Nursing in the Community: An Essential Guide to Practice

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.

Sue Chilton MSc, BNurs, RN, DN, HV, PGCE, DNT
Senior Lecturer, University of Central England in Birmingham and Staff Nurse, District Nursing Service, Cotswold and Vale Primary Care Trust, UK

Karen Melling MA, PGCEA, RDNT, PWT, DN, RN
Senior Lecturer, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK

Dee Drew MSc, RGN, DN
Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK

Ann Clarridge MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCEA, DNT, RN, DN
Principal Lecturer, London South Bank University, London, UK