ebook img

Public health nursing : a textbook for health visitors, school nurses and occupational health nurses PDF

257 Pages·2009·2.317 MB·English
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview Public health nursing : a textbook for health visitors, school nurses and occupational health nurses

Public Health Nursing Public Health Nursing A Textbook for Health Visitors, School Nurses and Occupational Health Nurses Edited by Greta Thornbory A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication Thiseditionfirstpublished2009 (cid:1)C 2009BlackwellPublishingLtd BlackwellPublishingwasacquiredbyJohnWiley&SonsinFebruary2007.Blackwell’s publishingprogrammehasbeenmergedwithWiley’sglobalScientific,Technical,and MedicalbusinesstoformWiley-Blackwell. Registeredoffice JohnWiley&SonsLtd,TheAtrium,SouthernGate,Chichester,WestSussex, PO198SQ,UnitedKingdom Editorialoffices 9600GarsingtonRoad,Oxford,OX42DQ,UnitedKingdom 2121StateAvenue,Ames,Iowa50014-8300,USA Fordetailsofourglobaleditorialoffices,forcustomerservicesandforinformation abouthowtoapplyforpermissiontoreusethecopyrightmaterialinthisbookplease seeourwebsiteatwww.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell. Therightoftheauthortobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkhasbeenassertedin accordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrieval system,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,exceptaspermittedbytheUKCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988,withoutthepriorpermissionofthepublisher. Wileyalsopublishesitsbooksinavarietyofelectronicformats.Somecontentthat appearsinprintmaynotbeavailableinelectronicbooks. Designationsusedbycompaniestodistinguishtheirproductsareoftenclaimedas trademarks.Allbrandnamesandproductnamesusedinthisbookaretradenames, servicemarks,trademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.The publisherisnotassociatedwithanyproductorvendormentionedinthisbook.This publicationisdesignedtoprovideaccurateandauthoritativeinformationinregardto thesubjectmattercovered.Itissoldontheunderstandingthatthepublisherisnot engagedinrenderingprofessionalservices.Ifprofessionaladviceorotherexpert assistanceisrequired,theservicesofacompetentprofessionalshouldbesought. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Publichealthnursing:atextbookforhealthvisitors,schoolnurses,andoccupational healthnurses/editedbyGretaThornbory. p.;cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-4051-8007-8(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Publichealthnursing—Textbooks. I.Thornbory,Greta. [DNLM: 1.PublicHealthNursing—GreatBritain.WY108P97622009] RT97.P8382009 610.73(cid:2)4—dc22 2009009963 AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. 1 2009 TheRoyalCollegeofNursingPublicHealthDepartment1952.(Reproducedby permissionofRCNArchives) Contents Contributors xi ForewordsbyIngridCallwood,WoodyCaanandAnneHarriss xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgements xix Abbreviations xxi 1 WhatIsPublicHealth? 1 Ce´cileKnai Introduction 1 Thedevelopmentofmodernpublichealth 2 Successesandchallengesinpublichealth 6 Implicationsforpublichealthpractitioners 10 Summary 15 References 16 2 PublicHealthNursing 21 GillCoverdale Introduction 21 Thedefinitionofnursingandpublichealthnursing 22 Theroleofthestatutorybodies:thestatutoryand mandatoryaspectsofSCPHNregistration 26 Theroleofprofessionalbodies 28 Thedevelopingroleofpublichealth:preventionand healthpromotion 32 Thechallengesforpublichealthnursing 36 Improvingtherole–whatarethesolutions? 39 Summary 41 References 42 3 TheoreticalPerspectivesofHealthVisiting 46 FaithMuirandPaulReynolds Introduction 46 Historicalperspective 46 Healthvisitingincontext:thecurrentdebate 49 Extendingtheboundaries 50 vii viii Contents Communityhealthvisiting 52 Healthvisitingdiaries:whathealthvisitorsneedtoknow 59 Socialcapital:themythofacollectiveandcohesivepartnership 64 Summary 68 References 69 4 HealthVisitinginPractice 74 FaithMuirandPaulReynolds Introduction 74 Healthinequalities 75 Motivation 91 Assessingneed 93 Summary 97 References 97 5 TheDevelopmentofSchoolNursing 100 MarySmithandSarahSherwin Introduction 100 Historyoftheschoolhealthservice 101 Schoolnursinginthetwenty-firstcentury 109 Accountability 110 Safeguardingchildren 115 Vulnerablegroups 116 Accountabilitytotheemployer 119 Accountabilitytotheprofession 120 ThedevelopmentoftheroleoftheSCPHN–schoolnurse 121 Summary 122 References 122 6 SchoolNursingandSchoolHealthPractice 126 SarahSherwinandMarySmith Introduction 126 Structureofschoolhealthteams 127 Specialistcommunitypublichealthnursingandschoolnursing 130 Searchforhealthneeds 130 Healthneedsassessmentsandschoolhealthplans 131 Facilitatinghealth-enhancingactivities 133 Stimulatinganawarenessofhealthneeds 142 Influencingpolicydevelopment 146 Summary 147 References 149

See more

The list of books you might like

Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.