Offering coverage of nursing in the community, this easy-to-read textbook provides the essential information you need to know for clinical practice - from nursing roles and care settings to vulnerable population groups. It features a practical, community-oriented approach, with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention.

Suitable for community nursing courses, this title shows the many major changes that have taken place in community nursing.

Gives you a foundation in community and public health nursing concepts and interventions for individuals, families, and communities. This book includes coverage of topics such as nursing roles following terrorist attacks and during infectious disease outbreaks; parish nursing; and, nurse-managed centers.

A guide to wound care, specifically written for community nurses. An overview of the function of the skin and phases of wound healing are examined prior to looking at the relationship between wound healing and the patients' health and lifestyle. Case studies are included.

Consisting of 10 chapters, each written by subject experts, this text aims to provide nurses with the fundamental skills and knowledge they require to practise rehabilitation techniques. It brings a nursing focus to the topic of rehabilitation. With informative and instructive style, it is useful for the hands-on practitioner.

Contains chapters on the prevention of physical child abuse, community mental health nursing, community learning disability nursing and school nursing. This book aims to identify frameworks that provoke discussion on the challenges to the nurses in the community, including pressures for change in health and social policy, primary care improvement.

Deals with the field of community public health. This book reflects the positive emphasis on developing and describing various services in relation to their purpose and client/user group.

Covers the common core of knowledge for community health care nurses, and focuses on the applications of principles to community care. Developed from a research base and written at degree level, this book encompasses professional and governmental policies and their implications for practice. It reflects the complexity of nursing in the community.

Teaches students the importance of caring for the physical and psychological needs of people with learning disabilities. This work offers practical advice on developing caring skills and planning appropriate care.

Divided into three sections covering - prevalence and assessment, wound physiology, and Evidence and theory in wound care, this text is based on the Journal of Wound Care and draws from its archives and research papers in the field of wound care.

Written by primary care nurses, this book addresses the knowledge and skills needed by nurses working in modern primary care that cuts across speciality and care settings. It also provides the organisational knowledge necessary for primary care nurses, who work on the interface of the statutory and voluntary sectors in health and social care.

Focuses on how to provide the type of high quality of life that older adults desire and need. Presented in a concise, easy-to-understand manner, this edition also focuses on the integration of holistic concepts and practices; and places an emphasis on the emotional and spiritual aspects of aging and gerontological care.

Provides a resource which underpins the core and specialist modules that comprise the community specialist practitioner programme. This book explores concepts, issues, relevant models and gives practical examples/experiences via vignettes. It is divided into four sections using the four themes in the UKCC specialist practitioner programmes.

Providing a handbook of common conditions seen in primary care nursing, this book also shows how to treat them. Each condition is discussed in a standard format: Diagnosis, including History and Examination, and Management. Critical points are highlighted in boxes, as well as helpful hints and key points.

Intended for health visiting students, this text brings together the elements of theory and practice which are essential to health visiting practice. It is research based and uses relevant evidence to support discussions and uses case studies and practice examples to illustrate the theoretical discussions.

Aimed at professionals and students in community health care nursing, this textbook provides coverage of a range of issues, such as personal safety and the environment, in addition to public health, health promotion and family health nursing. It contains guidelines on how to transfer skills from the hospital/acute setting to the community.

Helps parents assist their child with cerebral palsy (CP) towards achieving independence in various activities. This book shows how, by using typical parenting skills, which involve guiding and exposing a child to develop through challenging experiences, the child with CP can also develop.

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Focuses on agendas which affect primary care and public health education and service delivery/improvement. This title addresses the key aspects of community health delivery reflecting the reality of the community/primary care agenda in the United Kingdom. It includes evidence-based guidelines and integrates national service framework requirements.