Full Description
Comprehensively updated to include the newest legislation regarding the planning and management of primary health care in South Africa, this book is health oriented rather than disease oriented and focuses on the health challenge relevant to the African continent. Various philosophical views on community nursing and health care are introduced in the text and aspects such as the crucial interrelationship between demography and epidemiology, as well as their effect on the assessment of the health needs of the community, are discussed. Other fundamental aspects that challenge health workers are covered: multicultural aspects related to health, community based disciplines in a community health environment (mental health, private nursing practice), and quality control. Added to this are many case studies that illustrate the application of the fundamental aspects of community health. A new section on gerontology has been added to make this a text that covers a broad range of topics relevant to community nursing in South Africa.
Contents
Philosophical views on community nursing and the community health nurse; From theory to practice: The scientific method applied to community nursing; Health measurement and community nursing; The relevance of demography to community nursing; A multicultural perspective on health care; Gerontological nursing in the community; The private nurse in the community; Specialised clinical nursing in the community; Psychiatric community-based nursing care; Community home-based care; Planning and management of decentralised health services/units for primary health care; Quality assurance in community nursing.
