Stories of Resilience in Nursing

Name: Stories of Resilience in Nursing
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Stories of Resilience in NursingTales from the Frontline of Nursing\nAuthor(s): Michael Traynor\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138485136, 978-1138485136\nSynopsis\nIdeas about resilience and identity continue to be promoted, discussed and debated in nursing. This book uses narratives to explore these complex and important concepts, unsettling our certainties and opening up new perspectives on what they might mean and involve.\n\nThis engaging book recounts direct and vivid stories told by or about nurses. These vignettes discuss nursings ideals without idealising them and show nursing work and the lives of nurses in all their complexity. They include contributions from mental health nurses, a former nurse, student nurses, a migrant nurse and a whistle-blowing nurse, among others. The book ends with chapter-by-chapter contextual material to promote reflection, discussion and further reading. \n\nWritten with nu.