By
Sheila Twinn, PhD, BA(Hons), PGCEA, RHV, RGN, RSCN, Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong;
Formerly Lecturer, Department of Nursing Studies, King's College, University of London, UK
Barbara Roberts, MSc, BA, RGN, RSCN, QN, RNT, CHNTCert, Nursing Education and Research Consultant; Formerly Professional Adviser in District Nursing, English
National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, London, UK
Sarah Andrews, MSc, RGN, DN, CPT, PGCEA, Co-Director of Nursing, Camden and Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust, and Director of Nursing First;
Formerly Director of The Queen's Nursing Institute, London, UK
Description
Nurses working in the community need to be increasingly flexible, innovative and well informed. This comprehensive book is designed to
help them meet this challenge. It covers the common core of knowledge for all community health care nurses, and focuses on the applications
of principles to community care. Developed from a research base and written at degree level, it encompasses professional and governmental
policies and their implications for practice.
Key features:
* research-based
* extensively referenced
* guidance for
research projects in the commuity
* in-depth coverage of key issues
* essential background reading for community practice and placements
*
highlights the context of nursing and the life course
* change - the implications for practice
The wide range of contributors,
selected for their specialist knowledge in practice, education and research, reflects the complexity of nursing in the community. Authoritative
and well written, the book is an ideal resource for both practitioners and students alike who wish to test their ideas or to pursue certain
topics in more detail. Many of the issues raised and the principles covered are of international relevance and the book will stimulate
lively discussion amongst community health care nurses wherever they practice.
