As we drift inexorably towards Christmas on a wave of sentimental TV adverts and
last-minute shopping panic, there is one question on everyone’s lips (and no, it is not ‘How did Matt Hancock finish third in the jungle?’).
Despite the medical advances of the past century, modern healthcare services often seem to treat our bodies as a series of unconnected parts, our ailments divided according to arbitrary physical labels. We may see a urologist for our weak bladder, a cardiologist for a malfunctioning heart, and a psychiatrist for any mental health issues. While it makes sense to apportion separate parts of the body to qualified specialists, these divisions can result in an inability among healthcare staff to see the ‘bigger picture’ — or to use modern healthcare terminology, to treat the patient ‘holistically’.
In each issue of the Journal of Community Nursing, we investigate a topic affecting our readers. Here, Teresa Burdett, principal academic in mental health nursing, Bournemouth University, and Anneyce Knight (recently passed away), senior lecturer in adult nursing, Bournemouth University, look at making every contact count to promote health in the community.
In each issue we investigate a hot topic affecting you and your community practice. Here, Geraldine Walters CBE (left), executive director of professional practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council and Heather Bain ( right), academic strategic lead, academic programmes for Robert Gordon University and district nurse educator look at what the NMC post-registration qualifications consultation means for community nursing.
In each issue we investigate a hot topic currently affecting you and your community
practice. Here, we look at the 'Public health risks of air pollution'.
In each issue we investigate a hot topic currently affecting you and your community practice. Here, Alison Hopkins MBE, chief executive, Accelerate, explores - Why optimising therapeutic compression is essential.
