Summary:
'Practice Development in Community Nursing' describes what is meant by practice development, the theories underpinning practice development and brings together accounts of community nurses involved in practice development for those embarking on similar work. Examples are provided of the process or practice development and the book also illustrates how it works with examples from practitioners, followed by a conclusion focusing on the future of practice development.

• Unique blend of theory and practice
• Covers a broad range of approaches to practice development, applied to community nursing
• Describes advantages and disadvantages of different approaches
• Reflects the recent White Paper's recommendations on primary care groups and the role of the community nurse

Table of Contents:
Chapter I Introduction
Rosamund Bryar and Jane Griffiths
Section One
Chapter 2 Practice Development: Defining the Terms
Jane Griffiths
Chapter 3 Evidence and community-based nursing practice
S Jose Closs
Chapter 4 The process of change: Issues for practice development
Rosamund Bryar and Katrina Bannigan
Chapter 5 Evaluating developments in Practice
Jane Griffiths, Andrew Leeming and Rosamund Bryar
Section Two
Chapter 6 Implementation of evidence-based guidelines in primary care: the NEBPINY experience
Joyce Marshall
Chapter 7 Local guidelines: development and implementation in minor injury units
Hilary Gledhill
Chapter 8 The traffic light lessons: A team based participatory approach to practice development
Jo Cooke
Chapter 9 Capturing client voices for community development using Participatory Appraisal
Linda Pearson
Chapter 10 Nursing development units: a model for Promoting practice development in primary care
Kate Gerrish, Joanne Dorsman, Nicki Whitfield and Jane Mischenko
Section Three
Chapter 11 Lessons for practice development
Jane Griffiths and Rosamund Bryar
Section Four
Resources
Index

About the Author(s):
Rosamund M Bryar PhD, MPhil, BNurs, RN, RHV, NDN Cert, RM, Cert Ed (FE)
Professor of Community and Primary Care Nursing, City University, London, UK

Jane M Griffiths PhD, BNurs, RGN, NDN Cert
Lecturer in Community Nursing, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Contributors:
Katrina Bannigan BD BSc SROT Katrina Bannigan is a Senior Lecturer in Research Methods, School of Health and Social Care, University of Teesside. Prior to this she worked as a research & development occupational therapist at the Institute of Rehabilitation, Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. This role involved being the lead for research and development in occupational therapy and studying for her PhD at the University of Hull. Her PhD focused on increasing the use of research findings in four allied health professions (dietetics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy). Her thesis was closely related to development aspect of her work, which involved developing evidence-based practice within the occupational therapy department in the trust. This i

Readership:
Degree and Masters students in community nursing.

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