Community Health Care Nursing

by Sines, David; Saunders, Mary; Forbes-Burford, Janice

• ISBN13: 9781405183406
• ISBN10: 1405183403
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-02
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Review of previous edition: "An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing." Journal of Advanced Nursing Community Health Care Nursing has become established as an essential source of reference for all those working in the primary care and community health care domain. The Fourth Edition of this successful text focuses on new emergent agendas which affect primary care and public health education and service delivery/improvement. Comprehensive and accessible, this well established text draws on a wide range of subject experts all aiming for excellence in service delivery, to produce a resource that addresses the key aspects of community health delivery reflecting the reality of the new community/primary care agenda in the United Kingdom. Integrated throughout the book are themes relevant to contemporary community healthcare nursing, including Self Managed Care/Managed Care Pathways, Long Term Conditions, Palliative care and End of Life Care, Urgent and Unscheduled Care, Offender Care, and Continuing/Intermediate Care. The result is a book which focuses on new opportunities for contemporary practice, service delivery/improvement and education response within the context of the modernised primary and public healthcare service Key features: New edition of a well-established and successful text Written by experts in the field Examines competencies in practice Includes evidence-based guidelines and integrates national service framework requirements Includes new chapters on Advanced Nursing Practice and competence assessment, modernised primary healthcare workforce and workforce change, Commissioning, and user and public engagement

Author Biography

David Sines is Executive Dean, Faculty of Heath and Social Care, London South Bank University.

Mary Saunders is Head of Department of Primary and Social Care, Faculty of Heath and Social Care, London South Bank University

Janice Forbes-Burford is Principal Lecturer and Director of the Primary Care Changing Workforce Centre, London South Bank University

Table of Contents

The context of Community Health Care Nursing

Social Policy in Public Health & Primary Care

The Origins of Contemporary Primary Healthcare

Community Development in Public Health & Primary Care

Health Needs Assessment, Risk Assessment and Public Health

Research Perspectives Applied to Primary Health care

Specialist Community Public Health Nursing- Health Visiting

General Practice Nursing

Contemporary Issues in District Nursing

Community Childre's Nursing

School Nursing

Occupational Health Nursing

Community Mental Health Nursing

Community Learning Disability Nursing

Advanced Nursing Practice in the Community

Inter-Professional Practice and Teamwork

Measuring the Effectiveness of Community Healthcare Nursing

Non Medical Prescribing

Specialist Community Public Health Nursing

Primary Care Service Provision and Commissioning

Inter Professional Practice Teaching and Learning

User and Public Involvement

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