Böcker av Fiona Timmins

This book helps nursing students recognise why they need to know about psychology, how it can affect and influence their individual nursing practice as well as the role it plays in health and illness.

This new text provides a jargon-free user guide to the key concepts, models and techniques of reflective practice from one of the leading writers in the field. A one-stop source book, it can be used both by the beginner as a handbook and by the more experienced practitioner as a guide to other sources of thinking and information.

Britain is suffering from the highest levels of coronary heart disease in the world. This is a nurse-centred book delivering the latest research into how UK health professionals can tackle this key area of concern in order to benefit all of society.

Nurses need highly developed skills in order to communicate sensitively and collaboratively, across a wide range of media, with patients, clients, and colleagues from a variety of backgrounds. This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to essential communication skills with an emphasis on practical application within modern healthcare settings. Supporting students and practitioners in developing a patient-centred and therapeutic framework for communication, it features research from a wide range of healthcare contexts, and provides exercises and action plans to help nurses integrate psychological and healthcare communication theory into their day-to-day professional practice. Renowned for its clear, accessible and engaging guidance, this is an indispensable textbook for all undergraduate nursing students.

Suitable for nurses, this guide answers common questions about how to compile and write a good nursing portfolio. It includes: examples of good and challenging portfolio pieces; tools and techniques for reflection and critical thinking; and, guidance on the NMC competency frameworks.