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Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations
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Summary
Covering the nurse's role in promoting community health, Community/Public Health Nursing, 5th Edition is known for its "upstream" preventive focus and social justice approach, photo novellas with clinical stories, and a concise, readable style. It shows how you, as a nurse, can take an active role in social action and health policy - especially in caring for diverse population groups. Expert authors Mary A. Nies and Melanie McEwen discuss today's issues and trends, and describe the key issues and responsibilities of contemporary community/public health nursing.
-An "upstream" focus addresses factors that are the precursors to poor health in the community.
-A "social justice" approach promotes health for everyone.
-Photo novellas use photographs to tell stories showing real-life clinical scenarios and applications of important community health nursing roles.
-Case Study: Application of the Nursing Process feature presents specific community components of the nursing process separately from individual and family.
-Clinical examples offer snippets of real-life client situations.
-Research Highlights boxes show the application of current research to chapter content.
-Ethical Insights boxes highlight ethical issues and concerns.
-Healthy People 2020 boxes summarize objectives and their importance in community health.
-Objectives, key terms, and chapter outlines introduce important concepts and terminology at the beginning of every chapter.
-Learning Activities at the end of each chapter ask you to apply concepts to the world outside the classroom.
-New Health Promotion and Risk Reduction chapter details the promotion of health and presents strategies that can identify risk factors for illness.
-Faith Community Nursing chapter reflects current terminology from the ANAÕs Scope and Standards of Practice, and includes more coverage of the spiritual health of clients.
-Health: A Community View chapter expands its discussion of the continual challenges and strategies associated with the delivery of health care.
-Communicable Disease chapter includes new information about public health surveillance, outbreaks, and bioterrorism.
-Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing chapter features new content on complementary and alternative therapies.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Community Health Nursing | |
Health: A Community View | |
Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context | |
Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice | |
Health Promotion and Risk Reduction NEW! | |
The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing | |
Epidemiology | |
Community Assessment | |
Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation | |
Community Health Education | |
Case Management | |
Factors that Influence the Health of the Community | |
The Health Care System | |
Economics of Health Care | |
Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing | |
Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing | |
Environmental Health | |
Globalization and International Health | |
Aggregates in the Community | |
Child and Adolescent Health | |
Women's Health | |
Men's Health | |
Senior Health | |
Family Health | |
Vulnerable Populations | |
Populations Affected by Disabilities | |
Homeless Populations | |
Rural and Migrant Health | |
Populations Affected by Mental Illness | |
Population Health Problems | |
Communicable Disease | |
Substance Abuse | |
Violence | |
Natural and Man-made Disasters | |
Community Health Settings | |
School Health | |
Occupational Health | |
Forensic and Correctional Nursing | |
Faith Community Nursing | |
Home Health and Hospice | |
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