Community Health Nursing

by Holzemer, Stephen P., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780763785796
• ISBN10: 0763785792
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Written in an accessible, user-friendly, and practical style, this text provides a focused and highly engaging introduction to community health nursing. It focuses on health care for people in their homes and where they live with an overriding emphasis on care of the client in the community, and the business and politics of community health nursing. *Incorporates information on public health nurses, community health nurses and the visiting nurse*Includes guiding principles for nursing in the community, interdisciplinary communication, community-based needs of clients, systems of care management, resource allocation in the community, and project management*Covers important community health topics, such as homelessness and vulnerable populations, and interstate, international, and global health concerns*Includes Instructor Resources, such as PowerPoint Presentations and a Test Bank*Accompanied by a robust Companion Website full of online activities to enhance the student learning experience

Table of Contents

SectionI Guiding Principles and Theoretical Orientation for Community Health Nursing
Chapter1 Providing Care to Clients in the Community.
Chapter2 An Ethical and Cultural Context for Care in the Community.
Chapter3 The Alliance for Health Model.
Chapter4 Health Policy and Evidence-based Research in the Community.
Chapter5 Intra- and Interdisciplinary Communication and Information Management in the Community
SectionII Assessment and Diagnosis of the Voice of the Client, by People Who Provide Care to Them.
Chapter6 The Voice of the Client in Community-based Care
Chapter7 Expertise of the Nurse/Health Care Team in Community- based Care.
SectionIII Assessment and Diagnosis of Community-based Needs
Chapter8 Community-based Needs of Clients in Health Promotion, Maintenance and Restoration
Chapter9 – Epidemiology and Environmental Health Concerns Related to Community-based Needs.
SectionIV Assessment and Diagnosis Related to the Systems of Care Management and Resource Allocation.
Chapter10 Systems of Care Management (Care Settings) for Providing Care for the Family and Community.
Chapter11 Resource Allocation to Provide Care for the Family and Community.
SectionV Community Program Development (Program Planning, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, and Program Termination).
Chapter12 Principles of Community Program Development.
Chapter13 Using Project Management to Coordinate Community Program Development.
Chapter14 Keeping Family and Community Systems Intact – Disaster Preparedness and Management.
SectionVI The Future of Community Health
Chapter15 Interstate, International and Global Community Health Concerns.
Chapter16 Developing a Personal and Professional Commitment to a Changing Community.