Practice Nurse Handbook, 5th edition

✍ Scribed by Gillian Hampson

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 346
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

There have been major advances in practice nursing in recent years, and a rapid expansion in the role of the practice nurse. The Practice Nurse Handbook is an essential guide to all aspects of clinical practice, health promotion, and practice management, for nurses in general practice. The handbook includes chapters on common medical conditions, screening tests, sexual health, mental health, chronic disease management, travel health, immunisations, and emergency situations. It addresses legal issues, changes in primary care, nurse prescribing and covers key issues in team working. Each chapter contains suggestions for reflection on practice and presents the underlying evidence base.The fifth edition of the Practice Nurse Handbook has been revised and updated to include the latest policy developments, including the National Service Frameworks, changes to the GP contract, information on primary care organisations, Quality and Outcomes Frameworks and new roles for practice nurses

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
Preface to the Fifth Edition......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
The National Health Service......Page 11
Teamwork......Page 17
Historical background......Page 26
Nurse employment in general practice......Page 30
Networking for support......Page 32
Practice nurse education......Page 34
Identifying good practice......Page 35
Information about patients......Page 41
Protocols, guidelines and clinical pathways......Page 46
Policies and procedures......Page 47
Public involvement......Page 49
4 Management of the Nurses’ Rooms......Page 52
Design and furnishing......Page 53
Health and safety......Page 54
Control of infection......Page 57
Supplies and equipment......Page 64
Training in emergency procedures......Page 65
Injections......Page 69
Wound healing......Page 70
Ear care......Page 78
Assisting with minor surgery......Page 82
6 Diagnostic and Screening Tests......Page 89
Laboratory tests......Page 91
Investigations and tests within the practice......Page 101
General principles......Page 114
Collapse......Page 115
Asphyxia......Page 119
Management of other emergency situations......Page 122
Respiratory problems......Page 129
Haemorrhage......Page 130
Poisoning......Page 133
Trauma and minor injuries......Page 134
Stings and bites......Page 137
Eye problems......Page 139
Foreign bodies......Page 140
Emergency midwifery......Page 141
8 Common Medical Conditions......Page 144
Medication......Page 145
Upper respiratory tract infections......Page 146
Ear conditions......Page 148
Headache......Page 149
Gastrointestinal disorders......Page 150
Urinary problems......Page 154
Vaginal discharge......Page 155
Infectious diseases......Page 157
Human parasites......Page 160
Other skin conditions......Page 161
Inequalities in health......Page 170
Terminology......Page 171
Health promotion and the primary healthcare team......Page 173
Health promotion in general practice......Page 174
Dietary advice and monitoring......Page 180
Smoking cessation......Page 185
Child health promotion......Page 190
Safety......Page 193
Child abuse......Page 194
Childhood immunisation......Page 195
Adult immunisation......Page 201
Conclusion......Page 206
Nurse education......Page 210
Advice for travellers......Page 212
Immunisation for travellers......Page 221
Sexual identity......Page 229
Education for nurses......Page 230
Fertility and fertility control......Page 231
Termination of pregnancy......Page 243
Sexually transmitted diseases......Page 244
Menstruation......Page 249
Cervical cytology......Page 251
Breast awareness......Page 253
Preconceptual care......Page 254
Infertility......Page 255
Pregnancy......Page 256
The menopause......Page 259
Osteoporosis......Page 261
Bladder problems......Page 262
Information for patients......Page 264
Morbidity and mortality......Page 268
Male patients in general practice......Page 271
Well-man checks......Page 272
Testicular cancer......Page 273
Prostate disease......Page 274
Erectile dysfunction......Page 279
Conclusion......Page 281
The historical background to the development of mental health services......Page 285
Mental healthcare in general practice......Page 287
Self-awareness in the caring professions......Page 299
The expert patient......Page 302
Clinics in general practice......Page 303
Asthma......Page 304
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease......Page 310
Diabetes mellitus......Page 314
Hypertension......Page 322
Coronary heart disease......Page 326
Conclusion......Page 327
Appendix 1 Examples of the clinical equipment needed in the nurses’ rooms......Page 331
Appendix 2 Emergency equipment......Page 335
Index......Page 337