Understanding Sociology in Nursing

Helen Allan is a Professor of Nursing at Middlesex University, London, UK. She registered as a nurse in 1979, working for 13 years in acute care. After a BSc Sociology at the London School of Economics, London University, Helen trained as a nurse teacher and taught social sciences and nursing at Bloomsbury College of Nursing & Midwifery and then at the Royal College of Nursing Institute. Helen completed her PhD in Nursing part time at Manchester University in 2000. She worked with Professor Pam Smith at the University of Surrey in the Centre for Research in Nursing and Midwifery Education. Helen has held Chairs at the Universities of Surrey, York and since 2014 at Middlesex University. Helen has worked as a nurse teacher and as a researcher for the last 20 years. She’s particularly interested in how nurses learn in clinical practice and the role of emotions in clinical practice and their effect on learning.Michael Traynor is Professor of Nursing Policy at Middlesex University.  Daniel Kelly is RCN Professor of Nursing Research at Cardiff University.  Pam Smith is Professorial Fellow of Nursing Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

• Chapter 1: Becoming a PatientChapter 2: Who Is the Patient?Chapter 3: Becoming a NurseChapter 4: Nursing as Women’s WorkChapter 5: Caring, Facework and NursingChapter 6: Nursing the BodyChapter 7: When Things Go WrongChapter 8: Leadership and ManagementChapter 9: Using a Sociological Framework to Understand Nursing

‘This is a very useful addition to existing resources –I hope it becomes a core addition to nursing reading lists everywhere.’