Full Description
This stimulating and original study is written for nurses, midwives, health visitors and others, such as teachers, social workers and managers engaged in 'caring'. It will interest a variety of students, not only of nursing, but also of women's studies and sociology.
The research on which this book is based shows the importance of the charge nurse or ward sister in making emotional style in which it was given, and that nurses felt better able to care for patients and colleagues when their learning environment was emotionally supportive.
Contents
Introduction
Putting their toe in the water: collecting, testing and expecting nurses to care
Nothing is really said about care: defining nursing knowledge
You learn from what's wrong with the patient: defining nursing work
The ward sister and the infrastructure of emotion work: making it visible on the ward
Death and dying hospital: the ultimate emotional labour
The caring trajectory: caring styles and capacity over time
Conclusions
Methodological appendix
Appendices
Notes
References
Index.
