Nursing and the Division of Labour in Healthcare

This book examines the division of labour between nurses and other health professions and occupations. It connects classic sociological concerns with practical problems affecting the contemporary NHS, such as: skill-mix in hospitals; the emergence of new roles; the shifting boundaries between medicine and nursing; and the barriers to change that exist. The book contains a series of case studies illustrating tensions, conflict and accommodation observable when occupations, or sub-groups within occupations, negotiate new working relationships.
Contents
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Nursing and the Division of Labour: Sociological Perspectives
Time and Space on the Hospital Ward: Shaping the Scope of Nursing Practice
Perceptions of Teamwork in Acute Medical Wards
'Routine' and 'Emergency' in the PACU: The Shifting Contexts of Nurse-Doctor Interaction
Expanded Nursing Roles: Different Occupational Perspectives
Continuing Professional Education and the Everyday Realities of Practice
Creating a 'Participatory Caring Context' on Hospital Wards
Negotiating the Role of Expert Carers on an Adult Hospital Ward
Endnotes
References
Names Index
Subject Index
Author Biographies
DAVINA ALLEN is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Nursing, Health and Social Care Research Centre, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, University Hospital of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff.
DAVID HUGHES is Professor at the School of Health Science at the University of Wales, Swansea.
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Keywords: Nursing, Healthcare