Practice Nurse Handbook, Fifth Edition

✍ Scribed by Gillian Hampson(auth.)

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 344
• 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 nursesContent:
Chapter 1 Teamwork in General Practice (pages 1–15):
Chapter 2 General Practice Nursing (pages 16–30):
Chapter 3 Practice Organisation (pages 31–41):
Chapter 4 Management of the Nurses' Rooms (pages 42–58):
Chapter 5 Nursing Treatments and Procedures (pages 59–78):
Chapter 6 Diagnostic and Screening Tests (pages 79–103):
Chapter 7 Emergency Situations (pages 104–133):
Chapter 8 Common Medical Conditions (pages 134–159):
Chapter 9 Health Promotion (pages 160–179):
Chapter 10 Child Health, Childhood and Adult Immunisation (pages 180–199):
Chapter 11 Travel Health (pages 200–218):
Chapter 12 Sexual Health (pages 219–238):
Chapter 13 Women's Health (pages 239–257):
Chapter 14 Men's Health (pages 258–274):
Chapter 15 Mental Health (pages 275–291):
Chapter 16 Supporting Patients with Chronic Diseases (pages 292–320):