RLO: Home Visiting

Resources

Title/link Description
Not Alone. A guide for the better protection of lone workers in the NHS (PDF) A major NHS Policy providing information about best protection practices for NHS staff working alone. Students accessing placements with staff who work alone are advised to also read local practice policy and the University of Nottingham’s Revised Safety Policy Statement 2003 (PDF).
Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct The Code of Professional Conduct provides information on the required standards for areas such as performance and ethics for potential and registered nurses. Students are advised to familiarize themselves with the principles of best practice in relation to responsibility and accountability, with specific reference to Clause 5, Confidentiality.
Home Hazards (RLO) This interactive RLO presents a reconstructed scene of a home visited by a health visitor; the student seeks areas of concern identified by the health visitor. 

Reading list

  1. Allen, Susan, F. and Tracy, Elizabeth, M. (2004) Revitalizing the Role of Home Visiting by School Social Workers. Children and Schools 26 (4) 197-208.
  2. Bell, T. (2005) Alternative Practice Placements - A Review. Journal of Community Nursing  19(7)
  3. Bennett, J. and Robinson, A. (2005) District Nursing. Opening the Doors to Reality. Journal of Community Nursing  19(3)
  4. Bennett, J. and Robinson, A. (2005) District Nursing. Evaluation Or Extinction? Journal of Community Nursing  19(4)
  5. Chilton, S. (Ed) (2004) Nursing in the Community: An Essential Guide to Practice. London: Arnold
  6. Fisher, R. (2005) Relationships in Nurse Prescribing in District Nursing Practice in England: A Preliminary investigation. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 11: 102-107.
  7. Hart, A. and Freeman, M. (2005) Health Care Interventions: Making Health Inequalities Worse, Not Better? Journal of Advanced Nursing 49(5)
  8. Jack, S.M., Dicenso, A. and Lofield, L. (2005) A Theory of Maternal Engagement with Public Health Nurses and Family Visitors. Journal of Advanced Nursing January 49(2)
  9. Lever, M. and Moore, J. (2004) Experience in Health Promotion with Community Participation. Community Practitioner 77  (7) 
  10. McNaughon, D. (2004) Nurse Home Visits to Maternal – Child Clients: A Review of Intervention Research. Public Health Nursing  21 (3)
  11. Maurer, F.A. and Smith, C.M. (Eds) (2005) Community Public Health Nursing Practice for Families and Populations. St Louis: Elsevier/Saunders
  12. Ogden, V. (2005) Legal and Ethical Frameworks for Health Care Practice. Journal of Community Nursing 19(3)
  13. Ohman, M. and Soderberg, S. (2004) District Nursing – Sharing An Understanding by Being Present. Experiences of Encounters With People With Serious Chronic Illness and Their Close Relatives in Their Homes. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 13 858-866
  14. Olds, D.L., Kitiman, H., Cole, R., Robinson, J., Sidora, K., Luckey, D.W., Henderson, C.R., Hanks, C., Bondy, J. and Holmberg, J. (2004) Effects of Nurse Home Visting on Maternal Life Course and Child Development. Paediatrics 114 1550-1559
  15. O’ Sullivan, L., Omar, R., Forrest, C. and Majeed, A. (2004) Adjusting for Care Mix and Social Class in Examining Variation in Home Visits Between Practices. Family Practice 21 (4)
  16. Sines, D., Appleby, F. and Frost, M. (2005) Community Health Care Nursing 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
  17. Sweet, M. and Appelbaum, M. (2004) Is Home Visiting an Effective Strategy? A Meta-Analytic Review of Home Visiting Programmes For Families with Young Children. Child Development 75 (5)


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