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Street Outreach Guidelines
Street outreach is an assertive strategy that aims to bring services directly to people who are sleeping rough and can provide an approachable face of healthcare.
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Food, Nutrition and Homelessness
Good nutrition plays an important role in improving overall health and well-being for all. People who are homeless struggle to access the food and nutritional support they need, which has serious consequences for their health.
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Voluntary Standards for New GPNs
New Voluntary Standards of Education and Practice for nurses who are embarking on a career in General Practice Nursing have been published.
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Minimum Bridging Competencies for General Practice Nurses Transitioning to Community Nursing
A new resource for GPNs transitioning to Community Nursing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Homeless Families Toolkit
A Toolkit for Public Health Nurses
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Homeless Families Learning Resource
A Learning Resource for Public Health Nurses
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Nursing in the Digital Age
'Nursing in the Digital Age, Using Technology to Support Patients in the Home' seeks to determine how far new healthcare information technology has changed in the previous six years and how skills and attitudes within community services have adapted.
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Transition to Care Home Nursing
This resource is intended for registered nurses who may have overall responsibility for nursing within the care home environment, as well as educators, students, and unregistered carers who work in this setting. You can download a sample chapter via this link or purchase a complete hard copy from The QNI Shop.
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Chapter 11: Developing your career
Transition to the School Nursing Service
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Chapter 7: Mid point reflection
Transition to the School Nursing Service
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Chapter 5: Integrating additional health needs
Transition to the School Nursing Service
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Chapter 4: Supporting developmental needs
Transition to the School Nursing Service
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Chapter 3: Developing your role
Transition to the School Nursing Service
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Chapter 10: Developing your career
Transition to General Practice Nursing Toolkit
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Chapter 9: Policy context
Transition to General Practice Nursing Toolkit
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Chapter 7: Vulnerable groups
Transition to General Practice Nursing Toolkit
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Chapter 5: Mid point reflection
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Chapter 3: Working safely
Transition to General Practice Nursing Toolkit
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Chapter 2: Hospital to primary care
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Chapter 1: What is General Practice Nursing?
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Chapter 10: Developing your career
Transition to District Nursing Toolkit
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Chapter 1: What is District Nursing?
Transition to District Nursing Toolkit
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No Assumptions
Document produced by National Voices and NHS England in 2014 showing the importance of creating services that meet the needs of patients and provide person-centred care.
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Smart New World
An overview of how new mobile technology is changing the face of community nursing, published by the QNI in 2012.
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Homelessness and Hospital Discharge
In 2014 The Queen’s Nursing Institute surveyed over 180 nurses who work directly with people who are homeless to get their views of current hospital discharge arrangements. This document captures their feedback.
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Homelessness, babies and families
A 30 slide NSPCC learning resource highlighting the major health impacts of homelessness on infants under 2, created especially for the QNI’s Homeless Health Network of community nurses and other health professionals.
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Safeguarding Homeless Families
A guidance paper to help practitioners identify the needs of homeless families, and propose interventions and solutions that will act as a safeguard for families who are homeless, thus embedding good practice in service delivery.
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Homelessness and the Criminal Justice System
This guidance explains how the healthcare issues of those engaging with criminal justice system are addressed and provides links to further information.
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Homelessness: applying All Our Health guidance
A toolkit of best practice guidance for nurses on key public health issues created by the Department of Health, with input from the QNI's Homeless Health Programme.
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Dual Diagnosis Learning Brief
A learning guidance slide presentation compiled by the QNI. Dual Diagnosis is a term used to describe patients with severe mental illness and problematic drug and/or alcohol use.
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Oral Health and Homelessness
A learning resource created by the QNI in partnership with dentists and community nurses exploring common oral health conditions affecting people who are homeless.
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Foot Health
This guidance addresses the specific care of conditions affecting the feet of homeless people.
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Epilepsy and Homelessness
Guidance for healthcare professionals examines the particular needs of homeless people living with epilepsy.