Community-Based Nursing Practice : Learning Through Students' Stories

by Sorrell, Jeanne Merkle; Redmond, Georgine, Rn., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780803606074
• ISBN10: 0803606079
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: F a Davis Co

Summary

George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA. Textbook teaches students how to employ skills they already know in different settings. Includes exercises, alternative therapies, and more. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Section 1 General Concepts of Community-based Practice
Community-based Nursing Practice: An Overview in the United States	3	(18)
Christena Langley
Community-based Primary Health Care and the Public Health Perspective	21	(18)
Janet Fraser Hale
Community-based Practice: An Overview in Canada	39	(18)
Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler
Storytelling as a Nursing Intervention in Community-based Nursing Practice	57	(22)
Jeanne M. Sorrell
Health Promotion, Risk Reduction, and Disease Prevention in the Community	79	(16)
Marie Peterson Kodadek
Cultural Competence as a Foundation for Community-based Nursing Practice	95	(28)
Charlene Yvonne Douglas
Ethical and Legal Considerations in Community-based Settings	123	(26)
Mary Cipriano Silva
Differentiating Nurses' Scope of Practice in the Community	149	(12)
Joyce Hahn
Community Resources	161	(18)
Pamela A. Avent
Christena Langley
Alternative/Complementary Health Practices-A New, Yet Old Area for Community-based Nursing Practice	179	(16)
Mary Anne Noble
Caring for Chronically Ill Clients in the Community	195	(16)
Francine Roberts
Section 2 Applying Primary-care Skills for Community-based Practice
Health Assessment Concerns in the Community	211	(22)
Janet Schwab Merritt
Teaching Clients in Community-based Sites	233	(20)
Margaret J. Cofer
Communication as the Fabric of Community-based Nursing Practice	253	(24)
Rosemarie C. Brenkus
Mary Narayan
Working with Families in the Community	277	(26)
Georgine Redmond
Working with Groups in the Community	303	(20)
Ann H. Cary
The Nurse in the Community-based Child-care Center	323	(20)
Maureen Kirkpatrick McLaughlin
Section 3 Applying Primary-care Skills to Community-based Practice
Community-based Nursing Practice in a Senior Center	343	(12)
Joanne C. Langan
Community-based Nursing Practice for Underserved Children in an Elementary School	355	(16)
Georgine M. Redmond
Jeanne Sorrell
Christine T. Blasser
Community-based Nursing Practice on a College Campus	371	(10)
M. Lucille Boland
Community-based Nursing Practice in an HIV/AIDS Network	381	(12)
Loretta Brush Normile
Community-based Nursing Practice in Home-care Settings	393	(20)
Susan W. Durham
Community-based Nursing Practice in a Faith Community	413	(16)
Margaret M. Moss
Index	429