THE HOME NURSE'S HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL NURSING
1 The importance of evidence-based professional nursing practice Sheila Reading and Brian Webster Section 1: Professional values 2 Professional values for nursing Owen Barr and Chris McLean 3 Owning your standards of care Ruth Taylor and Debbie Banks Section 2: Communication and interpersonal skills 4 Developing effective communication and interpersonal skills Mary Addo and Alison Brown 5 Developing skills in solution-focused interactions Steve Smith 6 Communication in difficult situations Kay Townsend, Beth Sepion and Delia Pogson Section 3: Nursing practice and decision-making 7 An introduction to clinical decision-making in practice Mary-Jane Baker 8 Advanced decision-making: involving patients and relatives in decisions on care Jackie Bridges 1 27 28 59 82 83 108 129 156 157 184 Section 4: Leadership, management and team working 9 Effective leadership, management and team working skills Yvonne Middlewick 10 Enhancing and developing leadership, management and team working skills in the community setting Heather Bain and Mark Rawlinson 11 Leadership, management and team working in an acute care setting Debbie Goode and Pauline Black Section 5: Achieving competencies: simulation, working with mentors and learning when working abroad 12 Simulation: crafting your care Eloise Monger and Kate Goodhand 13 Working with mentors: how to get the most from working with your mentors in practice Sheila Reading, Alison Trenerry and Cathy Sullivan 14 Learning abroad: the student experience of nursing in a European or international context Avril Milne, Jean Cowie and Brian Webster 202 203 230 258 284 285 308 336