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NURSE
EDUCATION
TODAY
D rug Dependence and Alcohol-Related Problems World Health Organisation 1986 34pp ISBN: 924154-1212-8 Sw.fr. 9.00
Nursing History: The State of the Art C Maggs Croom Helm 1987 198pp ISBN: O-7099-463776 E10.95
This is a small manual which succinctly sets out the contribution community health workers may make to the reduction in drug abuse and dependence. However, it is a rather superficial text designed for worldwide use and therefore demands that health workers extend their knowledge by further related reading. Part II of the text sets out guidelines for the development of a training programme for community health workers. In essence, Part III offers a minimum checklist of skills that such health workers need for good role performance, but faiIs to suggest any new approaches to such work.
This is an interesting collection of articles which the editor regards as being a sequel to Celia Davies’ ‘Rewriting Nursing History’. The volume covers a variety of topics but the themes of professionalisation, professionalism and autonomy link all the papers in this very readable book. The rhapter on ‘The development of professional nursing in New South Wales, Australia’ I found particularly interesting, given the move to all graduate entry to nursing in Australia and the U.K.C.C. project 2000 report on nurse education. Equally fascinating is Monica Baly’s ‘The Nightingale Nurses: The Myth and the Reality’ which, for me, highlights the problems of nursing and nurse education at present.. . ‘The defects in nurse training highlighted in every report since the Lancet lie not in what was intended to be the “Nightingale System”, but in its abuse by the service needs of the hospital’. In short, a plurality of issues that cause the reader to think, to question and perhaps to challenge but certainly be stimulated. This book is a must for any nursing library.
ALISON E WHILE RSc MSc PhD SRM HVCert
The Clinical S W Menard John Wiley 1987 245pp
Nurse
Illus
Specialist
ISBN:
O-471-87050
E21.40
This is an American textbook aimed primarily at an American readership. It is quite expensive but, as with most American textbooks, the material is well organised and presented. Much of the text is applicable to Clinical Nurse Specialists within the National Health Service. The first chapter gives a brief history of the Clinical Nurse Specialist, then the role and its development is defined. Several chapters are then devoted to looking at the role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in some depth, e.g., as practitioner, teacher, consultant and researcher. These chapters are well presented and most have a case study of a Clinical Nurse Specialist at the end of them. This brings a personal touch which reinforces what has been discussed in the chapter. There is also a very useful chapter on marketing yourself as a Clinical Nurse Specialist giving a lot of very helpful information to anyone applying for a job. It identifies how to justify the need for the job, recognise the personal and professional qualifications needed, all of which constitute the basic requirements of a Curriculum Vitae. It also gives examples of some of the questions an interviewer may ask and suggests some questions that the interviewee may want to ask in return. I would recommend it as a worthwhile addition to nursing libraries. JANICE M MCCALL
RG.N RCT
ANNE V BETTS
RSc(Hans] SRN RN7 A Guide to the Nursing of Children (Clinical Nursing Diagnosis Series) S B Dickey Williams & Wilkins 1987 384pp Illus ISBN: o-683-90560&9 L22.00 This clearly set out book has concentrated on using a nursing approach for the care of children in hospital. It is very informative and detailed in some areas, but assumes a level of knowledge and understanding in others that may cause students some difficulty. It is written by an American nurse; some of the language used will be unfamiliar to British nurses and there is an over use of abbreviations, many of which are not in common use in this country. The book is well referenced, but mainly to American journals and books, most of which will be unobtainable in this country. It has a satisfactory index, which enables the reader to find relevant information with ease. At E22.00 for a paperback version, it is expensive. The clear framework makes it useful to students learning to use a nursing process approach to nursing children and I would recommend it for nursing libraries, particularly those running paediatric courses. S HUBAND
SRN/ RSCN R.NT
NURSE
EDUCATION
TODAY
D rug Dependence and Alcohol-Related Problems World Health Organisation 1986 34pp ISBN: 924154-1212-8 Sw.fr. 9.00
Nursing History: The State of the Art C Maggs Croom Helm 1987 198pp ISBN: O-7099-463776 E10.95
This is a small manual which succinctly sets out the contribution community health workers may make to the reduction in drug abuse and dependence. However, it is a rather superficial text designed for worldwide use and therefore demands that health workers extend their knowledge by further related reading. Part II of the text sets out guidelines for the development of a training programme for community health workers. In essence, Part III offers a minimum checklist of skills that such health workers need for good role performance, but faiIs to suggest any new approaches to such work.
This is an interesting collection of articles which the editor regards as being a sequel to Celia Davies’ ‘Rewriting Nursing History’. The volume covers a variety of topics but the themes of professionalisation, professionalism and autonomy link all the papers in this very readable book. The rhapter on ‘The development of professional nursing in New South Wales, Australia’ I found particularly interesting, given the move to all graduate entry to nursing in Australia and the U.K.C.C. project 2000 report on nurse education. Equally fascinating is Monica Baly’s ‘The Nightingale Nurses: The Myth and the Reality’ which, for me, highlights the problems of nursing and nurse education at present.. . ‘The defects in nurse training highlighted in every report since the Lancet lie not in what was intended to be the “Nightingale System”, but in its abuse by the service needs of the hospital’. In short, a plurality of issues that cause the reader to think, to question and perhaps to challenge but certainly be stimulated. This book is a must for any nursing library.
ALISON E WHILE RSc MSc PhD SRM HVCert
The Clinical S W Menard John Wiley 1987 245pp
Nurse
Illus
Specialist
ISBN:
O-471-87050
E21.40
This is an American textbook aimed primarily at an American readership. It is quite expensive but, as with most American textbooks, the material is well organised and presented. Much of the text is applicable to Clinical Nurse Specialists within the National Health Service. The first chapter gives a brief history of the Clinical Nurse Specialist, then the role and its development is defined. Several chapters are then devoted to looking at the role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in some depth, e.g., as practitioner, teacher, consultant and researcher. These chapters are well presented and most have a case study of a Clinical Nurse Specialist at the end of them. This brings a personal touch which reinforces what has been discussed in the chapter. There is also a very useful chapter on marketing yourself as a Clinical Nurse Specialist giving a lot of very helpful information to anyone applying for a job. It identifies how to justify the need for the job, recognise the personal and professional qualifications needed, all of which constitute the basic requirements of a Curriculum Vitae. It also gives examples of some of the questions an interviewer may ask and suggests some questions that the interviewee may want to ask in return. I would recommend it as a worthwhile addition to nursing libraries. JANICE M MCCALL
RG.N RCT
ANNE V BETTS
RSc(Hans] SRN RN7 A Guide to the Nursing of Children (Clinical Nursing Diagnosis Series) S B Dickey Williams & Wilkins 1987 384pp Illus ISBN: o-683-90560&9 L22.00 This clearly set out book has concentrated on using a nursing approach for the care of children in hospital. It is very informative and detailed in some areas, but assumes a level of knowledge and understanding in others that may cause students some difficulty. It is written by an American nurse; some of the language used will be unfamiliar to British nurses and there is an over use of abbreviations, many of which are not in common use in this country. The book is well referenced, but mainly to American journals and books, most of which will be unobtainable in this country. It has a satisfactory index, which enables the reader to find relevant information with ease. At E22.00 for a paperback version, it is expensive. The clear framework makes it useful to students learning to use a nursing process approach to nursing children and I would recommend it for nursing libraries, particularly those running paediatric courses. S HUBAND
SRN/ RSCN R.NT