All Outputs (8)

Approaches to acute care. (2024)
Book Chapter
HENDERSON, C. and WHITTON, L.A. 2025. Approaches to acute care. In Chilton, S. and Bain, H. (eds.) A textbook of community nursing. Third edition. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 14, pages 310-334. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003347545-15

This chapter provides a contemporary overview of acute care in the community and the essential role of the community nurse in delivering and influencing community care provision. This chapter encourages the reader to consider what is meant by acute c... Read More about Approaches to acute care..

Public health and the promotion of wellbeing. (2024)
Book Chapter
BAGULEY, F. and WILSON, D. 2025. Public health and the promotion of wellbeing. In Chilton, S. and Bain, H. (eds.) A textbook of community nursing. Third edition. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 3, pages 56-78. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003347545-4

This chapter introduces public health, health and wellbeing and identifies the factors that influence individuals and communities across their lifespans. Students will be able to discuss these and understand the relevance of community nursing and ser... Read More about Public health and the promotion of wellbeing..

Professional approaches to care. (2024)
Book Chapter
HARPER-OVSTEBO, B. and MAIR, J. 2025. Professional approaches to care. In Chilton, S. and Bain, H. (eds.) A textbook of community nursing. Third edition. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 4, pages 79-100. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003347545-5

This chapter explores the concepts of professionalism, professional standards, regulatory requirements and policies underpinning community nursing. It evaluates decision-making approaches and clinical expertise, relating to integrated working environ... Read More about Professional approaches to care..

Therapeutic relationships across the lifespan. (2024)
Book Chapter
ALLAN, E., HENDERSON, L. and HAY-HIGGINS, E. 2025. Therapeutic relationships across the lifespan. In Chilton, S. and Bain, H. (eds.) A textbook of community nursing. Third edition. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 7, pages 145-177. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003347545-8

This chapter aims to help readers develop a critical understanding of therapeutic relationships in the context of community nursing. It encompasses multiple perspectives of community nurses who support people across the lifespan and highlights the un... Read More about Therapeutic relationships across the lifespan..

Providing quality end-of-life care. (2024)
Book Chapter
KING, G. and SUNTER, M. 2025. Providing quality end-of-life care. In Chilton, S. and Bain, H. (eds.) A textbook of community nursing. Third edition. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 16, pages 368-391. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003347545-17

The term end-of-life care (EOLC) has been used for nearly two decades in England, since the EOLC programme was launched in 2005, which followed the NICE "Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer" guidelines. This was the point where, to... Read More about Providing quality end-of-life care..

An interpretive descriptive study: the exploration of the determinants influencing the use and provision of services for older people with functional mental illness. (2023)
Thesis
WELLS, J. 2023. An interpretive descriptive study: the exploration of the determinants influencing the use and provision of services for older people with functional mental illness. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2571430

The overall aim of this research study was to explore the determinants influencing the use and provision of services for older people with functional mental illness (FMI). The prevalence of FMI (i.e. illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder, sc... Read More about An interpretive descriptive study: the exploration of the determinants influencing the use and provision of services for older people with functional mental illness..

An exploratory multi-case study of the health and wellbeing needs, relationships and experiences of health and social care service users and the people who support them at home in a regional area of Scotland. (2022)
Thesis
HENDERSON, L.C. 2022. An exploratory multi-case study of the health and wellbeing needs, relationships and experiences of health and social care service users and the people who support them at home in a regional area of Scotland. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1677988

The aim of this research was to explore the health and wellbeing needs, relationships, and experiences of Health and Social Care (HSC) Service Users and the people who support them at home, in a regional area of Scotland. Current United Kingdom legis... Read More about An exploratory multi-case study of the health and wellbeing needs, relationships and experiences of health and social care service users and the people who support them at home in a regional area of Scotland..

A textbook of community nursing. (2017)
Book
BAIN, H. and CHILTON. S. (eds.). 2017. A textbook of community nursing. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315157207

A Textbook of Community Nursing is a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction covering the full range of professional topics, including professional approaches to care, public health, eHealth, therapeutic relationships and the role of community... Read More about A textbook of community nursing..