RCN District and Community Nursing Forum: Community nursing interview suggestions

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Health Innovation Network and NHS England: National Wound Care Strategy Programme

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Maybin J, Charles A and Honeyman M (2016) Understanding quality in district nursing services: learning from patients, carers and staff. London. The Kings Fund.

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The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing: Field specific standards at an advanced practice level, for specialisms in community nursing.

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The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing: Homeless and Inclusion Health Network.

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The Queen’s Nursing Institute (2023) The QNI standards for community practice teaching education and practice. London: QNI.

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The Queen's Nursing Institute (2020) The QNI standards of education and practice for nurses new to general practice nursing. London: QNI.

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The Queen's Nursing Institute and The Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland (2018) The QNI/QNIS voluntary standards for community children’s nurse education and practice. London: QNI/QNIS.

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The Queen's Nursing Institute (2021) Standards of education and practice for nurses new to care home nursing. London: QNI.

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The Queen's Nursing Institute (2023) Nursing in the digital age: using technology to support patients in the home. London: QNI.

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The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing: Transition learning resources

• Transition to care home nursing
• Transition from children's to adult community services
• Transition to district nursing toolkit
• Transition to general practice nursing toolkit
• Transition to homeless health nursing resource
• Transition to school nursing resource

Department of Health Northern Ireland (2018) A district nursing framework 2018-2026. (no place): DH.

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Department of Health and Social Care (2025) Fit for the future: 10 year health plan for England (CM 1350).

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We would like to thank the RCN District and Community Nursing member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Blaber A, Morris H and Gorman J (2020) Independent prescribing for district nurses. Bridgwater: Class Publishing.

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Carrier J (2022) Managing long-term conditions and chronic illness in primary care: a guide to good practice. Taylor and Francis.

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Gould J and Bain H (2022) Principles and practice of nurse prescribing. London: Learning Matters. 

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Myers T and Kifer Z A (2022) Fast facts for wound care nursing: practical wound management. 2nd edn. New York: Springer Publishing.

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Ross F, Harris R G, Fitzpatrick J, Abley C and Redfern S J (2024) Redfern’s nursing older people. 5th edn. (no place): Elsevier.

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Scobie I (2023) Atlas of diabetes mellitus. 4th edn. CRC Press.

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Stacey G, Westwood G, and Florence Nightingale Foundation (2023) Leadership development for nurses and midwives. (no place): Elsevier. 

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Bradby M (ed.) (2022) District nursing at a glance. Chicester: Wiley-Blackwell.

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Brook J, McGraw C and Thurtle V (eds.) (2021) Oxford handbook of primary care and community nursing. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Burrows P, Cowie J, Robotham A and Frost M (2023) Health visiting: specialist community public health nursing. 3rd edn. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

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Daaleman T P and Helton M R (2023) Chronic illness care: principles and practice. 2nd edn. Cham: Springer.

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DeMarco and Healey-Walsh (2020) Community and public health nursing: evidence for practice. International 3rd edn. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.

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Nicol J and Hollowood L (2023) Nursing adults with long term conditions. 4th edn. London: Learning Matters. 

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Peate I and Stephens M (2020) Wound care at a glance. 2nd edn. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.

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Probst S (2021) Wound care nursing: a person-centred approach. 3rd edn. Edinburgh:  Elsevier. 

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Community nursing
• District nursing
• Leg ulcers
• Long term conditions
• Wound care

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• Community nursing
• District nursing

Journals of interest for district and community nursing. Use these links to see details of availability.

• British Journal of Community Nursing
• Health and Social Care in the Community
• Journal of Community Health Nursing
• Journal of Community Nursing
• Primary Health Care

RCN District and Community Nursing Forum - Driving quality care at home.

• This sketch animation was created by the RCN District Nursing Steering Group to highlight the work that District Nurses do.
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The Nursing history collection generally consists of modern books about the history of nursing which can be borrowed by RCN members.

Baly M (1987) A history of the Queen’s Nursing Institute, London: Croom Helm.

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Cohen S (2018) The district nurse: a pictorial history. Barnsley: Pen and Sword History. 

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Jordan P (2012) District nurse: my life as a nurse in the 1950s, London: Orion.

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Morrison C (2017) Hebridean heroines: twentieth century Queen's Nurses (1940s-1970s), Laxay, Isle of Lewis: Islands Book Trust.

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Our Permanent Collection consists of nursing specific core items and rare items. Items are viewable by appointment at the RCN Library and Heritage Centre.

Baly M, Robottom B and Clark J (1987) District nursing (2^nd edition), London: Heinemann.

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Handbook for Queen's Nurses (1924), London: The Scientific Press.

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Loane M (1905) Outlines of routine in district nursing, London: The Scientific Press.

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Stocks M (1960) A hundred years of district nursing, London: Allen and Unwin.

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The RCN Archive contains some of the most important collections dedicated to the history of the nursing profession in the UK, including the organisational records of the Queen Victoria's Institute of District Nursing Scottish branch which subsequently became the Queens Nursing Institute, Scotland (QNIS). Viewable in Edinburgh by appointment.

• RCN Archive
• RCN Archive catalogue

The RCN Archive contains over 600 recordings of individuals from across the nursing profession. Search "T/*" in the RefNo search field of the archive catalogue to browse the collection.

The Queen's Nursing Institute Heritage website explores the 150 year history of district nursing in the UK.

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