Public Health and Community Nursing
Frameworks for practice
Edited by- Dianne Watkins, MSc, PGCE, RN, RM, HV, RNT, Director, Primary Care/Community Nursing Directorate, University of Wales College of Medicine, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Cardiff, UK
- Judy Cousins, MSc, PGCE, RGN, HV, Lecturer, Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery, Primary Care and Community Nursing Directorate, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
The third edition of this popular and useful text has been thoroughly updated to reflect the many major changes that have taken place in community nursing, making it an invaluable and up-to-date reference for all community nursing courses. The book covers the current public health landscape, epidemiology, frameworks for practice, with sections on family, and on the different Community Public Health Nurse Specialists.
Audience
Post-registration nurses doing courses in Specialist Community Health Nursing which is now a third part of the Nursing and Midwifery register. They must already be registered as Nurses or Midwives to qualify for this third part of the register. Aimed the common, shared part of the community course, done by all, as well as their chosen specialisation of District Nursing, Health Visiting, etc.
Paperback, 336 Pages
Published: October 2009
Imprint: Baillière Tindall
ISBN: 978-0-7020-2947-9
Contents
Contents
Section 1 The changing landscape of public health1. Recent health and social policy developments
2. Developments in primary care3. Innovation and change in public health
Section 2 Public health frameworks
4. Epidemiology and its application to practice
5. Social capital and health6. Needs assessment, public health and commissioning of services
7. Promoting health: Frameworks for practice8. Developments in promoting workplace health
Section 3 The family as a framework for practice
9. The family: a sociological perspective10. The family: a psychological perspective
11. Violence within the family12. Safeguarding children from physical abuse
Section 4 Shifting the boundaries of public health and community practice
13. practice nursing14. district nursing
15. Specialist Community Public Health Nurse: health Visiting16. Specialist Community Public Health Nurse: school Nursing
17. Specialist Community Public Health Nurse: Occupational Health Nursing18. Community mental health nursing
19. community learning disability nursing20. community childrens nursing
Section 5 Challenges for the future
21. Partnership working in health and social care22. Alternative ways of working
23. Advancing public health in nursing practiceIndex
