Mentorship in Community Nursing
Challenges and Opportunities
1. Edition October 2001
240 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
The importance of the community practice teacher is increasing with
the expansion in primary care. Universities around the country have
developed courses for practice educators to provide definitive
training for that role - there are currently few texts that support
these courses directly.
This book aims to redress this by covering eight specialist
areas of community practice: district nursing, health visiting,
school nursing, children's community health nursing, community
nursing mental health, community nursing learning disability,
general practice nursing and occupational health nursing. The
emphasis is strongly on practical issues rather than theory and
each section considers practice-based dilemmas and offers
appropriate debate.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Part 1: The Policy Context.
Setting the scene: concepts of specialist practitioner and
practice mentor; From policy to practice; Developing and
maintaining quality in higher education.
Part 2: Theory and Practice Context.
Learning approaches in the practice context; Reflective
practice; Clinical supervision; The English National Board Higher
Award; Assessment of specialist practice.
Part 3: Practice: Opportunities and Challenges.
Evidence-based practice; General practice nursing; Community
mental health nursing; Community learning disability nursing;
Community children's nursing; Health visiting (Public health
nursing); Occupational health nursing; District nursing (Community
nursing in the home); School nursing; Being a specialist student;
Being a practice teacher; Navigating practice: challenges and
opportunities; Concluding Comments; References; Index
Practitioners and delves into issues related to the facilitation of
specialist practice roles and development...arguments and
discussions are presented clearly and effectively with supportive
evidence."
Nurse Education Today
Joanne Bennett is the author of Mentorship in Community Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities, published by Wiley.