G.R. Williamson & T. Jenkinson 
Contexts of Contemporary Nursing [EPUB ebook] 

A wide variety of factors impact on the scope of nursing practice, including government policies, organisational structures, the media, education, future healthcare directions and service users themselves. It is an NMC requirement that nurses understand these factors in order to deliver quality care. This book provides a clear and practical introduction to these contexts for the new nursing student. The new edition (formerly ′Nursing in Contemporary Healthcare Practice′) has been revised to cover the organisational structures that students will find themselves working in, the various bodies involved in healthcare policy and the big issues in current and future healthcare delivery.

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Part 1: The development and structure of modern health care services

The establishment and structure of the National Health Service

Contemporary issues in healthcare policy

Nurses, nursing and healthcare organisation

Part 2: Groups involved in healthcare policy

Political parties and media perspectives

The patient and service user perspective

The student′s role and contribution to the delivery of healthcare

Part 3: Key issues in healthcare policy

The caring culture and tradition in nursing

Evidence-based practice

Quality in healthcare

Part 4: Conclusions

Conclusions and future directions

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Tracey Proctor-Childs is the Deputy Head of School and a Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Community Studies at the University of Plymouth. She has a particular interest in orthopaedic care and in teaching and learning in the practice domain. She is a core team member of the CEPPL and is currently evaluating practice-based learning assessment methods in midwifery, social work and emergency care degree programmes.