Community health care nursing / / edited by David Sines, Mary Saunders, Janice Forbes-Burford

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139930903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : John Wiley & Sons, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-34373-4; 9786612343735; 1-4443-1624-9; 1-4443-1625-7
• Edizione: [4th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (391 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SinesDavid; SaundersMary <1955->; Forbes-BurfordJanice
• Disciplina: 610.73/43; 610.7343
• Soggetti: Community health nursing - Great Britain; Primary health care - Great Britain; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 The Context of Primary Health Care Nursing; The changing context of service provision; The primary care vision for the next decade; The impact of primary care policy changes on the role of the primary care nurse; The scope of primary care nursing practice within the context of a changing workforce; International influences on the health care agenda; Conclusion; References; 2 Social Policy; Introduction; The policy-making and implementation process; The evolution of the NHS; Health care under the Conservative Government 1979-1997; Labour Government health care policyConclusion; References; 3 The Origins of Contemporary Primary Health Care; Introduction; Primary health care - the concept; Primary health care and the NHS; Primary health care in the community - key issues and initiatives; Looking to the future; References; 4 Community Development in Public Health and Primary Care; Introduction; The current context for community ; development practice; Defining the terms; Making it work - key issues in successful community development; The role of community health professionals; Conclusion; References; 5 Health Needs Assessment and the Community NurseIntroduction; Background and policy context; Defining health needs assessment; Perspectives of health and need; Reasons for and benefits of conducting health needs assessments; Challenges associated with health needs assessments; The process of carrying out a health needs assessment; Participatory approaches; The role of the community nurse; Conclusions; References; 6 Research Perspectives Applied to Primary Health Care; Introduction; Priorities for nursing and health care research; The knowledge base for public health and primary health care practitionersReflective practice and research mindedness; The research process; General research issues; Conclusion; References; 7 Health Visiting; Introduction; The development of the profession; Public health and health visiting - 1970s onwards; Modernising the role of the health visitor - a public health approach; Modernising nursing careers; The health visiting review 2007; Facing the future: the government response; Family nurse partnership programme; The updated CHPP (DH 2008); Challenges and opportunities for health visiting practicePublic health and health visiting practice; The way forward; Conclusion; References; 8 General Practice Nursing; Introduction; Historical development of practice nursing; The impact of policy and General Medical Services (GMS) contracting on practice nursing; Practice nursing - roles and functions; Long-term conditions management; The future; References; 9 Contemporary Issues in District Nursing; Introduction; Historical origins; The changing primary care workforce; The changing role of the district nurse; Practice-based commissioning; Clinical governance
• Sommario/riassunto: Review of previous edition:""An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing."" Journal of Advanced NursingCommunity 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 Fourth Edition of this successful text focuses on new emergent agendas which affect primary care and public health education and service delivery/improvement.Comprehensive and accessible, this well established text draws o