District Nursing at a Glance

Matthew Bradby has worked for a number of voluntary organisations in the UK and the United States, in fields including education, health, heritage and the environment. He studied Modern History at Lincoln College, Oxford and Cornell University, and has managed the Queen's Nursing Institute's archives as well as its marketing and communications since joining the charity in 2008.

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Part 1 Introduction

1 The early history of district nursing
Matthew Bradby

2 History of the Queen's Nursing Institute
Matthew Bradby

Part 2 The learning environment

3 Preparation for a learning environment in the community
Shirley Willis

4 Providing student placements in the community
Irene Cooke and Deborah Haydock

5 Student placements in the community
Josephine Gray

6 Mentorship and preceptorship
Meriel Chudleigh

Part 3 Working in the community

7 The role of the district nurse: autonomous practice
Matthew Peasey

8 Evidence-based practice
Ben Bowers

9 Communication
Claire Green

10 Initial assessment and collaborative working
Georgina Newbury and Jayne Foley

11 Safer caseloads: service planning and caseload allocation
Celine Grundy, Helen Wheeler, Paula Wood and Rachel Hogan

12 Skill mix in the community
Ann Cubbin

13 Nurse prescribing
Dianne Hogg

14 Medicines management
Dianne Hogg

15 Patient documentation
Angela Reed-Fox

16 Risk management
Mandy McKendry

17 Measuring quality and patient outcomes
Susan Harness

18 Caring for yourself in the community setting
Anita Clough and Neesha Oozageer Gunowa

Part 4 Caring for the whole person in the community

19 How to make every contact count: health chat
Amanda Huddleston

20 Cultural issues associated with district nursing
Rachel Daly

21 Social isolation and loneliness
Annie Darby

22 Health inequalities and engaging vulnerable groups
Annie Darby

23 Hygiene in the home, infection prevention and control
Susan Wynne

24 Substance and alcohol dependence
Alison Ward

25 Safety in the home, including falls prevention
Helen Davies

26 Effective discharge planning
Lena O'Reilly

27 Encouraging patient concordance
Gina Riley

28 Community health equipment services
Candice Pellet

29 The use of new technology to assist daily living in the home
Hilary Thompson

30 Use of mobile technology to support practice
Margo Grady

31 Patient care in nursing homes
Linda Thornley, Charlotte Hudd and Anne Bennett

32 Person-centred dementia care
Mo Boersma

33 Safeguarding
Helen Marshall

34 Supporting carers
Julie Bliss and Emma Lea

35 Supporting young carers and older carers
Julie Bliss and Emma Lea

36 Palliative care
Vanessa Gibson

37 Spirituality
Melanie Rogers

38 Bereavement
Julia Fairhall

Part 5 Physical and mental health in the community

39 Holistic nursing assessment in the community
Emma Brodie

40 Baseline observations
Lucy Stewart

41 Long-term conditions and co-morbidities
Lorraine Smith

42 Hydration
Alice Chingwaru

43 Nutrition in the community setting including enteral feeding
Alison Burton Shepherd and Susan Dunajewski

44 Kidney/renal health
Debbie Brown

45 Skin assessment
Sandra Lawton

46 Continence
Debra Dooley

47 Constipation
Debbie Bromley

48 Catheter car
Debbie Myers

49 Recognising lymphoedema, lipoedema and chronic oedema in the community
Mary Warrilow

50 Pressure ulcer prevention
Debbie Myers and Neesha Oozageer Gunowa

51 Lower leg ulceration
Carol Hedger and Susan Knight

52 Management of type 2 diabetes in the older person: using the International Diabetes Federation Guidelines in practice
Sonia Wijesundera, Julie Phipps and Marion Snelling

53 Ischaemic heart disease
Lynne Bax and Helena Masters

54 Respiratory health
Dorothy Wood, Mags Dowie and Lee Hough

55 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Lynne Bax and Helena Masters

56 End-stage respiratory care in the community
Jenny Rasmussen

57 Neurological conditions
Victoria Queen

58 Multiple sclerosis
Julie Matthews and Kathy Franklin

59 Cancer as a chronic condition
Ben Bowers

60 Mental illness
Lesley Frater

61 Assessing mental capacity
Beverly Graham

62 Dementia
Morejoy Saineti

63 Learning disability
Raj Jhamat and Shirley Chappell

Part 6 Specialisms in the community

64 Specialist nurses and the role of district nurses in coordinating care
Sadie Campbell

65 Voluntary organisations and district nurses
Carol Singleton

66 Occupational health: specialist community public health nurses
Catherine Best

67 Community learning disability nursing
Denise Souter

68 Tuberculosis
Nicky Brown and Simone Thorn Heathcock

69 Prison nursing
Amanda Philips

70 Nursing in defence primary healthcare
Katherine Moore

71 Homeless health nursing
Jan Keauffling

72 Gardens, health and district nurses
Cate Wood

References and further reading

Index