The Invisible Work of Nurses: Hospitals, Organisation and Healthcare

ISBN-13: 9781138213616 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 170 str.

Davina Allen

Opis

Nursing work is typically understood in terms of direct clinical care yet a majority of nurses’ time is spent on coordinating clinical work. This innovative book draws on new empirical data and explores this often hidden aspect of nurses’ work, underlining the importance of it in good quality patient care.

Spis treści

Preface  Chapter 1. A Figure-Ground Reversal  Chapter 2. Creating Working Knowledge  Chapter 3.Articulating Trajectories of Care  Chapter 4. Match-Making  Chapter 5. Passing the Baton, Parsing the Patient  Chapter 6. Rethinking Hospital Organisation, Rethinking Nursing

O autorze

Davina Allen is Professor of Health Service Delivery at Cardiff University, UK. She is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Sociology of Health and Illness.