Understanding ethics for nursing students / Peter Ellis.

By: Ellis, Peter, 1969 [author]
Language: English Series: Transforming nursing practicePublisher: London; Thousand Oaks: Sage Punlications, 2017Edition: 2nd editionDescription: ix, 162 pages ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781473997899Subject(s): Nursing ethicsDDC classification: 610.7301
Contents:
Introduction Introducing ethics Using reflection to develop inductive ethical understanding What ethics is and what ethics is not Theories of ethics Rights Key areas in healthcare ethics (protecting and promoting autonomy) Dilemmas at the start and end of life Your ethical future
Summary: From the start of their nursing programme it is essential that nursing students understand the significance of ethics and how it will impact the decisions they make on a daily basis. This book explains ethical ideas, theories and concepts in simple to understand terms and focuses on day-to-day nursing situations that apply principles to practice. The book challenges the reader to consider their own values and where ethics fits into who they are and how they behave and carefully unlocks this fascinating and important subject. Key features A practical guide that explores how ethics applies to nursing and where the key theories fit in Each chapter contains real world case studies and scenarios with an emphasis on ethical decision making Activities throughout challenge the reader to reflect on their views and experiences and apply what they have learnt to their own practice Each chapter is linked to the latest NMC standards relating to ethical issues.
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Peter Ellis is Nursing Director at Hospice in the Weald, Pembury, Kent. Prior to this he was Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Canterbury Christ Church University, where he taught on pre-registration, post-registration and Master?s level courses. Peter?s clinical background is in renal nursing. Peter has taught at universities since 1998 and has particular expertise in research design, evidence-based nursing, renal nursing, leadership and ethics. Peter has been writing on nursing issues since 1990 and is author of four books in the Transforming Nursing Practice series.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and
index.

Introduction

Introducing ethics

Using reflection to develop inductive ethical understanding

What ethics is and what ethics is not

Theories of ethics

Rights

Key areas in healthcare ethics (protecting and promoting autonomy)

Dilemmas at the start and end of life

Your ethical future

From the start of their nursing programme it is essential that nursing students understand the significance of ethics and how it will impact the decisions they make on a daily basis. This book explains ethical ideas, theories and concepts in simple to understand terms and focuses on day-to-day nursing situations that apply principles to practice. The book challenges the reader to consider their own values and where ethics fits into who they are and how they behave and carefully unlocks this fascinating and important subject.

Key features

A practical guide that explores how ethics applies to nursing and where the key theories fit in
Each chapter contains real world case studies and scenarios with an emphasis on ethical decision making
Activities throughout challenge the reader to reflect on their views and experiences and apply what they have learnt to their own practice
Each chapter is linked to the latest NMC standards relating to ethical issues.

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