A recent Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) event in London looked at ‘healthcare at home’ and the JCN was there to see what the future holds for nurses tasked with providing more care in patients’ homes.
In each issue of the Journal of Community Nursing we investigate a hot topic currently affecting our readers. In this, our re-launch issue, we take a look at the changing face of care provision in the UK with the question...Who is today’s community nurse?
Anne Pearson, Practice Developmen,t Manager,QNI
Anne Williams, Lymphoedema Nurse Consultant and Researcher, Blantyre, Scotland
Kate Arkley, Community RGN, Galway, Ireland
Jackie Stephen-Haynes, Professor and Consultant Nurse in Tissue Viability, Birmingham City University and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Annette Bades District Nursing Specialist Practitioner and Clinical Lead Cardiorespiratory, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Michael Hughes defines incontinence and discusses its prevalence and service provision.
Wendy Parkinson asks if in view of the increasingly complex care being delivered in the community setting can the exisiting community nurse workforce meet the challenges.
Wendy Parkinson RGN, BSc (Hons), MSc is a Managed Care Nurse Specialist, Portsmouth City PCT.
Article accepted for publication: March 2006
