Nurses whose work combines elements of both primary care nursing and public health practice and takes place primarily outside the therapeutic institution. Primary nursing care is directed to individuals, families, or groups in their natural settings within communities.
    

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"Early responsibilities", a drawing from Punch, 1900

Community care : nursing, midwifery and health visiting / prepared for the Department of Health and Social Security by the Central Office of Information.

Bread, jam and a borrowed pram : a nurse's story from the streets / by Dot May Dunn.

The Ranyard Nurses (founded 1868)  : nursing branch of the Ranyard Mission.

The public health nurse of the future / by John D. Kershaw, M.D., D.P.H., F.R.SAN.I., Medical Officer of Health, Colchester, and Area Medical Offcer, North-East Essex.

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Bread, jam and a borrowed pram : a nurse's story from the streets / by Dot May Dunn.

The Ranyard Nurses (founded 1868) : nursing branch of the Ranyard Mission.

Community care : nursing, midwifery and health visiting / prepared for the Department of Health and Social Security by the Central Office of Information.

"Early responsibilities", a drawing from Punch, 1900

The public health nurse of the future / by John D. Kershaw, M.D., D.P.H., F.R.SAN.I., Medical Officer of Health, Colchester, and Area Medical Offcer, North-East Essex.