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.

• Preface xiAcknowledgements xiiIntroduction to District Nursing xiiiPart 1 Introduction 11 The early history of district nursing 2Matthew Bradby2 History of the Queen’s Nursing Institute 4Matthew BradbyPart 2 The learning environment 73 Preparation for a learning environment in the community 8Shirley Willis4 Providing student placements in the community 10Irene Cooke and Deborah Haydock5 Supporting nursing students in the community 12Josephine Gray6 Mentorship and preceptorship 14Meriel ChudleighPart 3 Working in the community 177 The role of the district nurse: autonomous practice 18Matthew Peasey8 Evidence‐based practice 20Ben Bowers9 Communication 22Claire Green10 Initial assessment and collaborative working 24Georgina Newbury and Jayne Foley11 Safer caseloads: service planning and caseload allocation 26Celine Grundy, Helen Wheeler, Paula Wood, and Rachel Hogan12 Skill mix in the community 28Ann Cubbin13 Nurse prescribing 30Dianne Hogg14 Medicines management 32Dianne Hogg15 Patient documentation 34Angela Reed-Fox16 Risk management 36Mandy McKendry17 Measuring quality and patient outcomes 38Susan Harness18 Caring for yourself in the community setting 40Anita Clough and Neesha Oozageer GunowaPart 4 Caring for the whole person in the community 4319 How to make every contact count: health chat 44Amanda Huddleston20 Cultural issues associated with district nursing 46Rachel Daly21 Social isolation and loneliness 48Annie Darby22 Health inequalities and engaging vulnerable groups 50Annie Darby23 Hygiene in the home, infection prevention and control 52Susan Wynne24 Substance and alcohol dependence 54Alison Ward25 Safety in the home, including falls prevention 56Helen Davies26 Effective discharge planning 58Lena O’Reilly27 Encouraging patient concordance 60Gina Riley28 Community health equipment services 62Candice Pellett29 The use of new technology to assist daily living in the home 64Hilary Thompson30 Use of mobile technology to support practice 66Margo Grady31 Patient care in nursing homes 68Linda Thorley, Charlotte Hudd, and Anne Bennett32 Person‐centred dementia care 70Mo Boersma33 Safeguarding 72Helen Marshall34 Supporting carers 74Julie Bliss and Emma Lea35 Supporting young carers and older carers 78Julie Bliss and Emma Lea36 Palliative care 80Vanessa Gibson37 Spirituality 82Melanie Rogers38 Bereavement 84Julia FairhallPart 5 Physical and mental health in the community 8739 Holistic nursing assessment in the community 88Emma Brodie40 Baseline observations 90Lucy Stewart41 Long‐term conditions and co‐morbidities 92Lorraine Smith42 Hydration 94Alice Chingwaru43 Nutrition in the community setting including enteral feeding 96Alison Burton Shepherd and Susan Dunajewski44 Kidney/renal health 98Debbie Brown45 Skin assessment 100Sandra Lawton46 Continence 102Debra Dooley47 Constipation 104Debbie Bromley48 Catheter care 106Debbie Myers49 Recognising lymphoedema, lipoedema and chronic oedema in the community 108Mary Warrilow50 Pressure ulcer prevention 110Debbie Myers and Neesha Oozageer Gunowa51 Lower leg ulceration 112Carol Hedger and Susan Knight52 Management of type 2 diabetes in the older person: using the International Diabetes Federation Guidelines in practice 114Sonia Wijesundera, Julie Phipps, and Marion Snelling53 Ischaemic heart disease 116Lynne Bax and Helena Masters54 Respiratory health 118Dorothy Wood, Mags Dowie, and Lee Hough55 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 120Lynne Bax and Helena Masters56 End‐stage respiratory care in the community 122Jenny Rasmussen57 Neurological conditions 124Victoria Queen58 Multiple sclerosis 126Julie Matthews and Kathy Franklin59 Cancer as a chronic condition 128Ben Bowers60 Mental illness 130Lesley Frater61 Assessing mental capacity 132Beverly Graham62 Dementia 134Morejoy Saineti63 Learning disability 136Raj Jhamat and Shirley ChappelPart 6 Specialisms in the community 13964 Specialist nurses and the role of district nurses in coordinating care 140Sadie Campbell65 Voluntary organisations and district nurses 142Carol Singleton66 Occupational health: specialist community public health nurses 144Catherine Best67 Community learning disability nursing 146Denise Souter68 Tuberculosis nursing 148Nicky Brown and Simone Thorn Heathcock69 Prison nursing 150Amanda Phillips70 Nursing in defence primary healthcare 152Katherine Moore71 Homeless and inclusion health nursing 154Jan Keauffling72 Gardens, health and district nurses 156Cate WoodReferences and further reading 158Index 161