
Community Health Care Nursing
Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 20. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-4051-2748-6 (ISBN)
Description
"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 third edition of this successful text examines community and public health nursing in the context of the latest developments in primary care and public healthcare services and provides valuable insights to all students, practitioners and managers in primary health care practice. This comprehensive text includes contributions from a wide range of experts all aiming for excellence in service delivery. It addresses the key issues of concern for all community health practitioners as well as addressing unique aspects of each role and takes account of the challenges involved with the implementation of clinical governance, clinical excellence, expert evidence-based practice and the necessity of systematically measuring the quality of service delivery.
Reviews / Votes
From reviews of the second edition: "The text has been thoroughly revised in order to place community health care nursing within the context of contemporary health policy and to explore a number of key challenges...an extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing." Journal of Advanced NursingMore details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Community health nursing students on specialist practice courses e.g. practcie nursing, health visiting, public health nursing, district nursing etc., Community health nurses
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
17
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
798 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-2748-6 (9781405127486)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
David Sines | Frances Appleby | E. RAYMOND
Community Health Care Nursing
Book
02/2001
2nd Edition
Blackwell Science Ltd
€45.99
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Persons
David Sines is Executive Dean, Faculty of Heath and Social Care, London South Bank University. Frances Appleby and Marion Frost are both Senior Lecturers, Faculty of Heath and Social Care, London South Bank University.
Content
1. The context of Community Health Care Nursing.2. Social Policy in Publich Health & Primary Care.3. Primary Health Care in the Community.4. Communication Skills and Health Care Delivery.5. Community Development in Public Health & Primary Care.6. Health Needs Assessment, Risk Assessment and Public Health.7. Research Perspectives Applied to Primary Health Care.8. Public Health Nursing - Health Visiting.9. General Practice Nursing.10. Contemporary Issues in District Nursing.11. Community Children's Nursing.12. School Nursing.13. Occupational Health Nursing.14. Community Mental Health Nursing.15. Community Learning Disability Nursing.16. Assessment of Competence to Practice and New NMC Teaching Standards.17. Inter-professional Practice and Teamwork.18. Measuring the Effectiveness of Community Health Care Nursing.19. Non-medical Prescribing.20. Public Health Nursing.21. Modernisation in the Primary Care Workforce