A Practice Manual for Community Nursing in Australia

by Kralik, Debbie; Trowbridge, Katherine; Smith, Judy

• ISBN13: 9781405159647
• ISBN10: 1405159642
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-20
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

'A Practice Manual for Community Nursing in Australia' is an evidence-based practice companion for community nurses. It has been specifically developed for Australian nursing students and community nurses practising within the Australian community health care context because community nursing practice requires unique ways of knowing, understanding and practicing. Focussing on the common elements of community nursing practice and framed by primary health care principles, best practice is promoted through the inclusion of guidelines to assist decision making and the detailed descriptions of procedures commonly performed in community health care delivery. The editors and contributors highlight key challenges in Australian community nursing practice, including the reality of the community care environment and the potential boundaries. Insight is provided into practice issues including informed consent, clinical governance, risk and incident management, infection control, disaster response; assessment and documentation practices, manual handling, clinical competency and client education.

Author Biography

About the Editors:

Debbie Kralik is Director of Research, Royal District Nursing Service, South Australia.
Katherine Trowbridge is Research Associate, Royal District Nursing Service, South Australia.
Judy Smith is Executive Director of Nursing and Client Services, Royal District Nursing Service, South Australia.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
Approaches to Community nursing care	p. 1
Clinical governance	p. 20
Informed consent	p. 33
Assessment	p. 52
Incident management and mandatory reporting	p. 76
Community infection control and prevention practice	p. 94
Disaster planning and management	p. 109
Care of people with chronic conditions	p. 128
Mental health	p. 149
Addiction and homelessness	p. 166
Continence	p. 184
Diabetes care	p. 215
Vascular access device management in the community	p. 240
Child and maternal health	p. 260
Medication support	p. 291
Nutritional support	p. 312
Caring for older people	p. 337
Palliative care	p. 362
Personal care	p. 396
Stoma care	p. 416
Wound management	p. 436
Systemic reactions and anaphylaxis	p. 461
New and emerging technologies	p. 479
Index	p. 497
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