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9781405151733

Community Nursing in Australia : Context, Issues and Applications

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405151733

  • ISBN10:

    1405151730

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-03-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Community Nursing in Australia is the first core textbook authored by Australian community nurses and other prominent people in community health. The book has been specifically developed for Australian nursing students and community nurses practising within the Australian community health care context. Structured in three parts, it is a vital resource for nurses practising in diverse community nursing roles, including district nurses, practice nurses, nurse practitioners, rural and remote area nurses, domiciliary midwives, child health nurses, school nurses, faith community nurses, and hospital-to-home nurses.

Author Biography

Debbie Kralik is Acting Director, RDNS Research Unit
Antonia van Loon is a Senior Research Fellow with the Royal District Nursing Service

Table of Contents

List of contributorsp. vii
Prefacep. xv
Forewordp. xvii
A historical perspective of community nursing in Australiap. 1
Economic and political context of Australian community nursingp. 17
Primary health carep. 30
The organisation of community nursing in Australiap. 45
Legal issues and the community nursep. 54
Ethical issues in community nursing in Australiap. 70
Quality and safety in community health carep. 84
'Risky business' - risk management in community nursingp. 98
Community nurses facilitating transitionp. 109
Working with people with chronic conditionsp. 122
Community nursing for a diverse populationp. 136
Rural and remote community nursingp. 148
Caring for people at riskp. 159
Housing and the person with severe physical disabilityp. 171
Infection control and prevention in community settingsp. 184
Maternal and child healthp. 198
Caring for children and adolescents in the communityp. 212
Caring for older people living in the communityp. 225
Palliative care in the communityp. 240
The changing focus of research informing community nursingp. 256
Changing data needs for community nursingp. 276
Organisation culture and organisational changep. 289
Changing focus along the continuum of health carep. 304
The changing professional role of community nursesp. 315
Indexp. 331
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