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Through an exploration of the ethical nature of nursing, Caring Matters Most asserts that the act of nursing itself embodies goodness. Nurses can develop this moral character in themselves by cultivating five habits: trustworthiness, imagination, beauty, space, and presence. Practicing these habits will sustain nurses as they meet the challenges of the workplace, the threat of automation, and the incivilities that arise within the nursing community. The volume concludes with thought-provoking discussion questions and exercises designed to help nurses apply concepts in the classroom or in practice. Each chapter combines highly readable explanations of moral theory with real-life examples that can guide nurses in day-to-day practice. Caring Matters Most is an ideal resource for academic or practicing nurses interested in healthcare ethics or philosophy.

Caring matters most : the ethical significance of nursing / by Mark Lazenby.

1 jigsaw puzzle (30 pieces) : wood and paper ; 18.8 x 23.7 cm + box

Nurses and doctors attending to children in hospital. Jigsaw puzzle, 1983.

"The hand of a stranger offered in solace. A flower placed on a dead body as a mark of respect. A gentle word in response to fear and anger. It is these moments of empathy, in the extremis of human experience, that define us as people. Nobody knows this better than a nurse and Molly Case has witnessed countless such moments. In How to Treat People, she documents these extraordinary points, when two people truly connect. In rich, lyrical prose, she introduces us to patients with whom we share the pain, but also the experience of illness when life it at its most vivid. And when her father is admitted to the high dependency unit on which she works, Molly confronts care in a whole new way, when two worlds – the professional and the personal – suddenly collide."—From publisher.

How to treat people : a nurse at work / Molly Case.

"Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A & E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astonishing account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness. We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient's agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive. In our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, Christie is with us. She is a guide, mentor and friend. And in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a hand."--Page 4 of cover.

The language of kindness : a nurse's story / Christie Watson.

1 print : line engraving ; border 9.3 x 11.7 cm

A young woman takes the hand of a sick man, while an older woman listens. Line engraving by C. Grignion after P. Sandby.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 19 x 25.8 cm

The Middlesex Hospital: the interior of one of the female wards. coloured aquatint by J. C. Stadler, 1808, after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.

University of Edinburgh. Dept. of Nursing Studies

viii, 235 pages : illustrations, forms ; 22 cm.

Patient-nurse interaction : a study of interaction patterns in acute psychiatric wards / Annie T. Altschul.

Sexuality and sexual health in nursing practice : an RCN discussion and guidance document for nurses who want to develop their nursing practice in the field of sexuality and sexual health / Royal College of Nursing.

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Caring matters most : the ethical significance of nursing / by Mark Lazenby.

Nurses and doctors attending to children in hospital. Jigsaw puzzle, 1983.

How to treat people : a nurse at work / Molly Case.

The language of kindness : a nurse's story / Christie Watson.

A young woman takes the hand of a sick man, while an older woman listens. Line engraving by C. Grignion after P. Sandby.

The Middlesex Hospital: the interior of one of the female wards. coloured aquatint by J. C. Stadler, 1808, after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.

Patient-nurse interaction : a study of interaction patterns in acute psychiatric wards / Annie T. Altschul.

Sexuality and sexual health in nursing practice : an RCN discussion and guidance document for nurses who want to develop their nursing practice in the field of sexuality and sexual health / Royal College of Nursing.

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Caring matters most : the ethical significance of nursing / by Mark Lazenby.

Nurses and doctors attending to children in hospital. Jigsaw puzzle, 1983.

How to treat people : a nurse at work / Molly Case.

The language of kindness : a nurse's story / Christie Watson.

A young woman takes the hand of a sick man, while an older woman listens. Line engraving by C. Grignion after P. Sandby.

The Middlesex Hospital: the interior of one of the female wards. coloured aquatint by J. C. Stadler, 1808, after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.

Patient-nurse interaction : a study of interaction patterns in acute psychiatric wards / Annie T. Altschul.

Sexuality and sexual health in nursing practice : an RCN discussion and guidance document for nurses who want to develop their nursing practice in the field of sexuality and sexual health / Royal College of Nursing.

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