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Do your students find psychology difficult to engage with or want a textbook that is easy to read? Would they benefit from a textbook that demonstrates how psychology applies to nursing?

Right from the start of their programme it is crucial for nursing students to understand the significance of psychology in nursing. This book helps 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.Written in clear, easy to follow language and with each chapter linking to relevant NMC Standards and Essentials Skills Clusters it simplifies the key theory and puts the discipline of psychology into context for nursing students, with clear examples and case studies used throughout.

Transforming Nursing Practice is a series tailor made for pre-registration student nurses. Each book in the series is:

Affordable

Mapped to the NMC Standards and Essential Sk

Table of Contents
Introduction Psychology as a field of study and why nurses need to know about it Understanding ourselves from various psychological perspectives The core of our functioning and how we make sense of our world How we develop and how we learn Consciousness and memory Thinking, motivation, feeling, action We are social animals The psychology of health and stress The crisis of illness The psychology of care in practice

Understanding Psychology for Nursing Students

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    A Paperback / softback by Jan de Vries, Fiona Timmins

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      Publisher Sage Publications
      Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
      Published 21 December 2016
      ISBN-13 9781412961950
      978-1412961950
      ISBN-10 1412961955
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      Nursing

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Do your students find psychology difficult to engage with or want a textbook that is easy to read? Would they benefit from a textbook that demonstrates how psychology applies to nursing?

      Right from the start of their programme it is crucial for nursing students to understand the significance of psychology in nursing. This book helps 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.Written in clear, easy to follow language and with each chapter linking to relevant NMC Standards and Essentials Skills Clusters it simplifies the key theory and puts the discipline of psychology into context for nursing students, with clear examples and case studies used throughout.

      Transforming Nursing Practice is a series tailor made for pre-registration student nurses. Each book in the series is:

      Affordable

      Mapped to the NMC Standards and Essential Sk

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Psychology as a field of study and why nurses need to know about it Understanding ourselves from various psychological perspectives The core of our functioning and how we make sense of our world How we develop and how we learn Consciousness and memory Thinking, motivation, feeling, action We are social animals The psychology of health and stress The crisis of illness The psychology of care in practice

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