Achieving Competencies for Nursing Practice: a Handbook for Student Nurses

The book is divided into sections that address the four domains of competency:

• Professional Values
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Nursing practice and decision making
• Leadership, management and team working

Amongst other topics this book covers:

• Communication skills
• Working with patients and their families
• Solving problems in practice
• Clinical decision making
• Working in interprofessional teams

Contributors: Mary Addo, Heather Bain, Debbie Banks, Mary Jane Baker, Owen Barr, Pauline Black, Jackie Bridges, Alison Brown, Jean Cowie, Debbie Good, Ruth Taylor, Kate Goodhand, Chris McLean, Yvonne Middlewick, Avril Milne, Eloise Monger, Delia Pogson, Mark Rawlinson, Beth Sepion, Steve Smith, Cathy Sullivan, Kay Townsend, Alison Trenery.

"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. 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, Pro Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation, University of Ulster.

"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