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"An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing" - Journal of Advanced Nursing
The fifth edition of Community and Public Health Nursing is an essential source of information for all those working in primary and community healthcare. Comprehensive and accessible, it draws on the knowledge of a wide range of experts and conveys all the information and skills nurses working in modern primary care settings require. It includes material on policy developments, research perspectives, health visiting, practice and district nursing, team working, advanced nursing practice, non-medical prescribing, inter-professional practice, and user involvement.
New edition of the definitive textbook on community healthcare nursing
Covers learning disability nursing, caring for patients with mental health conditions, and community children's nursing and school nursing
Written by experts in the field - providing authority and insight
Thorough, comprehensive, and up-to-date with the latest policy guidelines
Community and Public Health Nursing is an invaluable resource for novice and experienced practitioners, and for all healthcare professionals who work in the primary care and community setting, including practice nurses, nurse practitioners, district nurses, community staff nurses, health visitors, school nurses, walk-in centre nurses and sexual health nurses.
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Auteur
David Sines is Professor of Community Healthcare Nursing and Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Society and Health at Buckinghamshire New University, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Sharon Aldridge-Bent is Senior Lecturer in Community Health Care Nursing at Buckinghamshire New University, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Agnes Fanning is Head of Academic Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Buckinghamshire New University, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Penny Farrelly is a Senior Lecturer in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing at Buckinghamshire New University, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Kate Potter is Senior Lecturer in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing at Buckinghamshire New University, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Jane Wright is a Senior Lecturer in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing at Buckinghamshire New University, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Contenu
Notes on Contributors xii
1 The context of primary healthcare nursing 1
The changing context of service provision 1
The changing face of the community healthcare workforce 4
The primary care vision for the next decade 8
The impact of primary care policy changes on the role of the primary care nurse 14
The scope of primary care nursing practice within the context of a changing workforce 15
Conclusion 19
2 Community Development and Building Capacity 22
Introduction 22
The current context for community development practice 23
Defining the terms 24
Defining community 24
Defining social capital 25
Defining empowerment 26
Defining capacity building 27
Defining community development 27
Defining community engagement 28
The role of community health professionals 29
Conclusion 34
3 Multi-Sector Working and Self-Management, Community Health Care 37
Introduction 37
Context for multi-sector working in the United Kingdom 38
Key drivers for multi-agency working 41
Examples of multi-sector working and self-management initiatives 43
Dementia 44
Obesity 45
Asthma 47
Concluding reflections 48
4 Moving Care Closer to Home 53
Hospital provision: A brief history of the last 50 years 53
Health care: What does it mean? 58
Selective definitions of health 58
Universal definitions of health 59
Caring and nursing: Where are we now? 61
Nursing at the interface between paid and unpaid care 63
Public health and care closer to home 65
Conclusion 68
5 Evidence-Based Practice and Translational Research Applied to Primary Health Care 71
Introduction 71
Evidence-based practice 72
Designing the study 73
Translational research 73
Overview 73
Experiments, randomised controlled trials and quasi-experiments 74
Health impact assessments 75
Surveys 76
Case studies 77
Different methodologies and methods give you new insights 77
Participatory approaches for community research 78
Participatory appraisal 78
Data collection methods 79
Data management, analysis and interpretation 79
A multi-method evaluation of a clinical educational innovation 80
Example of PA 81
General research issues 81
Validity, reliability and generalisability 81
Presentation and dissemination 82
The internet or world wide web (www) 83
Research proposals 83
Ethical issues 84
IRAS 85
The NHS research passport 85
Ethics committees 86
Conclusion 87
Acknowledgments 88
Further reading 88
Journals 88
Ethics 89
Funding 89
Statutory body 89
6 Integrating the Children's Public Health Workforce 91
Introduction 91
Health indicators 92
The policy context 95
The role of the specialist community public health nurse 97
The HCP 97
Delivering the HCP 101
Pregnancy and the first 5 years of life 101
The recommended schedule: pregnancy (Universal Services) 101
The recommended schedule: pregnancy progressive services (Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus) 102
The recommended schedule: birth to 6 months (Universal) 102
The recommended schedule: birth to 6 months (progressive services) (Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus) 102
Recommended schedule: 6 months to 1 year (Universal) 103
Recommended schedule: 6 months to 1 year (progressive services) (Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus) 103
Recommended schedule: 15 years (Universal Services) 103 Recommended schedule: 15 ...