theory to practice
- Graphics, icons and mind maps enhance the text and aid visual learners
- Written to show how specific knowledge relates to wider concepts
- Learning is presented in small, self-contained sections for quick location and digestion
- Terms and concepts are explained using simple language
- Content is clearly mapped to NMC standards
- Accompanying videos provide additional insights and bring studies to life
About the author
Edited by Tara Iles, National Policy Advisor, Women’s Health, NHS England , UK and Teresa Chinn, MBE, Queen's Nurse, Founder and Lead Nurse at We Nurses, member of the South West Social Care Nurses Advisory Council, UK
1. Notes on Being Professional and Being a Professional
2. Notes on Defining Professionalism
3. Notes on Professionalism and the NMC
4. Notes on Raising Concerns Identifying Unprofessionalism and Maintaining Safety
5. Notes on Barriers and Enablers to Nursing Professionalism
6. Notes on Personal Versus Professional
7. Notes on Digital Professionalism
8. Notes on What Being a Professional Looks Like
9. Notes on Professional Nursing: Beyond the Code
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