Community/Public Health Nursing Practice Health for Families and Populations

Name: Community/Public Health Nursing Practice Health for Families and Populations
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ISBN: 9781416050049

ISBN-10: 1416050043

ISBN-13: 9781416050049

Edition: 4th 2009

Authors: Frances A. Maurer, Claudia M. Smith

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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 youll 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…

Book details

List price: $99.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 10/6/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 896
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.87" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.740
Language: English




Role and Context of Community/Public Health Nursing Practice



Responsibilities for Care in Community/Public Health Nursing



Origins and Future of Community/Public Health Nursing



The United States Health Care System



Financing of Health Care: Context for Community/Public Health Nursing



International Health



Legal Context for Community/Public Health Nursing Practice



Core Concepts for the Practice of Community/Public Health Nursing



Epidemiology: Unraveling the Mysteries of Disease and Health



Communicable Diseases



Environmental Health Risks: At Home, at Work, and in the Community



Relevance of Culture and Values for Community/Public Health Nursing



Family as Client



Home Visit: Opening the Doors for Family Health



A Family Perspective in Community/Public Health Nursing



Family Case Management



Multiproblem Families



Community as Client



Community Assessment



Community Diagnosis, Planning, and Intervention



Evaluation of Nursing Care with Communities



Tools for Practice



Health Promotion and Risk Reduction in the Community



Screening and Referral



Health Teaching



Contemporary Problems in Community/Public Health Nursing



Vulnerable Populations



Disaster Management: Caring for Communities in an Emergency



Violence: A Social and Family Problem



Adolescent Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy



Substance Use Disorders



Support for Special Populations



Rehabilitation Clients in the Community



Children in the Community



Elderly Persons in the Community



Settings for Community/Public Health Nursing Practice



State and Local Health Departments



School Health



Home Health Care



Rural Health



Community Mental Health