Help your students master the essentials of community and public health nursing! Stanhope & Lancaster's Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th 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 AACN Essentials, Healthy People 2030 guidelines, and coverage of the latest issues, trends, and practices. Covering the fundamentals that students need to know, this market-leading text shows how to design effective nursing strategies for vulnerable and special populations.
NEW! Updated content and figures reflect the most current data, issues, trends, and practices, including public health nursing and COVID-19.
NEW! Reorganized chapters create a stronger, more streamlined approach to enhance learning and better assist digital learners.
NEW! Healthy People 2030 objectives are highlighted throughout the book, addressing the health priorities and emerging health issues expected in the next decade.
NEW! Applying Clinical Judgment in Practice boxes feature scenarios and discussion questions to promote active learning and encourage students to use clinical judgment skills as they think about the scenario.
NEW! AACN boxes describe the competencies, quality and safety goals, objectives, knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to become a professional nurse in the community.
NEW! Unfolding case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) are provided on the companion Evolve website,offering additional opportunities to build clinical judgment.
Genomics coverage provides a history of genetics and genomics and how they impact public/community health nursing care.
Focus on health promotion throughout the text emphasizes initiatives, strategies, and interventions that promote the health of the community.
Clinical Application scenarios present practice situations with questions and answers to help students apply chapter concepts to practice in the community.
Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight current research findings, their application to practice, and how community/public health nurses can apply the study results.
Levels of Prevention boxes identify specific nursing interventions at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, to reinforce the concept of prevention as it pertains to community and public health care.
Linking Content to Practice boxes highlight how chapter content is applied in the role of public/community health nursing.
Coverage of ongoing health care reform issues includes the impact of legislation on public health nursing.
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NEW! Updated content and figures reflect the most current data, issues, trends, and practices, including public health nursing and COVID-19.
NEW! Reorganized chapters are streamlined to make learning easier.
NEW! Healthy People 2030 objectives are highlighted throughout the book, addressing the health priorities and emerging health issues expected in the next decade.
NEW! Applying Clinical Judgment in Practice boxes feature scenarios and discussion questions that help you develop clinical judgment skills.
NEW! AACN boxes describe the competencies, quality and safety goals, objectives, knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to become a professional nurse in the community.
NEW! Unfolding case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) are provided on the companion Evolve website,offering additional opportunities to build clinical judgment.
PART 1 The Relationship Between Public Health Nursing and Population Health 1 Public Health Foundations and Population Health 2 The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing 3 US and Global Healthcare 4 Government, the Law, and Policy Activism 5 Economics of Population and Population Healthcare Delivery PART 2 Forces Affecting Nurses in Public and Population Healthcare Delivery 6 Influence of Ethics on Care Delivery 7 Building a Culture of Health to Influence Health Equity Within Populations 8 Effects of the Environment on Population Health 9 Evidence-Based Practice PART 3 Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community 10 Epidemiological Applications 11 Infectious Disease Prevention and Control 12 Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks 13 Assessment and Analysis of Client Populations 14 Partnerships for Population Healthcare Interventions PART 4 Planning Approaches to Population Healthcare Delivery 15 Management of Populations 16 Public Health Nursing Practice and the Disaster Management Cycle 17 Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation 18 Program Management 19 Healthcare Improvement in the Community PART 5 Promoting the Health of Target Populations Across the Life Span 20 Working with Family Populations with Health Risks for Healthy Outcomes 21 Genomics in Public and Population Health Nursing 22 Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Populations 23 Major Health Issues and Chronic Disease Management of Adults Across the Life Span PART 6 Issues in Promoting the Health of Vulnerable Populations 24 Health Inequity and Population Vulnerability 25 Rural Health and Health Issues of Migrant Populations 26 Poverty, Homelessness, and Mental Illness 27 Substance Abuse Within Populations 28 Violence and Human Abuse in Populations PART 7 Nurses’ Roles and Functions Working with Populations 29 Public Health Nursing at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health 30 The Faith Community Nurse 31 The Nurse in the Schools 32 The Nurse in Occupational Health
Lisa M. Turner, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, Associate Professor, Nursing, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, USA and Krista Lynn Jones, DNP, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, ELAN Fellow, Director, Urbana Regional Campus, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Population Health Nursing Science, UIC College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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