Public Health Nursing
A Textbook for Health Visitors, School Nurses and Occupational Health Nurses
1. Edition July 2009
256 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Public Health Nursing is an essential resource for all
health visiting students, school nursing students, and occupational
health nursing students, that reflects the current key changes in
community public health nursing. It is a key textbook for
specialist practitioner programmes, and those new to the public
health arena.
Written by relevant experts in the field, this practical
textbook uniquely explores the three main specialties of Public
Health Nursing: Health Visiting, School Nursing and Occupational
Health Nursing. A particular strength of the book is the way
it shows the diversity of each discipline and how they each address
Public Health in vastly different ways according to the needs of
their relevant population.
This will be essential reading for all students on the
Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) programmes
offered across the UK.
Key features:
* Focuses on the specialist community public health nursing part
of the NMC register
* Multidisciplinary, with contributors from all three
specialisms
* Concerned with improving the health of the population, rather
than treating the diseases of individual patients
* Focuses on practice and competencies
2. Public Health Nursing.
3. Theoretical Perspectives of Health Visiting.
4. Health Visiting in Practice.
5. The Development of School Nursing.
6. School Nursing in Practice.
7. What is Occupational Health?
8. Occupational Health Nursing Practice.
9. Education and Continuing Professional Development of Public
Health Nurses.
three SCPHN fields in one text. It will be invaluable to those
wishing to explore the role of nursing in public health. Greta
Thornbory has selected her authors with care. It is immediately
obvious not only that the authors are experts, but also that they
are passionate about their own field of practice. Learning
objectives and activity boxes provide continuity and useful points
for readers to stop for reflection and confirmation of learning."
(Nursing Standard, May 2010)
"This is an excellent 'state-of-the-art' book that reflects the
most up-to-date thinking" (Occupational Health, September
2009)
