Principles of Professional Studies in Nursing

JANICE BROWN is Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, UK, where she leads the Professional Studies module. She is an Adult Nurse with clinical experience in neurosciences and acute medical nursing. Her educational and research interests are in professional studies and values of care in practice from user, carer and professional perspectives, and she is a reviewer for the Journal of Advanced Nursing and Journal of Clinical Nursing.

PAULA LIBBERTON is Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, UK. She is a Mental Health Nurse by background with experience in practice, research and teaching. She teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programmes and leads the Evidence Based Practice and Clinical Effectiveness strand of the Professional Studies module. She is the Book Review Editor and a member of the Editorial Board of Mental Health Nursing.