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Provides students with insights into key contemporary debates and events to demonstrate the relevance of sociology and its practical application to modern nursing. This textbook helps student nurses make the leap from a narrow focus on the physical problems of their patients to a broader understanding of the whole person and the contexts of care which will help them succeed as compassionate nurses. Written directly for nurses, it focuses on the individuals and families in their care, the organisations they work in, and the factors which affect their practice. Key features include: * Case studies and scenarios to help students relate sociology to real life examples * Reflection points to help students critically engage with the discussion * Learning outcomes and chapter summaries for revision * Definitions of key terms in each chapter
Nursing the body
Nursing the body
Issue
Our issue in this chapter is how students learn to care for the body, to nurse the body, and how sociological theory can help us understand this process. We will start by describing the reality of caring for the body in nursing which we think is often missing from textbooks such as this.
Consider the data extract below from Helen Allan and Pam Smith’s field notes from their research into Leadership for Learning. Helen is using participant observation, which meant she worked with the first-year student nurse on a hospital ward during a shift while observing, to gather data. This produced copious amounts of field notes.
Medical ward, 07.45, very busy, linen bags, sheets etc ...
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