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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786978803321

Titolo

Public health nursing : a textbook for health visitors, school nurses and occupational health nurses / / edited by Greta Thornbory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Ames, Iowa : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2009

ISBN

1-4443-0773-8

1-4443-0774-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 233 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

610.73/4

Soggetti

Public health nursing

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

What is public health? / Cécile Knai -- Public health nursing / Gill Coverdale -- Theoretical perspectives of health visiting / Faith Muir and Paul Reynolds -- Health visiting in practice / Faith Muir and Paul Reynolds -- The development of school nursing / Mary Smith and Sarah Sherwin -- School nursing and school health practice / Sarah Sherwin and Mary Smith -- What is occupational health? / Greta Thornbory -- Occupational health nursing practice / Greta Thornbory -- Education and continuing professional development of public health nurses / Rebecca Elliott.

Sommario/riassunto

Public Health Nursing is an essential resource for all health visiting students, school nursing students, and occupational health nursing students, that reflects the current key changes in community public health nursing.  It is a key textbook for specialist practitioner programmes, and those new to the public health arena. Written by relevant experts in the field, this practical textbook uniquely explores the three main specialties of Public Health Nursing: Health Visiting, School Nursing and Occupational Health Nursing.  A particular strength of the book is the way it shows the dive