Practice Nursing

By Lynda Carey BSc MSc(Nursing) RGN

This is a comprehensive textbook developed to reflect the new community specialist practitioner role for practice nurses. It gives anoverview of the practice nurse role in primary health care and the factors which influence that role and its development including the context of, and challenges for, practice nursing. Areas covered include legal issues, management, health promotion, nurse prescribing and community development. The book follows the format of other successful books in this area (Gastrell, Naidoo). It offers a challenging and stimulating discussion and should become the key textbook in this significant market.Content is linked to the specialist practitioner role for practice nursesUser-friendly design: key issues in each chapter are listed, boxes highlight important text, also included are reflection points, annotated further reading lists and references
Extensive use of case studies and examples of best practiceResearch and evidence based where possible

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702024147
• ISBN13: 9780702024146
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 7.5"