Nursing in the Community: an essential guide to practice

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.

• * Generic to all branches of community nursing
• * An Introduction, appropriate for pre-registration students and new community staff nurses
• * Practical approach underpinned by presentation and discussion of current theory
• * Designed to support safe and effective practice
• * Succinct, easy to read chapters tackle key issues
• * Learning objectives set out at the beginning of each chapter, with key points at the end
• * Clinical vignettes/case histories will draw on all branches of community nursing and illustrate practical application of theory
• * Each chapter will include exercises/activities to promote enquiry-based learning

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Sarah Mullally
Chapter 1 Setting the scene: an introduction
Sue Chilton, Ann Clarridge, Dee Drew and Karen Melling
Chapter 2 New ways of working
Anne Smith
Chapter 3 Nursing in a community environment
Sue Chilton
Chapter 4 Personal safety in the community
Dee Drew
Chapter 5 Therapeutic relationships
Patricia Wilson and Sue Miller
Chapter 6 Working collaboratively
Ann Clarridge and Elaine Ryder
Chapter 7 Conceptual approaches to care
Millie Smith
Chapter 8 Professional issues in community nursing
Jenny Parry and Judith Parsons
Chapter 9 Nursing for public health
Sue Rouse, Sandra Baulcomb and Sandra Burley
Chapter 10 Developing health promotion practice
Karen Melling, Judy Gleeson and Karen Hunter
Index

About the Author(s):
Sue Chilton MSc, BNurs, RN, DN, HV, PGCE, DNT
Senior Lecturer, University of Central England in Birmingham and Staff Nurse, District Nursing Service, Cotswold and Vale Primary Care Trust, UK

Karen Melling MA, PGCEA, RDNT, PWT, DN, RN
Senior Lecturer, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK

Dee Drew MSc, RGN, DN
Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK

Ann Clarridge MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCEA, DNT, RN, DN
Principal Lecturer, London South Bank University, London, UK

Contributors:
Sandra Baulcomb MSc, BA (Hons), RGN, RM, DN Cert, PWT Cert, Cert Ed, RDN Tutor Lecturer, University of Hull, Hull, UK Sandra Burley BA (Hons) RN, RM, DN, RNT Lecturer, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, UK. Sue Chilton MSc, PGCE, DNT, Bnurs, DN, HV, RN Senior Lecturer, University of Central England in Birmingham and Staff Nurse, District Nursing Service, Cotswold and Vale Primary Care Trust, UK Ann Clarridge MSc, BSc (Hons) PGCEA, DNT, RN, DN Principal Lecturer, South Bank University, London, UK Dee Drew MSc, RGN, DN Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK Judy Gleeson MA, BSc (Hons), PG Dip Nursing (Education), RHV, RGN Senior Lecturer, University of Gloucestershire, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, UK Karen Hunter BA (Hons), RHV, RN Clini

Readership:
Pre-registration diploma and degree student nurses undertaking community experienceTrainee community nurses entering the community specialties (district nurses, health visitors, Community children's n

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