""This book is compact and easy to read, and could make a
significant contribution to practitioners' ability to communicate
effectively and make their practice patient centred."
Journal fo Clinical Nursing"
""This is a delightful book which is well written, easy to read
and suitable for students, qualified nurses and those who are
specialist nurses."
Journal of Community Nursing"
Counselling is a diverse activity and there are an increasing
number of people who find themselves using counselling skills, not
least those in the caring professions. There is a great deal of
scope in using counselling skills to promote health in the everyday
encounters that nurses have with their patients. The emphasis on
care in the community and empowerment of patients through consumer
involvement means that nurses are engaged in providing support and
help to people to change behaviours.
Community nurses often find themselves in situations which
require in-depth listening and responding skills: for example, in
helping people come to terms with chronic illness, disability and
bereavement. Midwives are usually the first port of call for those
parents who have experienced miscarriages, bereavements, or are
coping with decisions involving the potential for genetic
abnormalities. Similarly, health visitors are in a valuable
position to provide counselling regarding the immunization and
health of the young infant. These practitioners are having to cope
not only with new and diverse illnesses, for example HIV and AIDS,
but also with such policy initiatives as the National Service
Framework for Mental Health and their implications .
This book examines contemporary developments in nursing and
health care in relation to the fundamental philosophy of
counselling, the practicalities of counselling and relevant
theoretical underpinnings. Whilst the text is predominantly aimed
at nurses, midwives and health visitors, it will also be of
interest to those professionals allied to medicine, for example
physiotherapists, occupational therapists and dieticians.
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