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Therapeutic Nursing: Improving Patient Care through Self-Awareness and Reflection (PDF)
by Dawn FreshwaterGaining self-awareness is a vital aspect of professional development for all who work in the caring professions. In nursing especially, the ability to evaluate oneself affects all areas of practice, including direct patient care, working relationships with colleagues and maintaining one's own well-being in the often pressured environment of health care.
Understanding and Using Theory in Social Work (PDF)
by Juliette OkoUnderstanding how theory informs social work practice is an area that students can find challenging and complex. This book helps students to understand how theory impacts and informs social work practice.
Understanding and Working With Substance Misusers (PDF)
by Aaron PycroftUnderstanding and Working with Substance Misusers explores the complex nature of addiction and the challenges involved in responding effectively through policy and practice. It examines the biopyschosocial elements of addiction to substances (including alcohol) and, draws together key research findings from these fields to present a new framework for integrating theory and practice. The book argues that the best way to understand addictions is as examples of complex self organising systems, which comprise many interacting component parts. In so doing, it addresses the problem of service users presenting with multiple needs (including poly drug use, mental health problems, criminal behaviour, unemployment and relationship difficulties) and the challenges that this poses for policy makers, services commissioners and practitioners alike. This book fills the need for a text which makes the complex issues surrounding substance misuse accessible to both students and practitioners. As such, it fosters a multidisciplinary and critically reflective approach to policy and practice.
Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice (PDF)
by Michael OliverIn this absorbing text by a leading writer and respected activist, theory, policy, historical background and personal experience are combined to give readers a rich and illuminating picture of the key issues raised by disability.
Transforming Nursing Practice: Assessment and Decision Making in Mental Health Nursing (PDF)
by Sandra WalkerAssessment is an essential part of mental-health nursing and as such a core learning requirement for pre-registration nursing students. Getting assessment right is essential for the nursing student in order for them to become an effective practitioner. Many books on assessment are very theoretical. This is a practical, hands-on guide to the assessment process, underpinned by the latest evidence. The book explains the core principles through running case studies, so that readers can see how each decision they make impacts on the person in their care. Key features: Assessment principles are applied across a variety of modern nursing settings that you may find yourself working in as a registered nurse Each chapter is linked to the relevant NMC standards and Essential Skills Clusters so you know you are meeting the professional requirements Activities throughout help you to think critically and develop essential graduate skills.
Research Skills For Social Work (PDF)
by Andrew WhittakerSocial Work students often find research an intimidating and complex area of study, with many struggling to understand the core concepts and their application to practice. This book presents these concepts in an accessible and user-friendly way.
Research Methods In Sport
by Mark F SmithThis book is a comprehensive resource for all those studying sport at college or university. It covers qualitative and quantitative methods, and explains what research is, how to conduct a systematic review, and how to select, apply and combine research methods.
Research Methods In Sport (PDF)
by Mark F SmithThis book is a comprehensive resource for all those studying sport at college or university. It covers qualitative and quantitative methods, and explains what research is, how to conduct a systematic review, and how to select, apply and combine research methods.
Post-Qualifying Mental Health Social Work Practice
by Jim Campbell Gavin DavidsonSocial workers and other professionals working in the area of mental health often face complex and difficult practice dilemmas shaped by increasingly demanding policy and legal contexts across the UK. Jim Campbell and Gavin Davidson focus on the post-qualifying role played by mental health social workers in this book. The authors draw on theoretical and research perspectives on the subject, before outlining how professionals can achieve best practice. Topics covered include: e; Models of mental health and illnesse; Discrimination and social exclusione; Addressing service user needse; Carer perspectivese; Working with individuals, families and communities. The chapters are accompanied by exercises, which encourage readers to critically reflect on their own professional and personal experiences. Case studies are also included, so that students can reappraise the knowledge they have learned in the text. The book will be essential reading for social work practitioners taking postgraduate courses in mental health and for those training to become Approved Mental Health Professionals.
Collins Big Cat, Band 14/Ruby: Food Chains (PDF)
by Sally MorganAll living things need food to survive. Find out who eats whom, and how we all link together to form a food chain. • Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction. • Text type: an information book • Curriculum links: science, geography
Disability Rights and Wrongs (PDF)
by Tom ShakespeareOver the last thirty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare argues that the social model theory has reached a dead end. Drawing on a critical realist perspective, Shakespeare promotes a pluralist, engaged and nuanced approach to disability. Key topics discussed include: dichotomies - the dangerous polarizations of medical model versus social model, impairment versus disability and disabled people versus non-disabled people identity - the drawbacks of the disability movement's emphasis on identity politics bioethics in disability - choices at the beginning and end of life and in the field of genetic and stem cell therapies care and social relationships - questions of intimacy and friendship. This stimulating and accessible book challenges orthodoxies in British disability studies, promoting a new conceptualization of disability and fresh research agenda. It is an invaluable resource for researchers and students in disability studies and sociology, as well as professionals, policy makers and activists.
Social Work and the Law in Scotland, 2nd Edition (PDF)
by Davis Roger Gordon JeanEffective social work practice relies on good understanding of the law along with the skills to use this knowledge well. This essential reader provides a wide-ranging thematic account of social work practice in Scotland, making critical links between concepts, the contexts of practice and first-hand experiences of Scottish social work law.
Social Work: Voices from the inside (PDF)
by Viviene E CreeSocial Work: Voices from the Inside offers unique insight into social work from the perspectives of those 'on the inside', that is, service users, carers and practitioners.
Succeeding In Essays, Exams And OSCEs For Nursing Students (PDF)
by Kay HutchfieldThe word assessment can strike terror into any student. However, providing evidence of knowledge and skills for professional practice is an integral and essential part of university life as a nursing student. This book helps nursing students better understand the processes of assessment so that every student can achieve their potential in their studies.
Succeeding in Research Project Plans and Literature Reviews for Nursing Students (1st edition) (PDF)
by Andrew Whittaker Graham WilliamsonThis book is a practical, user friendly text designed specifically for those undertaking dissertations or research projects in the final year of nursing programmes.
Successful Mentoring in Nursing (PDF)
by Paula Hallam Liz AstonSupporting students poses a significant challenge for nurse mentors and other healthcare professionals in today's world of practice.
Social Work and Mental Health (PDF)
by Malcolm GolightleyThis new edition provides a thorough grounding in the key issues in mental health. It highlights the key issues in this complex and sensitive area of practice and helps students to understand the latest policy and practice issues.
Social Work And Dementia (PDF)
by David MooreThis practical book enables those already practicing or joining social work to consider the various ways that people can be supported to live well with dementia.
Social Work In A Digital Society (PDF)
by Sue WatlingThis book will help students develop their understanding of how the internet is impacting on social work education and practice in 21st century. Essential reading for students interested in the influence of digital technology and social media, including the impact of digital divides, this book looks at how the value-base of social work can have a positive effect on service users and carers who engage with digital services.
Social Work with Children, Young People and their Families in Scotland (PDF)
by Steve J. HothersallSocial work with children and families in Scotland has undergone huge changes in recent years and this expanded and updated edition looks in even greater detail at the main policy and law issues and applies them to everyday practice issues. Students will feel confident that recent law changes are fully covered.
Social Work With Looked After Children (PDF)
by Christine CockerThis revised edition details organisational systems and structures that are part of the assessment and planning process for looked after children.
Be Safe (4th edition) (PDF)
by Ann Barton-GreenwoodThis book gives guidance on health and safety matters for those teaching science in primary schools and similar establishments, such as nursery schools, some middle schools and some schools for children of secondary age with special educational needs.
Social Work and the Community: A Critical Context for Practice (PDF)
by Paul Stepney Keith PoppleCommunities are a context, target and resource for social work practice. By exploring themes such as welfare modernisation, inclusion, sustainability, multi-professional working and anti-oppressive practice, this text analyses the relationship in terms of theoretical perspectives, research, professional practice and policy intervention.
Study Skills For Nurses (PDF)
by Tom Mason Elizabeth Mason-WhiteheadThe new edition of Study Skills for Nurses will help you develop the skills and techniques you need for stress-free studying throughout your nursing training.
Social Work Practice with Older People (PDF)
by Rory LynchOlder people are the biggest service user group for social workers and an increasing proportion of the population. In this refreshingly positive and practical textbook, Rory Lynch draws on years of practice and teaching experience to show how to achieve best social work practice with older adults. He takes a person-centred approach, which fosters respect by valuing the fact that elderly people have more lived experience than others.