Promoting health

Promoting the health and well-being of patients is a vital part of the nursing role.

Health promotion can take place in three different ways: helping to prevent healthy people from getting ill in the first place; preventing ill health becoming chronic by educating patients about their condition and restoring good health, and educating patients and carers about how to live with chronic conditions or how to recover after an illness. "Vital Notes for Nurses: Promoting Health" is a concise, accessible introduction to health promotion and public health priorities for pre-registration nursing students and newly qualified nurses.

It explores issues such as the delivery of public health, public health priorities, health inequalities, health promotion settings, and the role of the nurse in health promotion roles.