Distributed in the U.S. by Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 106 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Book title; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Note on terminology and abbreviations; Chapter 1 Setting the scene: an introduction; Chapter 2 New ways of working; Chapter 3 Nursing in a community environment; Chapter 4 Personal safety in the community; Chapter 5 Therapeutic relationships; Chapter 6 Working collaboratively; Chapter 7 Conceptual approaches to care; Chapter 8 Professional issues in community nursing; Chapter 9 Nursing for public health; Chapter 10 Developing health promotion practice; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 r.