Description
Book SynopsisOffers a practical approach that helps you to learn and apply core concepts of community and public health nursing. This title provides numerous real-life examples that demonstrate your roles and responsibilities as a community health nurse.
Trade Review"This book is intended mainly for degree nursing students, but it is also useful to those returning to nursing practise...One of the book's strengths is the focus on the family, and the micro culture within it...I would reccommend this book as a useful reference to anyone who needs to consider the global perspective." Journal of Community Nursing, March 2010
Table of ContentsUnit 1: Role and Context of Community/Public Health Nursing Practice 1. Responsibilities for Care in Community/Public Health Nursing 2. Origins and Future of Community/Public Health Nursing 3. The United States Health Care System 4. Financing of Health Care: Context for Community/Public Health Nursing 5. Global Health 6. Legal Context for Community/Public Health Nursing Practice Unit 2: Core Concepts for the Practice of Community/Public Health Nursing 7. Epidemiology: Unraveling the Mysteries of Disease and Health 8. Communicable Diseases 9. Environmental Health Risks: At Home, at Work, and in the Community 10. Relevance of Culture and Values for Community/Public Health Nursing Unit 3: Family as Client 11. Home Visit: Opening the Doors for Family Health 12. A Family Perspective in Community/Public Health Nursing 13. Family Case Management 14. Multiproblem Families Unit 4: Community as Client 15. Community Assessment 16. Community Diagnosis, Planning, and Intervention 17. Evaluation of Nursing Care with Communities Unit 5: Tools for Practice 18. Health Promotion and Risk Reduction in the Community 19. Screening and Referral 20. Health Teaching Unit 6: Contemporary Problems in Community/Public Health Nursing 21. Vulnerable Populations 22. Disaster Management: Caring for Communities in an Emergency 23. Violence: A Social and Family Problem 24. Adolescent Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy 25. Substance Use Disorders Unit 7: Support for Special Populations 26. Rehabilitation Clients in the Community 27. Children in the Community 28. Elderly Persons in the Community Unit 8: Settings for Community/Public Health Nursing Practice 29. State and Local Health Departments 30. School Health 31. Home Health Care 32. Rural Health 33. Community Mental Health
