ABSTRACT

This book uncovers some of the hidden agendas which have inhibited nursing and nurses from making their full potential contribution to health care, and stimulates new and positive initiatives. It explores nurses' behaviour patterns; employing, psychological, educational and political perspectives.

chapter 1|20 pages

Out of the past

chapter 2|22 pages

The psychology of attitudes and values

chapter 4|27 pages

Hidden curricula in nursing education

chapter 5|24 pages

Political influences in nursing

chapter 6|28 pages

Nursing values: nightmares and nonsense