Nurses on the front line : when disaster strikes, 1878-2010

Table of Contents: “…The Boston Instructive District Nurses Association and the 1918 influenza epidemic: "intelligent cooperation" /…”
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Florence Nightingale : extending nursing by Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to Rathbone's History of District Nursing. Correspondence with Amy Hughes. Extending district nursing in Britain. …”
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Introduction to the Social History of Nursing. by Dingwall, Robert

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary of abbreviations; Nurses and Servants; The Revolution in Nursing; The New Model Nurse; Making the Myths; The Search for Unity; The Nationalization of Nursing; Mental Disorder and Mental Handicap; Midwifery; District Nursing and Health Visiting; Professional Autonomy and Economic Constraints; Notes; References; Index.…”
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Issues in heart failure nursing

Table of Contents: “…Heart failure in the community: a confusion of protocols -- District nurses meeting the challenge of heart failure -- The care of patients who develop heart failure alongside mental health problems -- Adults with congenital heart disease and heart failure -- Cardia resynchronisation therapy -- Congestive heart failure and cognitive dysfunction -- Sexual dysfunction in heart failure -- Exercise training in the management of patients with heart failure: a review of the evidence -- Exercise: the things wo don't know -- Improved symptom control in palliative care for heart failure -- Improving palliative care service provision for patients with heart failure -- Assisted dying and heart failure.…”
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Frankie. Season 1, Episode 1

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Frankie. Season 1, Episode 3

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Frankie. Season 1, Episode 5

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Frankie. Season 1, Episode 6

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Frankie. Season 1, Episode 2

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Frankie. Season 1, Episode 4

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Understanding care homes : a research and development perspective

Table of Contents: “…Research and development in care homes : setting the scene / Katherine Froggatt, Sue Davies, and Julienne Meyer -- Developing person-centred care in a NHS continuing care setting / Charlotte Ashburner, Julienne Meyer, and Angela Cotter -- Action research in care homes to improve care planning for people with dementia / David Stanley -- The use of narrative in developing relationships in care homes / Christine Brown-Wilson, Glenda Cook, and Denise Forte -- Older people with learning disabilities : a quality initiative in caring / Robert Jenkins -- The living edge : connection to nature for people with dementia in residential care / Garuth Chalfont -- Establishing "friends of care home" groups / Sheila Furness and Bren Torry -- The importance of staff support in the provision of emotionally sensitive care / Cheryl Holman and Keith Crowhurst -- Changing cultures : partnership working through a care home learning network / Tina Fear -- Collaborating with primary care : promoting shared working between district nurses and care home staff / Claire Goodman [and others] -- Making it work : a model for research and development in care homes / Jan Dewing -- Reflections on the way forward / Sue Davies, Katherine Froggatt, and Julienne Meyer.…”
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Gender and medicine in Ireland, 1700-1950

Table of Contents: “…Preston and Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh -- "I Was Right Glad to Be Rid of It" : dental medical practice in eighteenth-century Ireland / James Kelly -- Women and Tuberculosis in Ireland / Greta Jones -- Infant and Child Mortality in Dublin a Century Ago / Cormac Ó Gráda -- Cure or Custody : therapeutic philosophy at the Connaught District Lunatic Asylum / Oonagh Walsh -- Gender and Criminal Lunacy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland / Pauline Prior -- Between Habitual Drunkards and Alcoholics : inebriate women and reformatories in Ireland, 1899-1919 / Elizabeth Malcolm -- Managing Midwifery in Dublin : practice and practitioners, 1700-1800 / Philomena Gorey -- Lady Dudley's District Nursing Scheme and the Congested Districts Board, 1903-1923 / Ciara Breathnach -- "The Wages of Sin Is Death" : lock hospitals, venereal disease, and gender in prefamine Ireland / Laurence M. …”
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Public health and community nursing frameworks for practice

Table of Contents: “…Practice nursing / Judith Carrier -- District nursing / Carol Alstrom and Pat McCamley -- Specialist community public health nurse : health visiting / Dianne Watkins and Lorraine Joomun -- Specialist community public health nurse : school nursing / Ros Godson -- Specialist community public health nurse : occupational health nursing / Bashyr Aziz -- Community mental health nursing / Ben Hannigan -- Community learning disability nursing / Ruth Wyn Williams and David Coyle -- Community children's nursing / Anna Sidey and David Widdas -- Partnership working in health and social care / Judy Cousins -- Alternative ways of working / Helen Beswick ... …”
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Nursing Practice Knowledge and Care. by Peate, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Measuring Deprivation -- The Marmot Review -- The Causes of Health Inequalities -- Epidemiology and Public Health -- Health Protection -- Primary Care Nursing -- The Evolution of Primary Care Nursing -- District Nursing -- Community Matrons -- Health Visitor and School Health Advisor -- School Health Advisor (School Nurse) -- Conclusion -- References -- Test Yourself -- Answers -- Unit 2: The Elements of Care -- 5: Ethics, the Law and the Nurse -- Introduction -- Values -- Approaches to Ethics -- Applied Ethics -- Deontology -- Outcomes-Based Ethics -- Utilitarianism -- Virtue Ethics…”
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Mentorship in community nursing : challenges and opportunities by Canham, Judith

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