Current issues in nursing

This Springer volume gathers eight chapters that examine nursing as it stands today. It opens by looking at how the field has become a profession and the uncertain course that process has taken. Later chapters weigh whether nursing should be viewed as an indulgence or a basic requirement, and consider how theory can be carried into everyday clinical work.

Leadership and management form a major thread, with a chapter on the difficulties faced by those who run nursing services. Other chapters trace the discipline's growth and development, the strained relationship between nursing and its surrounding institutions, and whether the profession is evolving or breaking down. The final chapter turns to the concerns currently facing nursing.

The collection suits nursing students, practising nurses, managers and educators who want a broad overview of the issues shaping the profession.