Main description:

Written for both pre-registration nursing students and existing nursing practitioners, this book provides a collection of realistic fictional scenarios that explore how nurses tackle clinical dilemmas, weigh up options and make good decisions based on a sound understanding of theory related to practice.

This book provides an annotated thinking aloud framework for critical reflection that identifies the relevant values, theories, approaches and models being used, allowing readers to really understand how theory can be applied to practice. It provides students and educators with opportunities to discuss clinical dilemmas in a safe space in which they can explore their own values and beliefs, apply professional knowledge and consider new approaches to nursing.

Featured in these clinical scenarios are professional dilemmas they may not have yet encountered in their practice to help them uncover new methods of decision-making. It explores best practice and takes account of other professional perspectives, including challenges and barriers to interdisciplinary working. After using this book learners will feel confident in their problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

Contents:

Introduction

Section1: Perceptions of risk and safety

Case study 1 Reuben: fit for discharge but not safe to leave (Joseph Ellis-Gage)

Case study 2 Miguel: is he safe? (Christine Nightingale)

Case study 3 Sabina: what's safeguarding got to do with me? I am training to be a nurse not a social worker (Katie Mclaughlin)

Case study 4 Vanessa: coercion, control and personal choice (Sarah Housden)

Case study 5 Martin: do no harm (Rebekah Hill)

Section 2: Prioritising care

Case study 6 Molly: cold not dead (Joseph Ellis-Gage)

Case study 7 James: to donate or not to donate? (Joseph Ellis-Gage)

Case study 8 Aiyana: for crying out loud! (Sarah Housden)

Case study 9 Pete: don't miss the point (Sally Hardy)

Case study 10 Scarlet: cutting, coping and compassion (Sarah Housden and Louise Cherrill)

Section 3: Personalising care

Case study 11 Stephanie: see me, hear me, include me (Sally Hardy)

Case study 12 Jamil: false hope? (Rebekah Hill)

Case study 13 Jessica: what matters most (Emma Harris)

Case study 14 Roger: a case of mistaken reality (Sarah Housden)

Case study 15 Lucy: the man I plan to marry (Katrina Emerson)

Conclusion