ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|6 pages

Setting the scene: an introduction

chapter 2|10 pages

New ways of working

chapter 3|12 pages

Nursing in a community environment

chapter 4|12 pages

Personal safety in the community

chapter 5|12 pages

Therapeutic relationships

chapter 6|10 pages

Working collaboratively

chapter 7|12 pages

Conceptual approaches to care