Compassion in Nursing - Theory, Evidence and Practice

Compassion has become a prominent issue in health policy and practice and the recommendations of the Francis Report and the Berwick Review emphasised the need for compassion in care. This timely and important text book provides a valuable resource for practicing and student nurses which examines compassion in depth, but from a real world perspective. It appreciates and discusses the emotional labour of care and the realities of practice which can make ''caring'' and ''having compassion'' feel like a difficult and impossible task.This is an essential guide for those seeking clarity and depth in the analysis of compassion in contemporary nursing. Whether on a pre-qualifying undergraduate degree or an experienced practitioner, this is a must-have book for anyone interested in creating a compassionate health service.>

List of contents

Introduction: The Context of Compassion
1. Compassion in Care-the Policy Response
2. Compassion as a Philosophical and Theological Concept
3. Compassion in Nursing: A Concept Analysis
4. What Compassion Means: the Person and Family Perspective
5. Healthcare Culture and Intelligent Kindness in Practice
6. The Components of Compassion
7. Improving Patients' Experience: The Point of Care Programme 2007-2014
8. The Emotional Labour of Nursing
9. Managing for Compassion
10. Restorative Supervision-Implications for Nursing
11. Compassion, Emotional Labour, and Public Service in the United States
Conclusion: What Next for Compassion in Nursing?

About the author

Dr Alistair Hewison is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Nursing at the University of Birmingham, UK.Yvonne Sawbridge is Senior Fellow at the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Alistai Hewison, Alistair Hewison, Alistair (University of Birmingham Hewison, Alistair Sawbridge Hewison, Hewison Alistair, Yvonne Sawbridge, Yvonne (Health Services Management Centre Sawbridge, Sawbridge Yvonne
• Assisted by: Alistair Hewison (Editor), Yvonne Sawbridge (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781137443694
• ISBN: 978-1-137-44369-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; B, Nursing, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Nursing fundamentals and skills, care;complexity;nursing, Nurse / patient relationship, care; complexity; nursing