Practical General Practice Nursing E-Book

Practical General Practice Nursing E-Book

Marion Welsh, Susan Brooks

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9780702080463
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Nursing

This brand-new title Practical General Practice Nursing has been developed to support the professional development of the General Practice Nurse, in particular the 'early career' practitioner. This book provides a contemporary and practical approach to understanding the breadth and depth of this unique community nursing role. With the content developed by expert practitioners and nurse educators from across the UK this truly comprehensive book covers a wide range of clinical and professional topics.Presented in an easy to read format, which is illustrated in full colour, this book represents an excellent resource to support the practice nurse in the delivery of evidence-based care. Marion Welsh and Sue Brooks, both of whom have wealth of experience in working as General Practice Nurses, have edited this first edition, whose key features include: - Comprehensive coverage of evidence-based person-centred care- Practical application for contemporary practice- Perspectives and policies from all four countries of the UK

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
•     List of Tables
•     List of Illustrations
• 1.  Contemporary general practice nursing
• 2.  Practice nursing: Responding to the public health challenges
• 3.  Delivering quality healthcare in general practice
• 4.  Anticipatory care: Person-centred management of long-term conditions in primary care
• 5.  Legal, ethical and professional practice: Frameworks for care delivery
• 6.  The consultation
• 7.  Managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care
• 8.  Managing asthma in primary care
• 9.  Managing cardiovascular conditions in primary care
• 10.  Managing endocrine conditions in primary care
• 11.  Managing neurological conditions in primary care
• 12.  Managing mental health conditions in primary care
• 13.  Managing minor illness in primary care
• 14.  The practice nurse’s role in optimising child health
• 15.  The practice nurse’s role in promoting sexual and reproductive health
• 16.  The practice nurse’s role in supporting people with learning disabilities
• 17.  Managing wounds in primary care
• 18.  Managing dermatological conditions in primary care
• 19.  Travel healthcare
• 20.  The future of general practice nursing
• Index