Becoming a Nurse: Fundamentals of Professional Practice for Nursing

Becoming a Nurse will demystify what you need to know while preparing you to meet NMC standards and become a confident, practising professional. This new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, and includes four new chapters on psychosocial concepts for nursing; sociological concepts for nursing; spiritual care; and preceptorship and transition. Like the previous edition the book also covers: law, ethics and policy; management and leadership; communication, interpersonal skills and interprofessional working; evidence-based practice; medicines management; public health; and professional development.