Full Description
Developing Your Career in Nursing is an accessible guide to help you choose your initial or continuing nurse training, and to plan your future career. Packed with information about what it is really like to be a nurse in hospital settings and the community, the authors cover work with adults, children, people with learning disabilities, and in mental. The book is enhanced by case studies, anecdotes and reflective exercises. It builds a complete picture to help reader'ss chose the right career path.
Contents
PART ONE - DECIDING TO BE A NURSE
Making the Decision to Become a Nurse - Robert Newell
PART TWO - TRAINING TO BE A NURSE
Project 2000 Training - Caroline Plews
Undergraduate Training and Experimental Courses - Margaret Clarke
PART THREE - WORKING AS A NURSE
Nursing Adults - Peter Draper
Nursing People With Learning Disabilities/Mental Handicaps - Peter Birchenall
Nursing People With Emotional Difficulties/Mental Illness and Promoting Mental Health - Robert Newell
Nursing With Children and Their Families in Sickness and Health - Lesley Sheldon
PART FOUR - PROGRESSING AS A NURSE
The Nurse as a Specialist Clinician - Linda Veitch
The Nurse in the Community - Sandra Baulcomb
The Nurse as a Manager - David Justham
The Nurse as a Teacher - Peter Birchenall
The Nurse as a Researcher - Rachel Tucker
PART FIVE - BECOMING A NURSE
Practical Aspects of Applying to Project 2000 Courses - Caroline Plews
Practical Aspects of Applying to Degree Courses - Bob Gates
Being Interviewed - Robert Newell
