Nursing in the community : an essential guide to practice / edited by Sue Chilton and three others.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chilton, Sue, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community health nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Arnold, 2004.

Summary:

Nursing in the Community: an essential guide to practice is an introductory textbook for professionals and students who have chosen a career in community health care nursing. The book gives comprehensive coverage of the full range of professional issues, such as personal safety and the environment, in addition to public health, health promotion and family health nursing. This user-friendly text provides clear guidelines on how to transfer skills from the hospital/ acute setting to the community. In addition, it fully reflects current government health, social policy, the implications for the roles and responsibilities of the community health care nurse, and aims to support a trainee/new practitioner to function safely and effectively in the full range of community settings.

Contents:

Cover

Book title

Contents

List of contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Note on terminology and abbreviations

Chapter 1 Setting the scene: an introduction

Chapter 2 New ways of working

Chapter 3 Nursing in a community environment

Chapter 4 Personal safety in the community

Chapter 5 Therapeutic relationships

Chapter 6 Working collaboratively

Chapter 7 Conceptual approaches to care

Chapter 8 Professional issues in community nursing

Chapter 9 Nursing for public health

Chapter 10 Developing health promotion practice

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786612640810

9781444114157

1444114158

9780429252761

OCLC:

1080585493