Vital Notes for Nurses Psychology

Vital Notes for Nurses: Psychology provides a concise, accessible introduction to key psychological theories and outlines their relevance to nursing practice. Divided into seven chapters, the first offers a preliminary insight into the different perspectives in psychology: Biological, Psychodynamic, Behavioural, Cognitive and Humanistic. These perspectives go on to underpin the topics in all the other chapters.Vital Notes for Nurses: Psychology explores developmental theories, attachment theories, and relationship theories. It discusses issues relevant to nursing practice such as motivation, change, stereotypes, relationships and motivation and looks at issues of suffering, including stress and pain. Illustrated with examples from all branches of nursing practice, this text clearly illustrates the relevance of psychology to nurses. Relates psychological themes specifically to nursing practice Written in a clear, accessible style which assumes no prior knowledge Useful to all nursing students on the common foundation programme as well as newly qualified nurses. Each chapter includes features such as activities, case studies and learning objectives

Sue Barker is Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Bournemouth University. She is also an honorary community mental health nurse with Dorset Health Care NHS Trust

Preface	p. vii
How does Psychology Support Nursing Practice?	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Psychology perspectives	p. 3
Research methods in psychology	p. 22
Professions in psychology	p. 26
Web addresses	p. 29
References	p. 29
Who is a Nurse?	p. 31
Introduction	p. 31
Personality theories	p. 33
Intelligence and emotional intelligence	p. 39
Motivation	p. 43
Perception	p. 49
Attribution theories	p. 54
References	p. 59
How do Nurses Learn?	p. 61
Introduction	p. 61
Theories of learning	p. 62
Health promotion	p. 79
References	p. 84
Understanding Health and Illness through the Lifespan	p. 87
Introduction	p. 87
Developmental theories	p. 89
Attachment theory	p. 93
Cognitive approach to development	p. 96
Application of development theory to nursing branches	p. 101
References	p. 113
Psychological Theory for Nursing in a Social World	p. 115
Introduction	p. 115
Attribution theories	p. 116
Attitudes	p. 119
Groups	p. 127
Relationship theories	p. 131
Interpersonal relationships	p. 135
References	p. 140
Managing the Therapeutic Relationship	p. 143
Introduction	p. 143
Self-awareness	p. 144
Psychodynamic therapeutic approach	p. 146
Behavioural therapeutic approach	p. 150
Cognitive behavioural therapeutic approach	p. 155
Humanistic therapeutic approach	p. 159
The impact of the therapeutic relationship	p. 168
References	p. 169
How do People Cope with Suffering?	p. 171
Introduction	p. 171
What is suffering?	p. 172
Health psychology	p. 172
Psychoneuroimmunology	p. 177
Health models	p. 181
Personality and health	p. 187
Pain case study	p. 189
Stress case study	p. 195
References	p. 202
Index	p. 204
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