Nursing Practice and Education

This accessible co-produced textbook presents essential knowledge, skills, and values relevant to all undergraduate student nurses up to Master’s level.

The book is structured around seven pillars of learning, which were developed through extensive consultation with patients, practitioners and academics. Each chapter focuses on an engaging scenario from nursing practice or education, which serves as the focus for the application of the seven pillars. The text is designed to meet the requirements and standards of nurse regulators internationally, including the Nursing and Midwifery Council. It includes chapters on:

• the fundamentals of nursing care
• ethics and professionalism
• evidence for practice
• patient and public involvement
• no health without mental health
• global health
• leadership and management.

The chapters include a range of features to help readers apply their learning, including the application of relevant international research and incorporating the voices of students, patients, and nurse educators. It enables readers to gain confidence and competence in their practice and serves as an important introduction for student nurses.

Ann Gallagher is head of health sciences and professor at Brunel University London. Ann is a registered nurse, editor-in-chief of the international journal Nursing Ethics, a Fulbright scholar and a fellow of the United Kingdom Royal College of Nursing. Ann’s career is dedicated to progress towards excellence in health and social care through education, research and scholarship. Her most recent book is Slow Ethics and the Art of Care (2020). At the time of writing, Ann was head of nursing at the University of Exeter.

Kris Deering is senior lecturer and researcher in mental health nursing. Kris is lead for evidence-based practice and for mental health nursing in the Academy of Nursing at the University of Exeter. Kris has 15 years’ experience in mental health nursing practice including a leadership role in a crisis team which informed his most recent book Inter-professional Perspectives of Mental Health Crisis: For Nurses, Health, and the Helping Professions (2022). Kris is currently researching patient-centeredness in risk management and is involved in the United Kingdom national strategy to improve risk assessment in psychiatry.

Enrico De Luca is senior lecturer and practice lead in the Academy of Nursing, University of Exeter. Enrico is a registered nurse and a qualitative/mixed methods researcher. He has an extensive clinical background in intensive care in Italy and England. Enrico’s research interests include touch studies, inter-professional education, the role of spirituality in emergency, and palliative and end-of-life care. Enrico’s PhD topic was mixed-method research on nurses’ perceptions and education on interpersonal contact during caring. He has published research findings in international nursing journals, and his most recent publications are on the themes of palliative care in emergencies during COVID and community nursing.