cover image - Contexts of Nursing, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780729545006
Copyright: 2026
Page Count: 469
Imprint: Elsevier
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Contexts of Nursing, 7th Edition

by John Daly, RN,PhD,DrNurs(Hon.), FACN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI, Debra Jackson, AO, RN, CommNsgCert, DipAppSci(Nsg), BHlthSc(Nsg), MN(Ed), PhD, FCNA, SFHEA, Ann Bonner, PhD, MA, BAppSc(Nurs), RN, MACN and Jacqueline Bloomfield, RN, BN, MN, PGDip (Midwifery), PGDip (Professional Healthcare Education), PhD, SFHEA

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ISBN: 9780729545006
Copyright: 2026
Page Count: 469
Imprint: Elsevier
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Embarking on a nursing career


Authored by leading nursing academics from Australia and New Zealand, Contexts of Nursing is an essential resource that equips students with a foundational understanding of the theory, language and scholarship of nursing and healthcare. This book provides critical insights that shape the future practice of aspiring nurses, ensuring they are well prepared for the complexities of modern healthcare.


The book is an indispensable guide for nursing students, covering everything they need to know to enter the nursing profession—from ethics to patient safety, preparing for clinical placements, and working across diverse health settings.


The seventh edition of this well-established textbook has been completely updated, featuring five brand-new chapters. Designed to challenge and expand the reader's understanding, this edition prepares future nurses to enter the field with confidence, compassion, and with the skills needed to excel in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

    • Prepares students for professional practice with a realistic overview of the contemporary nursing profession
    • Unique Australian and New Zealand content—not available elsewhere
    • Offers a range of views and voices, providing a unique and contemporary focus on Australian and New Zealand healthcare contexts
    • Useful for all levels of study, from new student nurses to those advancing their studies
    • Reflective questions and exercises within each chapter to stimulate critical thinking, learning and deep personal reflection
    • Case studies and other pedagogical features enhance learning

    New to this edition

    • New chapter on patient perspectives and person-centred care in nursing
    • New chapter on nursing and the quest for care quality and patient safety
    • New chapter on nursing and family violence
    • New chapter on simulation learning in nursing
    • New chapter on nursing and the environment
    • New digital resource (small group activities)
    Students and Instructor resources on Evolve:
    Group activities

  • 1. Presenting nursing … a career for life
    Debra Jackson, Ann Bonner, Jacqueline Bloomfield and John Daly

    2. Visioning the future by knowing the past
    Madonna Grehan

    3. Ethics in nursing
    Megan-Jane Johnstone

    4. An introduction to legal aspects of nursing practice
    Jayne Hewitt

    5. Cultural safety in nursing and midwifery
    Rakime Elmir and Zoe Tipa

    6. Key concepts informing nursing: caring, compassion and emotional competence
    Jacqueline Bloomfield

    7. Patient perspectives and person-centred care in nursing
    Horas Wong and Georgia Tobiano

    8. Nursing and the quest for care quality and patient safety
    Brigid Gillespie and Debra Jackson

    9. Becoming a critical thinker
    Marion Tower

    10. Power and politics in the practice of nursing
    Sharon Brownie and Letitia Del Fabbro

    11. Reflective practice: the importance and ways of reflection in nursing
    Kim Usher

    12. Interprofessional learning and working
    Ann Bonner and Jacqueline Bloomfield

    13. Engaging with social media: opportunities and challenges for nursing professionals
    Matthew Barton, Michael Todorovic and Jessica Parrish-Stokes

    14. Using digital health to enhance patient care and clinical quality
    Debra Jackson, Rikki Jones and Kim Usher

    15. Social justice, health disparities and equity in nursing
    Denise Wilson, Stephen Neville and Lynore Geia

    16. Nursing and family violence
    Denise Wilson and Debra Jackson

    17. Rural and remote nursing
    Marie Hutchinson and Leah East

    18. Primary healthcare and nursing
    Elizabeth Halcomb

    19. Simulation learning in nursing
    Kerry Reid-Searl, Melanie Barlow, Danny Sidwell and Colleen Ryan

    20. Preparing for and making meaning of clinical placement
    Lynda Hughes and Sandra Johnston

    21. Research in nursing
    Thomas Buckley and Andrea P. Marshall

    22. Becoming a nurse leader
    Patricia M. Davidson and Kelly Lewer

    23. Nursing and the environment
    Kim Usher and Naomi Tutticci

    24. Global health and nursing
    Michele Rumsey

  • John Daly, RN,PhD,DrNurs(Hon.), FACN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI, Emeritus Professor, University of Western Sydney; Emeritus Professor, University of Technology, Sydney; Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia, Debra Jackson, AO, RN, CommNsgCert, DipAppSci(Nsg), BHlthSc(Nsg), MN(Ed), PhD, FCNA, SFHEA, Professor of Nursing, Sydney Nursing School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Ann Bonner, PhD, MA, BAppSc(Nurs), RN, MACN, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Australia Kidney Health Service, Metro North Health, Australia and Jacqueline Bloomfield, RN, BN, MN, PGDip (Midwifery), PGDip (Professional Healthcare Education), PhD, SFHEA, Professor of Nursing Education, University of Sydney; Honorary Professor, Queen’s University Belfast

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