Psychology for Nurses and Health Professionals - Richard Gross, Nancy Kinnison

Psychology for Nurses and Health Professionals

Buch | Softcover
532 Seiten
2013 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4441-7992-7 (ISBN)
46,10 inkl. MwSt
Psychology for Nurses and Health Professionals, Second Edition is an accessible guide providing comprehensive coverage of psychology for nurses and healthcare professionals in training and practice.

Key features include:






Fully updated and restructured to ensure content matches training requirements for nurses and healthcare practitioners



Stronger focus on the biopsychosocial model, therapeutic relationships and self-awareness



More examples to highlight application with theories demonstrated through scenarios relevant to practice



Accessible style with critical discussion boxes, student diary entries, reflection points, summary boxes and glossary



Free lecturer PowerPoints, extension material, MCQs and exercises available to download

Written by the bestselling psychology author Richard Gross and Nancy Kinnison, an experienced nurse and lecturer, this is an essential guide to applying theoretical aspects of psychology to nursing and health care.

Richard Gross - bestselling author of Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour, 6th edition and numerous other psychology textbooks published by Hodder. He has taught psychology for over 25 years, including nursing diploma and degree courses. Nancy Kinnison - has over 30 years' experience as a staff nurse, night sister and lecturer.

1. What is psychology? 2. Theoretical approaches 3. Psychological aspects of illness 4. Stress: Definitions and causes 5. Stress: Effects and methods of coping 6. Attitudes and attitude change 7. Prejudice and discrimination 8. Conformity and group influence 9. Obedience 10. Social cognition and health behaviour 11. Neuropsychological and genetic aspects of illness 12. Substance use and abuse 13. Death and dying 14. Early experience and social development 15. Cognitive development 16. Development of the self-concept 17. Adolescence 18. Adulthood 19. Late adulthood

Zusatzinfo 18 Tables, black and white; 89 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 189 x 246 mm
Gewicht 980 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Pflege
ISBN-10 1-4441-7992-6 / 1444179926
ISBN-13 978-1-4441-7992-7 / 9781444179927
Zustand Neuware
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