District Nursing at a Glance

Preface xi Acknowledgements xii Introduction to District Nursing xiii Part 1 Introduction 1 1 The early history of district nursing 2 Matthew Bradby 2 History of the Queen’s Nursing Institute 4 Matthew Bradby Part 2 The learning environment 7 3 Preparation for a learning environment in the community 8 Shirley Willis 4 Providing student placements in the community 10 Irene Cooke and Deborah Haydock 5 Supporting nursing students in the community 12 Josephine Gray 6 Mentorship and preceptorship 14 Meriel Chudleigh Part 3 Working in the community 17 7 The role of the district nurse: autonomous practice 18 Matthew Peasey 8 Evidence‐based practice 20 Ben Bowers 9 Communication 22 Claire Green 10 Initial assessment and collaborative working 24 Georgina Newbury and Jayne Foley 11 Safer caseloads: service planning and caseload allocation 26 Celine Grundy, Helen Wheeler, Paula Wood, and Rachel Hogan 12 Skill mix in the community 28 Ann Cubbin 13 Nurse prescribing 30 Dianne Hogg 14 Medicines management 32 Dianne Hogg 15 Patient documentation 34 Angela Reed-Fox 16 Risk management 36 Mandy McKendry 17 Measuring quality and patient outcomes 38 Susan Harness 18 Caring for yourself in the community setting 40 Anita Clough and Neesha Oozageer Gunowa Part 4 Caring for the whole person in the community 43 19 How to make every contact count: health chat 44 Amanda Huddleston 20 Cultural issues associated with district nursing 46 Rachel Daly 21 Social isolation and loneliness 48 Annie Darby 22 Health inequalities and engaging vulnerable groups 50 Annie Darby 23 Hygiene in the home, infection prevention and control 52 Susan Wynne 24 Substance and alcohol dependence 54 Alison Ward 25 Safety in the home, including falls prevention 56 Helen Davies 26 Effective discharge planning 58 Lena O’Reilly 27 Encouraging patient concordance 60 Gina Riley 28 Community health equipment services 62 Candice Pellett 29 The use of new technology to assist daily living in the home 64 Hilary Thompson 30 Use of mobile technology to support practice 66 Margo Grady 31 Patient care in nursing homes 68 Linda Thorley, Charlotte Hudd, and Anne Bennett 32 Person‐centred dementia care 70 Mo Boersma 33 Safeguarding 72 Helen Marshall 34 Supporting carers 74 Julie Bliss and Emma Lea 35 Supporting young carers and older carers 78 Julie Bliss and Emma Lea 36 Palliative care 80 Vanessa Gibson 37 Spirituality 82 Melanie Rogers 38 Bereavement 84 Julia Fairhall Part 5 Physical and mental health in the community 87 39 Holistic nursing assessment in the community 88 Emma Brodie 40 Baseline observations 90 Lucy Stewart 41 Long‐term conditions and co‐morbidities 92 Lorraine Smith 42 Hydration 94 Alice Chingwaru 43 Nutrition in the community setting including enteral feeding 96 Alison Burton Shepherd and Susan Dunajewski 44 Kidney/renal health 98 Debbie Brown 45 Skin assessment 100 Sandra Lawton 46 Continence 102 Debra Dooley 47 Constipation 104 Debbie Bromley 48 Catheter care 106 Debbie Myers 49 Recognising lymphoedema, lipoedema and chronic oedema in the community 108 Mary Warrilow 50 Pressure ulcer prevention 110 Debbie Myers and Neesha Oozageer Gunowa 51 Lower leg ulceration 112 Carol Hedger and Susan Knight 52 Management of type 2 diabetes in the older person: using the International Diabetes Federation Guidelines in practice 114 Sonia Wijesundera, Julie Phipps, and Marion Snelling 53 Ischaemic heart disease 116 Lynne Bax and Helena Masters 54 Respiratory health 118 Dorothy Wood, Mags Dowie, and Lee Hough 55 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 120 Lynne Bax and Helena Masters 56 End‐stage respiratory care in the community 122 Jenny Rasmussen 57 Neurological conditions 124 Victoria Queen 58 Multiple sclerosis 126 Julie Matthews and Kathy Franklin 59 Cancer as a chronic condition 128 Ben Bowers 60 Mental illness 130 Lesley Frater 61 Assessing mental capacity 132 Beverly Graham 62 Dementia 134 Morejoy Saineti 63 Learning disability 136 Raj Jhamat and Shirley Chappel Part 6 Specialisms in the community 139 64 Specialist nurses and the role of district nurses in coordinating care 140 Sadie Campbell 65 Voluntary organisations and district nurses 142 Carol Singleton 66 Occupational health: specialist community public health nurses 144 Catherine Best 67 Community learning disability nursing 146 Denise Souter 68 Tuberculosis nursing 148 Nicky Brown and Simone Thorn Heathcock 69 Prison nursing 150 Amanda Phillips 70 Nursing in defence primary healthcare 152 Katherine Moore 71 Homeless and inclusion health nursing 154 Jan Keauffling 72 Gardens, health and district nurses 156 Cate Wood References and further reading 158 Index 161