Public Health Nursing: A Textbook for Health Visitors, School Nurses and Occupational Health Nurses [electronic resource]

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Title Page; Contents; Contributors; Forewords; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 What Is Public Health?; Introduction; The development of modern public health; Successes and challenges in public health; Implications for public health practitioners; Summary; References; 2 Public Health Nursing; Introduction; The definition of nursing and public health nursing; The role of the statutory bodies: the statutory and mandatory aspects of SCPHN registration; The role of professional bodies; The developing role of public health: prevention and health promotion

The challenges for public health nursingImproving the role - what are the solutions?; Summary; References; 3 Theoretical Perspectives of Health Visiting; Introduction; Historical perspective; Health visiting in context: the current debate; Extending the boundaries; Community health visiting; Health visiting diaries: what health visitors need to know; Social capital: the myth of a collective and cohesive partnership; Summary; References; 4 Health Visiting in Practice; Introduction; Health inequalities; Motivation; Assessing need; Summary; References; 5 The Development of School Nursing

IntroductionHistory of the school health service; School nursing in the twenty-first century; Accountability; Safeguarding children; Vulnerable groups; Accountability to the employer; Accountability to the profession; The development of the role of the SCPHN - school nurse; Summary; References; 6 School Nursing and School Health Practice; Introduction; Structure of school health teams; Specialist community public health nursing and school nursing; Search for health needs; Health needs assessments and school health plans; Facilitating health-enhancing activities

Stimulating an awareness of health needsInfluencing policy development; Summary; References; 7 What Is Occupational Health?; Introduction; The history of OH services; Delivering OH services; Good health is good business: the legal aspects; Good health is good business: the financial aspects; Health promotion; Summary; References; 8 Occupational Health Nursing Practice; Introduction; The role of the OHN; Health surveillance; Other considerations for monitoring health at work; Managing absence, disability and rehabilitation; Summary; References

9 Education and Continuing Professional Development of Public Health NursesIntroduction; Education and CPD in relation to professional registration; Personal development; Academic levels of study; European quality framework; The need for evidence-based practice; Contributing to the CPD of self and others; Summary; References; Appendix; Index

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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 registerMultidisciplinary, with contributors from all three specialismsConcerned with improving the health of the population, rather than treating the diseases of individual patientsFocuses on practice and competencies