General Practice Nursing

Royal College of Nursing (2022) Immunisation knowledge and skills competence assessment tool. 3rd edn. London: RCN.

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Royal College of Nursing (2021) Managing childhood immunisation clinics. London: RCN

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RCN clinical topic specialist area: Social prescribing

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Royal College of Nursing (2020) Starting injectable treatments in adults with type 2 diabetes. London: RCN

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RCN Advice guide: Self-employment

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NHS (2019) The NHS Long Term Plan, London: NHS

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Sonnet Advisory and Impact (2021) Leading the way: the role and value of nurses in general practice in England. Ampthill: Sonnet Advisory and Impact.

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The Queens Nursing Institute (2020) The QNI Standards of education and practice for nurses new to general practice nursing. London: QNI

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The Queens Nursing Institute (2016) Transition to general practice nursing toolkit. London: QNI

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The Queens Nursing Institute and The Queens Nursing Institute Scotland (2017) The QNI/QNIS voluntary standards for general practice nursing education and practice. London: QNI/QNIS

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NHS and The Queens Nursing Institute (2019) General practice nurse induction template. London: NHS.

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NHS Health Education England (2017) The general practice nursing workforce development plan. London: HEE.

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NHS England (2016) General practice forward view, London: NHS England

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NHS England (2017) General practice – developing confidence, capability and capacity, London: NHS England

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Skills for Health (2020) Framework for advanced clinical practice (nurses) working in general practice / primary care in England.

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The Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2016) UK medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (UKMEC), London: FSRH

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

Blaber A, Morris H, Gorman J and Goddard D (2021) Independent prescribing for general practice nurses. Bridgwater: Class Publishing.

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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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Delves-Yates C and Elcock K (2022) Essentials of nursing practice. 3rd edn. Los Angeles: SAGE.

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Duncan D (2019) General practice nursing: foundational principles. Cumbria: M and K Publishing.

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Everett S (2021) Handbook of contraception and sexual health. 4^th edn. London: Routledge.

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Guillebaud J (2020) Contraception today. 9th edn. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

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Johnson G, Hill-Smith I, Bakhai C and Khatani B (2024) The minor illness manual. Sixth. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.

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Nicol J and Hollowood L (2024) Nursing adults with long term conditions. 4 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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Simon C, Everitt H, Dorp F van, Hussain N, Nash E and Peet D (2020) Oxford handbook of general practice: 5th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Staten A and Staten P (eds.) (2019) Practical general practice: guidelines for effective clinical management. 7th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.

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

• Advanced nursing practice
• General practice
• Long term conditions
• Primary care nursing

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

• Advanced nursing practice
• Careers in general practice nursing
• General practice nursing
• Long term conditions
• Primary care nursing
• Remote consultations
• Remote prescriptions
• Social prescribing
• Urgent care clinics/centres
• Minor injuries

Journals of interest for general practice nursing. Use these links to see details of availability.

• British Journal of General Practice
• Independent Nurse
• Nursing in Practice
• Practice Nurse: the Journal for Nurses in General Practice
• Practice Nursing
• Primary Health Care

General Practice Nurse Education Network

• Created by the Queens Nursing Institute and funded by the NHS, the new GPNEN website aims to support general practice nurses across England.
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Critical conversations

• Sally Bassett And Kate Wells-McCulloch from the Nurses in Management and Leadership Forum discuss critical conversations with particular reference to general practice nursing.
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Using technology now and beyond COVID-19

• Ann Gregory from the General Practice Nursing Forum shares her experiences of using technology in nursing during COVID-19.
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