Review of previous edition: "An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing." Journal of Advanced Nursing
Community Health Care Nursing has become established as an essential source of reference for all those working in the primary care and community health care domain. The Fourth Edition of this successful text focuses on new emergent agendas which affect primary care and public health education and service delivery/improvement.
Comprehensive and accessible, this well established text draws on a wide range of subject experts all aiming for excellence in service delivery, to produce a resource that addresses the key aspects of community health delivery reflecting the reality of the new community/primary care agenda in the United Kingdom. Integrated throughout the book are themes relevant to contemporary community healthcare nursing, including Self Managed Care/Managed Care Pathways, Long Term Conditions, Palliative care and End of Life Care, Urgent and Unscheduled Care, Offender Care, and Continuing/Intermediate Care. The result is a book which focuses on new opportunities for contemporary practice, service delivery/improvement and education response within the context of the modernised primary and public healthcare service
Key features:
New edition of a well-established and successful text
Written by experts in the field
Examines competencies in practice
Includes evidence-based guidelines and integrates national service framework requirements
Includes new chapters on Advanced Nursing Practice and competence assessment, modernised primary healthcare workforce and workforce change, Commissioning, and user and public engagement
About the Author
David Sines is Professor of Community Health Care Nursing and Executive Dean in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at London South Bank University
Mary Saunders is Head of Department of Primary and Social Care at London South Bank University
Janice Forbes-Burford is Director of the Primary Care Changing Workforce Centre at London South Bank University
Features
New edition of a well-established and successful text
Written by experts in the field
Examines competencies in practice
Includes evidence-based guidelines and integrates national service framework requirements
Includes new chapters on Advanced Nursing Practice and competence assessment, modernised primary healthcare workforce and workforce change, Commissioning, and user and public Engagement
