Social Skills for Nursing Practice

Peter French

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Routledge
17 September 2025

Psychology; Psychiatric nursing; Nursing management & leadership; Medical counselling

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Nurse Education and Nursing Care

The acquisition of professional interpersonal skills remains one of the key skills in the practice of nursing. Originally published in 1983 and as a second edition in 1994, this established book maintains that social skills can be learnt, and that patient care can improve by anticipating and preventing problems. The book shows how nurses can develop personally and professionally by actively learning social skills in preference to their haphazard acquisition in practice. Drawing on a wide body of writing, research and nursing theory each chapter concludes with reflective activities and self-evaluation tasks and is preceded by learning objectives.

By: Peter French
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781041111917
ISBN 10: 1041111916
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Nurse Education and Nursing Care
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 17 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Peter French was in the Department of Nursing at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Reviews for Social Skills for Nursing Practice

Original Review of Social Skills for Nursing Practice: ‘It has some good material encouraging reflective practice and self-direction…’ Philip Lister, Nursing Standard Volume 8, Issue 27. ‘This book presents several important central themes for nursing practice…there is a commendable emphasis on individual differences and helpful descriptions of patient anxiety and methods of reassurance…the book is clearly written and well-illustrated…’ Peter Butcher, The British Journal of Psychiatry, 144 (1), 1984.