Community/Public Health Nursing Practice: Health for Families and Populations
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A practical approach helps you learn and apply core concepts of community and public health nursing. This text emphasizes both community and family as client, so you’ll gain a solid understanding of these important specialties. Numerous real-life examples demonstrate your roles and responsibilities as a community health nurse. Not only is this text your leading source for need-to-know information, it is the only community/public health book to devote a full chapter to screening and referral!• A unique chapter on screening and referral details the process of early detection of disease, a significant responsibility of community/public health nursing. • Coverage of the community as client includes each step of the nursing process as applied to the community. • Family coverage emphasizes the importance of viewing the family as a singular client. • A chapter on community assessment provides a complete assessment tool, with application to two different types of communities. • Healthy People 2010 boxes, including the Midcourse Review, reinforce the primary prevention aspect of community/public health nursing. • A unique discussion describes the difference between geopolitical and social communities. • Student-friendly features include Focus Questions, Chapter Outlines, Key Ideas, Learning by Experience and Reflection, and Suggested Readings. • Practical application features include Case Studies, Ethics in Practice, and The Nursing Process in Practice. • The companion Evolve website includes critical thinking questions, scenarios, and exercises challenging you to apply concepts to clinical situations.• The new ANA Standards for Public Health Nursing are addressed in detail, helping you prepare for population-focused practice. • The Minnesota Wheel of public health nursing interventions, a widely accepted framework for practice, offers a model for improving population health. • Expanded information about managed care, health care reforms, and universal health care initiatives addresses the current issues in health care delivery. • New content about Medicare Part D addresses prescription drug coverage and how it affects health care financing for elderly people. • Recent national disasters and lessons learned from them are highlighted in a Disaster Management chapter. • New coverage of human exposure to environmental chemicals and the impact of global warming on health explain important risks to public health. • Expanded coverage of health literacy helps you provide needed patient education. • A Study Aids section in each chapter lists the resources available on the companion Evolve website.
1Responsibilities for care in community/public health nursing22Origins and future of community/public health nursing283The United States health care system514Financing of health care : context for community/public health nursing815International health1056Legal context for community/public health nursing1237Epidemiology : unraveling the mysteries of disease and health1508Communicable diseases1759Relevance of culture and values for community/public health nursing21910Home visit : opening the doors for family health24811A family perspective in community/public health nursing27212Nursing process and families29013Multiproblem families32114Community assessment34015Community diagnosis, planning, and intervention37616Evaluation of nursing care with communities39917Health promotion and risk reduction in the community41618Screening and referral43619Health teaching45420Vulnerable populations47421Nursing in a disaster49622Violence : a social and family problem51723Adolescent sexual activity and teenage pregnancy54524Substance abuse and dependence57125Environmental health risks : at home, at work, and in the community59626Rehabilitation clients in the community62227Children in the community64128Elderly persons in the community66229State and local health departments68630School health70831Home health care73132Rural health75333Community mental health775
