Full Description
How do you solve population-level health problems, develop nursing inventions, and apply them to clinical practice?
This problem-solving, case-based approach shows you how to apply public health knowledge across all settings and populations. You'll encounter different case studies in every chapter as you explore concepts such as community assessments, public health policy, and surveillance. Step by step, you'll develop the knowledge and skills you need to apply public health principles across a variety of health care settings, special populations, and scenarios, and to evaluate their effectiveness.
New! Healthy People 2030 boxes that present its goals and objectives and discuss how to apply them to everyday work settings
New & Expanded! Content on communicable diseases and pandemics and how they affect the structure of public health, plus updated coverage of the social determinants of health and vulnerable populations
New! "Why It Matters" boxes exploring the clinical nurse's role in public and community health and illustrating the application of theory to practice
Three case studies in each chapter, "Solving the Mystery," "Applying Public Health Science," and one at the end of the chapter to provide examples of the step-by-step processes that enable you to apply public health principles in the real world
Four simulation scenarios (facilitator and participant versions) that cover hot topics tied to problem-based learning as well as a new simulation scenario covering social determinants of health
Coverage of public health nursing competencies and roles that highlights national standards in public health
"Evidence-Based Practice" boxes illustrating how research and its resulting evidence support and inform public health nursing practice
Callout boxes in each chapter highlighting relevant Healthy People 2030 information, evidence-based practice, and rate calculations
Problem-based learning approach featuring exercises such as critical-thinking and end-of-chapter questions to enhance your skills and enable you to apply what you're learning
Contents
I. Basis for Public Health Nursing Knowledge and Skills
1.Public Health and Nursing Practice
2.Optimizing Population Health
3.Epidemiology and Nursing Practice
4.Introduction to Community Assessment
5.Health Program Planning
6.Environmental Health
II. Community Health Across Populations: Public Health Issues
7.Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health
8.Health and Vulnerable Populations
9.Communicable Diseases
10.Noncommunicable Diseases
11.Mental Health
12.Substance Use and the Health of Communities
13.Injury and Violence
III. Public Health Planning
14.Health Planning for Local Public Health Departments
15.Health Planning for Acute Care Settings
16.Health Planning for Primary Care Settings
17.Health Planning with Rural and Urban Communities
18.Health Planning for Maternal-Infant and Child Health Settings
19.Health Planning for School Settings
20.Health Planning for Occupational and Environmental Health
21.Health Planning, Public Health Policy, and Finance
22.Health Planning for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
