Case Studies in Public Health Nursing, 1st Edition
Online Course
Help your students gain a better understanding of the nurse’s role in caring for populations and the community. The detailed scenarios in Case Studies in Public Health Nursing: Online Practice and Application are real-life situations, designed to promote active learning, classroom discussions, and student comprehension. Over 50 engaging scenarios are presented in a consistent format to help students quickly grasp topics such as community assessment, health promotion, and vulnerable populations. Featuring robust online content along with an accompanying user’s guide, these case studies are ideal for use in conjunction with a community health textbook. Plus, suggested readings corresponding to Elsevier community health textbooks are included to help you create a rich learning experience!
Newer Edition Available
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- NEW! More than 50 online, unfolding case studies bring community/public health nursing to life in order to help students understand how the role of the public health nurse fits into unique populations.
- NEW! Each case study is organized in a consistent format featuring objectives, unfolding case scenarios, gradable NCLEX®-style review questions, and open-ended critical thinking and discussion questions.
- NEW! Suggested readings from Elsevier community health textbooks (Nies, Stanhope, Edelman) are included so students can easily cross-reference relevant content.
- NEW! Answer guidelines are provided for all critical thinking and discussion questions. NCLEX®-style quizzes feed to the gradebook.
- NEW! An estimated completion time included for each case study, so students and instructors can plan ahead.
- NEW! Helpful printed User’s Guide includes an overview of public health nursing, a full description of each case study, and instructions for using the product.
- NEW! A list of relevant Giddens concepts is provided for each case study.
- NEW! Each case study incorporates evidence-based practice and exemplifies public health nursing interventions from the Intervention Wheel.
- NEW! The Quad Council Coalition’s Community/Public Health Nursing Competencies provide the framework for the case studies, ensuring practice examples for each competency domain are included.
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- NEW! More than 50 online, unfolding case studies bring community/public health nursing to life in order to help you understand how the role of the public health nurse fits into unique populations.
- NEW! Each case study is organized in a consistent format featuring objectives, unfolding case scenarios, gradable NCLEX®-style review questions, and open-ended critical thinking and discussion questions.
- NEW! Suggested readings from Elsevier community health textbooks (Nies, Stanhope, Edelman) are included so you can easily cross-reference relevant content.
- NEW! Answer guidelines are provided for all critical thinking and discussion questions.
- NEW! Helpful printed User’s Guide includes an overview of public health nursing, a full description of each case study, and instructions for using the product.
- NEW! A list of relevant Giddens concepts is provided for each case study.
- NEW! Each case study incorporates evidence-based practice and exemplifies public health nursing interventions from the Intervention Wheel.
- NEW! The Quad Council Coalition’s Community/Public Health Nursing Competencies provide the framework for the case studies, ensuring practice examples for each competency domain are included.
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1. Upstream Thinking: Introduction to Community/Public Health Nursing
2. Determinants of Health
3. Culture of Health
Competencies for PHN Domain 1 – Analytic and Assessment Skills
4. Community Assessment Part 1: Shoe Leather/Windshield Survey and Key Informant Interview
5. Community Assessment Part 2: Using Data Sources
6. Individual Health Risk Assessment
7. Family Health Risk Assessment
8. Environmental Health Risk Assessment
Competencies for PHN Domain 2: Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
9. Policy Development to Protect Health: Local Community Level Policy
10. Policy Development to Protect Health: State Level Policy
11. Policy Development to Protect Health: National Level Policy
12. Program Planning
13. Disaster Planning & Management Part 1: Mitigation & Preparation
14. Disaster Planning & Management Part 2: Response & Recovery
Competencies for PHN Domain 3: Communication Skills
15. Health Literacy
16. Individual Health Promotion
17. Family Health Promotion
18. Community Health Promotion
Competencies for PHN Domain 4: Cultural Competence Skills
19. Advocating and Working with Diverse Populations
20. Targeted Health Information for At-Risk Populations
21. Evaluate Agency Practices and Policies for Cultural Competence
Competencies for PHN Domain 5: Community Dimensions of Practice
22. Task Force Development
23. Coalition Development
24. Navigating United States Health Care System
Competencies for PHN Domain 6: Public Health Science Skills
25. Disease Outbreak – Infectious Disease in a College Dorm
26. Disease Outbreak – Foodborne Illness
27. Disease Outbreak – Potential Epidemic
28. Disease Outbreak – Global Health Risk
29. Disease Outbreak – Emerging Disease
30. Community Based Participatory Research
Competencies for PHN Domain 7: Financial Planning and Management Skills
31. Board of Health Report
32. Proposal for Funding from External Source
33. Delivering Care within Budgetary Guidelines
34. Conflict Management
Competencies for PHN Domain 8: Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
35. Adhering to Ethical Standards
36. Nurse Managed Centers
37. Quality Management and Improvement
38. Public Health Workforce
Vulnerable Populations
39. Populations Affected with Disabilities
40. Poverty and Homeless
41. Rural and Migrant Health
42. Substance Abuse
43. Violence & Human Abuse
A Day in the Life: Specialty Practice
44. Case Management
45. Faith Community Nursing
46. Forensic and Correctional Nursing
47. Genomics
48. Global Health
49. Home Health and Hospice
50. Occupational Health
51. School Nursing
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