The Changing Shape of Nursing Practice: The Role of Nurses in the Hospital Division of Labour

ISBN-13: 9780415216494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 220 str.

Davina Allen

Opis

Bringing together sociological theories and nursing practice, this study develops a dynamic conceptualization of the nursing role which is rooted in the work setting. It looks back to the factors which have shaped nursing work in the past and forward to those which are likely to shape it in the future. Nurses' work is changing in terms of the place nursing occupies in the health care division of labour, and in terms of the routine shifting of work boundaries that nurses experience in their daily work. Davina Allen draws on her detailed observations of the reality of nursing work in a district general hospital to explore these linked themes, focusing on five key work boundaries.

Recenzje

'An original and challenging picture of everyday life in a typical British general hospital.' - Professor Robert Dingwall, University of Nottingham

'Has the potential to be one of the most innovatory and exciting texts to emerge from within nursing for some time.' - Anne Marie Rafferty, Centre for Policy in Nursing Research

Spis treści

1 Professionalism and managerialism 2 Conceptualizing the nursing role 3 The study 4 The intra-occupational division of labour 5 The nurse–support worker boundary 6 The nurse–management boundary 7 The nurse–doctor boundary 128 The nurse–patient boundary 9 Conclusions

O autorze

A special website maintained by the author will provide updates to the information contained in this book, keeping readers abreast of important resources. Go to Http://www.thomson.com/
Sydney S. Chellen is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Canterbury Christchurch University College. He currently teaches Research and Information Technology to students on diploma, degree and other postgraduate programmes.