Sheila Reading - Achieving Competencies for Nursing Practice. A Handbook for Student Nurses

Achieving Competencies for Nursing Practice

A handbook for student nurses

Achieving Competencies for Nursing Practice

A handbook for student nurses

Edited by Sheila Reading and Brian Webster

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First published 2013

Copyright Sheila Reading and Brian Webster 2014

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ISBN-13: 978-0-335-24674-8
ISBN-10: 0-335-24674-5
eISBN: 978-0-335-24675-5

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Praise for this book

What we have in this textbook is a user friendly but rigorous presentation of the main competencies for professional nursing practice. Its easy style and readability is one of its most pleasing features and the case studies, information boxes and key learning points give structure to the book as well as helping to engage readers. The short chapters are interesting and authoritative and can be read on a stand-alone basis, allowing readers to dip in and out.
This book has arrived at an opportune time. The public and the nursing profession has been shocked by the findings of the Francis Review of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. Research informed competencies were never more necessary. To provide patient care without expertise in the competencies required would be like starting a new journey without a map. This book is one of the best maps of the competency terrain that I have come across.
I recommend with enthusiasm this book to would-be readers. It is a solid and significant contribution to the on-going development of best nursing practice. It should be on the recommended reading list of any nurse who plans, delivers and evaluates patient care.

Professor Hugh P. McKenna CBE, PhD, B.Sc(Hons), RMN, RGN, RNT, DipN(Lond), AdvDipEd, FFN RCSI, FEANS, FRCN, FAAN, Pro Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation, University of Ulster, UK

[This book] clearly fills an important niche in the market. It frames the notions of competence, and addresses the NMC standards for pre-registration nursing clearly for students, mentors and educators in ways that are easy to understand, and encourages students to consider the implications behind the words they encounter and what these mean for them in their own practice. The expertise held by the range of authors ensures the book presents informed detail relating to nursing domains and competencies, and enhances the relevance of interpretation and examples through the four fields of nursing and both core and field specific concepts. To date, I would consider this the must-have book on achieving competence for any nursing student in all four countries of the United Kingdom.

Melanie Jasper, Professor of Nursing and Head of the College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, UK

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The editors

Sheila Reading is an adult nurse who has worked in a variety of clinical, research and education roles including primary care contexts in the NHS and the university sector. She is currently a principal teaching fellow in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton. She has wide-ranging experience of planning, developing and leading on a large number of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and teaches on several professional courses, study days and workshops. Her education and research interests are broad but have a particular focus on exploring the student experience of undergraduate project supervision. She is interested in supporting student learning about the importance of research and evidence related to implementing sound clinical practice and how it can best be used by practitioners to enhance the quality of patient care.

Brian Webster is professor of nursing and Assistant Dean at the Faculty of Health, Life & Social Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University. He is both a mental health nurse and an adult nurse and has worked in a wide range of clinical settings including substance misuse, forensic psychiatry, emergency medicine, oncology and gastroenterology. A nurse for over 30 years, Brian also chairs the Scottish Heads of Academic Nursing & Allied Health Professions which is the voice of nursing education and research in Scotland, as well as being an executive member of the Council of Deans of Health UK. His research focus is on alcohol use and misuse especially among higher education students.

The contributors

Mary Addo is a lecturer in mental health nursing at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. She has a range of clinical experience in mental health which is grounded in effective communication and interpersonal relationships with clients in order to empower them to improve the quality of care. She is an active researcher in mental health and has a distinctive passion for communication skills as a pivotal part of all nursing care.

Heather Bain is a lecturer at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. She is currently the course leader of the masters awards portfolio at the School of Nursing and Midwifery and has a wealth of experience in district nursing. She has written several books and journal papers on this subject and has developed and implemented several prescribing courses for non-medical prescribers.

Mary-Jane Baker is a lecturer in adult nursing in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton. She has extensive experience of nursing and her role as a student academic tutor and practice academic coordinator has enabled her to continue to work closely with clinical practitioners at all levels and in different settings. The NMC domain of nursing practice and decision-making encapsulates one of her particular areas of expertise in promoting students development of critical thinking and application of knowledge and skills to practice. Mary-Jane is keen to encourage, support and guide students to make sense of decision-making within the various complex settings of contemporary clinical practice.

Debbie Banks is a senior lecturer and teaching fellow at the Robert Gordon University. She is an experienced mental health nurse and has worked in a wide range of clinical settings. She has written and created many undergraduate programmes during her time as an academic and has also implemented several creative pedagogical initiatives as part of the student experience in nursing. Her passion for listening to service users and incorporating their views and experience into student learning is a pivotal part of her role.