Psychology for Nursing and Healthcare Professionals

Developing Compassionate Care

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Av Sue Barker

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Focusing in particular on compassionate care, this practical textbook covers all aspects of psychology relevant to nursing and healthcare students.

Key features include:

Coverage of the most important core psychology concepts for students, directly linked to relevant practice contexts.
Case studies and scenarios from service users, carers, students and practitioners to help readers relate theory to practice.
Reflective activities to develop critical thinking with outline answers at the end of each chapter.
A glossary with definitions of key terms to further understanding.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-07-01
Mått170 x 242 x 16 mm
Vikt490 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
Upplaga1
FörlagSAGE Publications
ISBN9781473925069

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Dr Sue Barker is a registered mental health nurse and chartered psychologist; she works at Bournemouth University in the School of Health and Social Care as a Senior Lecturer. She is also a member of Bournemouth University Dementia Institute as part of this she has undertaken consultancy and evaluation work. She has a particular interest in mental and emotional wellbeing and her PhD explored the emotional care given to women becoming mothers. Sue leads a unit on the mental health nursing programme entitled mental health and wellbeing in later life.

Chapter 1 Introduction to Psychological TheoryChapter 2 Lifespan developmentChapter 3 Understanding sufferingChapter 4 Compassionate care - Janet ScammellChapter 5 Person centred approaches - Sue Barker & Janet ScammellChapter 6 The Care Practitioner - Sue Barker & Gareth MorganChapter 7 Therapeutic Relationships - Sue Barker & Hamed Al BattashiChapter 8 Emotional Intelligence - Sue Barker, Beverley Johnson, Andrew SantosChapter 9 Emotional labourChapter 10 Maintaining a culture of compassionate care - Sue Barker & Gemma Stacey-Emile

This book is a real gem as it can enable healthcare practitioners to explore a range of theoretical psychological perspectives in way that is accessible and engaging. The introduction defines psychology and explores physiological as well as psychodynamic, behavioural, cognitive and humanistic approaches. This provides a useful foundation to help readers connect with the contents of the chapters that follow. There is a clear focus on compassionate care throughout the book. Scenarios reflecting real situations that healthcare professionals may encounter support the concepts and topics discussed. This book is suitable for all pre-and post-registration students and lecturers especially when topics related to Care and Compassion are taught in the curriculum.