Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations

by Nies, Mary A.

• ISBN13: 9781416028871
• ISBN10: 1416028870
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-10
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SAUNDERS PUBLISHING

Summary

Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, 4th Edition focuses on the issues and responsibilities of contemporary community/public health nursing. Its emphasis on working with populations combined with the unique upstream preventive approach prepares the reader to assume an active role in caring for the health of clients in community and public settings. Plus, the new full-color design highlights special features and enhances content. Features photo-novellas to engage students and demonstrate applications of important community health nursing concepts. Provides detailed case studies that emphasize community aspects of all steps of the nursing process to promote the community perspective in all health situations. Examines issues of social justice and discusses how to target inequalities in arenas such as education, jobs, and housing to prepare students to function in a community-focused health care system. Demonstrates the use of theoretical frameworks common to community and public health nursing showing how familiar and new theory bases can be used to solve problems and challenges in the community. Illustrates real-life situations with highlighted Clinical Examples depicting todays community/public health care. Discussion of Levels of Prevention presented within the Case Studies address specific applications for each level. Provides Learning Activities at the end of each chapter to challenge students to apply chapter material outside the classroom. Includes a disaster management and preparedness chapter to examine this important new area of concern and responsibility in community health. Offers content on forensic nursing to explore this new subspecialty in community health. Summarizes research study findings pertinent to chapter topics in Research Highlights boxes. Highlights specific ethical issues in Ethical Insights boxes. Presents Healthy People 2010 objectives in feature boxes in appropriate chapters. Provides a Media Resources section at the front of each chapter that details the numerous Evolve components available to students. Chapter outline added to the front of chapters makes locating information in the chapter easier.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Community Health Nursing

Health: A Community View

Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing

Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice

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

Aggregates in the Community

Child and Adolescent Health

Womens Health

Mens 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 DisastersNEW!

Community Health Settings

School Health

Occupational Health

Forensic and Correctional Nursing

Parish Health

Home Health and Hospice

The Future of Community Health Nursing

Health in the Global Community

Community Health Nursing: Making a Difference

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