Nursing in the Community

an essential guide to practice
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-340-81043-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 124 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 257 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chilton, Sue

Melling, Karen

Drew, Dee

Clarridge, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Setting the scene: An introduction 2. New ways of working 3. Nursing in a community environment 4. Personal safety in the community 5. Therapeutic relationships 6. Working collaboratively 7. Conceptual approaches to care 8. Professional issues in community nursing 9. Nursing for public health 10. Developing health promotion practice

Über Autor(innen)

Sue Chilton, Karen Melling, Dee Drew, Ann Clarridge