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Professional issues in primary care nursing / edited by Carol Lynn Cox, Marie Hill. - Chichester, England : Blackwell Pub., 2010. - xviii, 316 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The historical development of practice nursing and walk-in-centre nursing -- Practice nursing : the unique nature of practice nursing -- Walk-in-centre nursing : the unique nature of walk-in-centre practice -- The context of practice nursing and walk-in-centre nursing : domains of practice and competencies setting the scene -- Critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning in clinical decision making -- Health education and health promotion -- Working with individual patients and groups : creating and strengthening relationships -- Confidentiality, privacy, and dignity : ethical, legal, and cultural issues -- Anticipatory guidance : national service frameworks -- The creation of an environment for effective learning -- Clinical supervision : reflective practice; learning through experience -- Use of theory and research to inform practice -- Collaboration and working with the multidisciplinary team and agencies -- Leadership and organisational decision making : the nurse's role in implementing policy and practice -- The implications of the new gms contract -- Art and science of providing quality nursing care in general practice and walk-in-centre settings -- Meeting the cultural and spiritual needs of patients in general practice and walk-in-centre settings -- Cultural diversity within the general practice and walk-in-centre settings.

9781405187558 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405187557 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Primary nursing.
Primary Nursing Care.
Ambulatory Care.
Nurse-Patient Relations.

RT90.7 / .P76 2010

610.73 / P76

Languages: 
English |