A Practice Manual for Community Nursing in Australia

List of contributors vii

Preface xi

Acknowledgements xiv

1 Approaches to community nursing care 1
Antonia van Loon

2 Clinical governance 20
Anne Maddock

3 Informed consent 33
Elizabeth Crock

4 Assessment 52
Lisa Turner, Julianne Siggins and Stephen Harding

5 Incident management and mandatory reporting 76
Anne Maddock and Katherine Trowbridge

6 Community infection control and prevention practice 94
Ramon Shaban and Belinda Henderson

7 Disaster planning and management 109
Paul Arbon

8 Care of people with chronic conditions 128
Debbie Kralik

9 Mental health 149
Janette Curtis, Yvonne White and Jennifer Harland

10 Addiction and homelessness 166
Janette Curtis, Jennifer Harland and Yvonne White

11 Continence 184
Norah Bostock and Carolyn Roe

12 Diabetes care 215
Jane Giles, Kate Visentin and Pauline Hill

13 Vascular access device management in the community 240
Lisa Turner

14 Child and maternal health 260
Gay Edgecombe, Creina Mitchell and Irene Ellis

15 Medication support 291
Katherine Trowbridge

16 Nutritional support 312
Elaine Tooke and Scott King

17 Caring for older people 337
Megan O’Donnell, Rhonda Nay and Margaret Winbolt

18 Palliative care 362
Cathy Bennett and Dianne Roughton

19 Personal care 396
Scott King and Elaine Tooke

20 Stoma care 416
Carmen George

21 Wound management 436
Sue Templeton

22 Systemic reactions and anaphylaxis 461
Deryn Thompson, Kate Visentin and Colleen Smith

23 New and emerging technologies 479
Moya Conrick

Index 497