Psychology for Student Nurses

Originally published in 1954 and as a second edition in 1957, this book provides a survey of the main psychological principles necessary to nurses in their work. As well as being a textbook for nurses in training, it was written in such a way as to be of value to qualified nurses as well.

List of contents

1.Why Psychology? 2. Infancy 3. The Pre-School Child 4. Play in Childhood 5. The School Child 6. The Nature of Intelligence 7. The Sick Child 8. Adolescence 9. Adulthood 10. Human Behaviour in Health and Sickness 11. The Sick Patient in Hospital.

About the author

Jessie Williams was Senior Clinical Psychologist at Guy's Hospital, London and Senior Psychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London.

Product details

• Authors: Jessie Williams, Williams Jessie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 17.09.2025
• EAN: 9781041116318
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4111631-8
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Nurse Education and Nursing Care
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Psychology, MEDICAL / Nursing / Fundamentals & Skills, MEDICAL / Nursing / Nurse & Patient, PSYCHOLOGY / Interpersonal Relations, MEDICAL / Caregiving, Psychiatric Nursing, Nursing management & leadership, Nursing management and leadership, Psychiatric nursing / Mental health nursing