Health visiting : specialist community public health nursing

Robotham, Anne. (Added Author). Frost, Marion, 1948- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780443101052
ISBN: 0443101051
Physical Description: print
xii, 432 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-419) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. profession of health visiting in the 21st century / Anne Robotham -- 2. Public health and health visiting / Elizabeth Porter -- 3. Models for health visiting in specialist community public health nursing / Ros Carnwell -- 4. Skills in specialist community public health nursing-health visiting : working with individuals and families / Anne Robotham -- 5. Skills in specialist community public health nursing-health visiting : working with social groups and communities / Anne Robotham -- 6. Working with socially excluded groups / Joanne Davis, Helen Hoult, Marian Jones, Marian Evans and Anne Higgs -- 7. Quality improvement through leading and managing change / Marion Frost -- 8. Contemporary influences in safeguarding children / Jane McKears, Margaret Reynolds, Sarah Forester and Jane Middleton -- 9. Safeguarding children - issues and dilemmas / Margaret Reynolds, Janice Frost, Joan Leach and Jean Glynn -- 10. Violence - debating the issues / Anne Robotham -- 11. Reflective practice / Anne Robotham and Doreen Sheldrake -- 12. Ethical issues in prevention of ill health and health promotion / Jan Rose -- 13. Nurse prescribing / Ann Clarridge -- 14. Complementary therapies and health visiting / Pot Alexander -- 15. use of health informatics in practice / Ruth Wain and Randa Charles -- 16. health economics of pubic health practice / Jane Powell -- 17. Specialist community public health nursing - opportunities and challenges for the health visiting profession / Marion Frost.