The importance of the community practice teacher is increasing with the expansion in primary care. Universities around the country have developed courses for practice educators to provide definitive training for that role - there are currently few texts that support these courses directly. This book aims to redress this by covering eight specialist areas of community practice: district nursing, health visiting, school nursing, children's community health nursing, community nursing mental health, community nursing learning disability, general practice nursing and occupational health nursing. The emphasis is strongly on practical issues rather than theory and each section considers practice-based dilemmas and offers appropriate debate.

The importance of the community practice teacher is increasing withthe expansion in primary care. Universities around the country havedeveloped courses for practice educators to provide definitivetraining for that role - there are currently few texts that supportthese courses directly.This book aims to redress this by covering eight specialistareas of community practice: district nursing, health visitingschool nursing, children's community health nursing, communitynursing mental health, community nursing learning disabilitygeneral practice nursing and occupational health nursing. Theemphasis is strongly on practical issues rather than theory andeach section considers practice-based dilemmas and offersappropriate debate.

Contributors.Acknowledgements.Introduction.Part 1: The Policy Context.Setting the scene: concepts of specialist practitioner andpractice mentor; From policy to practice; Developing andmaintaining quality in higher education.Part 2: Theory and Practice Context.Learning approaches in the practice context; Reflectivepractice; Clinical supervision; The English National Board HigherAward; Assessment of specialist practice.Part 3: Practice: Opportunities and Challenges.Evidence-based practice; General practice nursing; Communitymental health nursing; Community learning disability nursing;Community children's nursing; Health visiting (Public healthnursing); Occupational health nursing; District nursing (Communitynursing in the home); School nursing; Being a specialist student;Being a practice teacher; Navigating practice: challenges andopportunities; Concluding Comments; References; Index