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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Describes what is meant by practice development, the theories underpinning practice development and brings together accounts of community nurses involved in practice development for those embarking on similar work. This title offers examples of the process or practice development and also illustrates how it works with examples from practitioners.

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.

Introduces undergraduate nursing students to the world of nursing outside the acute care setting - whether at a public health department, community health agency, school, or other setting. This book takes an 'aggregate' approach to Community Health by looking at the collective health of 'aggregate populations' or, more simply, 'groups'.

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.

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.

Aims to bring together various issues arising from the relationships between community healthcare nurses, their clients, and other health professionals, describing how these enable community care to be 'redesigned around the patient'. This book discusses themes, such as clinical governance and emphasises the importance of collaborative working.

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.

Suitable for Australian nursing students and community nurses practicing within the Australian community health care context, this work features guidelines to assist decision making and descriptions of procedures commonly performed in community health care delivery.

Health promotion is high on the political agenda. This text introduces key ideals, issues and controversies concerning health theory and concepts. It explores the practical opportunities and constraints facing nurses seeking to promote health in a range of settings.

Aimed at students of occupational health nursing and also at qualified occupational health nurses. This book sets occupational health nursing in the international context, looking at European developments in particular and how these relate to developments in other areas of the world, such as the Asia Pacific Region and the United States.

As GPs' workloads increase, more doctors are giving their nursing colleagues a higher level of autonomy in patient care. This book gives examples of good and poor practice and will also serve the needs of community nurses and others involved in primary care.