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cover image - Community/Public Health Nursing Practice - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card),5th Edition
ISBN: 9781455742462
Copyright: 2013
Publication Date: 09-21-2012
Page Count: 888
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $100.99

Community/Public Health Nursing Practice - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 5th Edition

by Frances A. Maurer, MS, RN-BC and Claudia M. Smith, PhD, MPH, RN-BC

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cover image - Community/Public Health Nursing Practice - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card),5th Edition
ISBN: 9781455742462
Copyright: 2013
Publication Date: 09-21-2012
Page Count: 888
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $100.99
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Community/Public Health Nursing Practice features an engaging, easy-to-understand writing style, as well as assessment tools, detailed case studies, and clinical examples that demonstrate how key concepts apply to real-world practice. In addition, the content has been updated to be consistent with the AACN 2008 report The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice and the ACHNE 2010 report Essentials of baccalaureate nursing education for entry-level community/public health nursing. The instructor’s resources now include TEACH for Nurses, which highlights content related to the BSN essentials, QSEN competencies, concept themes and exemplars, teaching strategies, and more.

    • NEW! Healthy People 2020 objectives throughout the text help students identify common health risk factors in populations and families.
    • NEW! Coverage of health care reform, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), explores how current health care legislation impacts community/public health nursing.
    • Current evidence-based findings and best practices for community/public health nursing ensure students have the most reliable, up-to-date information.
    • Practical features including Case Studies, Ethics in Practice, and The Nursing Process in Practice illustrate real-world applications of key community/public health nursing concepts.
    • NEW! Information on weather-related disaster fatalities, bioterrorism, and national and state planning responses familiarize students with current, relevant issues which affect the health of populations worldwide and shape the role of the community/public health nurse.
    • NEW! Discussions of community health "hot button" issues, such as human trafficking, genital circumcision, and bullying, introduce students to today's health care challenges.
    • A complete discussion of the Minnesota Wheel helps students better understand this widely-accepted framework for community/public health nursing practice.
    • A complete unit on the community as client helps students understand how the assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation steps of the nursing process apply to the community, as opposed to an individual.
    • A chapter devoted to community assessment provides a complete assessment tool and shows students how the tool applies to two different types of communities.
    • UNIQUE! A chapter on screening and referral promotes population-focused practice, which is the crux of community/public health nursing.
    • A separate unit on the family emphasizes the importance of viewing the family as a singular client.
    • Helpful sections such as Focus Questions, Chapter Outlines, Key Ideas, and Learning by Experience and Reflection help students pinpoint essential information.
    • NEW! Healthy People 2020 objectives throughout the text help you identify common health risk factors in populations and families.
    • NEW! Coverage of health care reform, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), explores how current health care legislation impacts community/public health nursing.
    • NEW! Discussions of community health "hot button" issues, such as human trafficking, genital circumcision, and bullying, introduce you to today's health care challenges.
    • NEW! Information on weather-related disaster fatalities, bioterrorism, and national and state planning responses familiarize you with current, relevant issues which affect the health of populations worldwide and shape the role of the community/public health nurse.
  • Unit 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
  • Frances A. Maurer, MS, RN-BC, Community Health Educator and Consultant, Baltimore, Maryland and Claudia M. Smith, PhD, MPH, RN-BC, Community/Public Health Nursing Educator and Consultant, Bowie, Maryland
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