Public health nursing : a textbook for health visitors, school nurses and occupational health nurses / edited by Greta Thornbory.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thornbory, Greta, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health nursing--Textbooks.

Public health nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 233 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Public Health Nursing is an essential resource for all health visiting students, school nursing students, and occupational health nursing students, that reflects the current key changes in community public health nursing. It is a key textbook for specialist practitioner programmes, and those new to the public health arena. Written by relevant experts in the field, this practical textbook uniquely explores the three main specialties of Public Health Nursing: Health Visiting, School Nursing and Occupational Health Nursing. A particular strength of the book is the way it shows the dive

Contents:

What is public health? / Cécile Knai

Public health nursing / Gill Coverdale

Theoretical perspectives of health visiting / Faith Muir and Paul Reynolds

Health visiting in practice / Faith Muir and Paul Reynolds

The development of school nursing / Mary Smith and Sarah Sherwin

School nursing and school health practice / Sarah Sherwin and Mary Smith

What is occupational health? / Greta Thornbory

Occupational health nursing practice / Greta Thornbory

Education and continuing professional development of public health nurses / Rebecca Elliott.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781444307733

1444307738

9781444307740

1444307746

OCLC:

846495123