General Practice Nursing: foundational principles - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910451215 ISBN 13: 9781910451212

Publisher: M&K Publishing, an imprint of M&K Update Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

The General Practice Nurse s role has changed enormously over the past few decades. This helpful book gives an up-to-date overview of the GPN s responsibilities, providing relevant information about clinical skills and knowledge, health promotion and screening, and the management and assessment of long-term conditions most commonly presented in primary care. The book is edited by Deborah Duncan, a nurse educator and GPN, and includes contributions from other nurses who are experienced in their fields. It contains a wealth of references and resources, enabling the reader to gain more detailed knowledge of each topic. There are also reader s activities (designed to reinforce the content) scattered throughout the text. Aimed at nurses in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, who want to work in primary care, this will be a vital resource for those who are new to General Practice Nursing as well as those returning to it after a long gap. Contents include: The role of the GPN: Political, professional and economic drivers Consultation skills Public health and an introduction to health screening Cervical cytology Women s health Men s health Immunisation Travel health Ear care Wound care General principles of long-term conditions Diabetes Respiratory conditions Chronic kidney disease Coronary heart disease Cancer as a long-term condition Dementia Mental illness as a long-term condition

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About the Author

Deborah Duncan BSC PGCAP PGDIP MSC FHEA AKC ARNS RGN RM NT QN Lecturer (Education) School of Nursing and Midwifery Queens University, Belfast

Edition details

• Publisher: M&K Publishing, an imprint of M&K Update Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1910451215
• ISBN 13: 9781910451212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Duncan Deborah