Caring in nursing practice /
Jacqui Baughan, Ann Smith.
- Harlow : Pearson Education, 2008.
- xiii, 162 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Creating a caring discourse - Caring as a two-way process of giving and receiving - Putting the caring into care - The emotional world of nursing - Creating caring partnerships with service users and their families - Learning from our emotions - Surviving and developing by caring for yourself in order to care for others - Reviewing the caring indicators - Looking back and moving forward.
Caring is imperative in nursing and therefore an important element of any nursing course. This text demonstrates, through narratives and real life case studies, how students can become better carers in their own practice. There are also interesting case studies, some of which are about student nurses and their problems.