Professional and ethical issues in nursing
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Professional and ethical issues in nursing
Baillière Tindall, c1993
3rd ed
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The chapters examine statements from the NMC code and explore the concepts and problems that relate to it. A variety of philosophical and professional behaviour are presented to enable nurses, nursing students, midwives and health visitors to develop a greater autonomy in their day-to-day decision making and to help them make reasoned judgements.Compact, easy to read, and dip into
Content is fully updated
Includes information on NMC code for practice document, the National Board guidance re core skills and competencies for newly qualified nurses, guidelines for mental health and learning disabilities nursing, guidelines for records and record-keeping, midwives' rules and code of practice, practitioner-client relationships and prevention of abuse, nursing in secure environments, new guidelines for the administration of medicines.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction. 2. Respect. 3. Consent. 4. Working Together. 5. Confidentiality. 6. Maintaining Competence. 7. Trustworthiness. 8. Patient Safety. 9. Conclusion. Appendix 1. NMC Code of Professional Conduct. Appendix 2. Cultural Variations. Recommended Further Reading. Index.
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