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ISBN: 9780323776905
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 10-27-2021
Page Count: 664
Imprint: Elsevier
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Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition

by Marcia Stanhope, PhD, RN, FAAN and Jeanette Lancaster, PhD, RN, FAAN

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323776905
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 10-27-2021
Page Count: 664
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $106.99
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Help your students master the essentials of community and public health nursing! Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition provides clear, concise coverage of the nurse’s role in preventing disease, promoting health, and providing health education in community settings. Case studies and critical thinking activities make it easier for students to apply concepts to community nursing practice. New to this edition are Healthy People 2030 guidelines and coverage of the latest issues, trends, and approaches. Covering the fundamentals that students need to know, this market-leading text shows how to design effective nursing strategies for vulnerable and special populations.

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    • NEW! COVID-19 pandemic information has been added
    • NEW! Healthy People 2030 objectives are highlighted throughout the book, addressing the health priorities and emerging health issues expected in the next decade
    • NEW! Updated content and figures reflect the most current data, issues, trends, and practices
    • NEW! Expanded Check Your Practice boxes use Clinical Judgment (Next Generation NCLEX®) steps to guide your thinking about practice scenarios
    • NEW! COVID-19 pandemic information has been added
    • NEW! Healthy People 2030 objectives are highlighted throughout the book, addressing the health priorities and emerging health issues expected in the next decade
    • Focus on health promotion throughout the text emphasizes initiatives, strategies, and interventions that promote the health of the community
    • NEW! Updated content and figures reflect the most current data, issues, trends, and practices
    • NEW! Expanded Check Your Practice boxes use Clinical Judgment (NGN) steps to guide student thinking about practice scenarios and promote active learning
    • QSEN boxes illustrate how quality and safety goals, competencies, objectives, knowledge, skills, and attitudes can be applied in nursing practice in the community
    • Levels of Prevention boxes identify specific nursing interventions at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, reinforcing the concept of prevention as it relates to community and public health care
    • Applying Content to Practice boxes highlight how chapter content is applied to nursing practice in the community
    • Practice Application scenarios present practice situations with questions and answers to help students apply concepts to community practice
    • Genomics coverage provides a history of genetics and genomics and how they impact public/community health nursing care
    • Coverage of ongoing health care reform issues includes the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) on public health nursing
    • Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight current research findings, their application to practice, and how community/public health nurses can apply the study results
  • SECTION I Factors Influencing Nursing in Community and Population Health
    1. Public Health Nursing and Population Health
    2. The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
    3. US and Global Health Care
    4. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
    5. Economics of US Health Care Delivery

    SECTION 2 Forces Affecting Nurses in Community and Population Health Care Delivery
    6. Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
    7. Culture of Populations in Communities
    8. Environmental Health
    9. Evidence-Based Practice

    SECTION 3 Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community
    10. Epidemiologic Applications
    11. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
    12. Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks
    13. Community Assessment and Evaluation
    14. Health Education in the Community

    SECTION 4 Issues and Approaches in Health Care of Populations
    15. Case Management 16: Disaster Management
    17. Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
    18. Program Management
    19. Health Care Improvement in the Community

    SECTION 5 Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
    20. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment and Genomics
    21. Family Health Risks
    22. Health Risks Across the Life Span

    SECTION 6 Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors
    23. Health Equity and Care of Vulnerable Populations
    24. Rural Health and Migrant Health
    25. Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
    26. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
    27. Violence and Human Abuse

    SECTION 7 Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions
    28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health
    29. The Faith Community Nurse
    30. The Nurse in Public Health, Home Health, Palliative Care, and Hospice
    31. The Nurse in the Schools
    32. The Nurse in Occupational Health

    Appendices
    A. Guidelines for Practice
    B. Assessment Tools
    C. Essential Elements of Public Health Nursing
    D. Hepatitis Information
  • Marcia Stanhope, PhD, RN, FAAN, Education and Practice Consultant and Professor Emerita, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky and Jeanette Lancaster, PhD, RN, FAAN, Sadie Heath Cabiness Professor and Dean Emerita, School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Associate, Tuft & Associates, Inc.
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