Description
Give your students a complete guide to community health nursing! Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th Edition provides a unique, upstream preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all in a concise, easy-to-read text. Covering the nurses' role in promoting community health, it shows how students can take an active role in social action and health policy – emphasizing society's responsibility to protect all human life and ensuring that diverse and vulnerable populations have their basic health needs met. Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing concepts apply to the real world. Written by community health nursing experts Mary A. Nies and Melanie McEwen, this book describes the issues and responsibilities of today's community and public health nurse.- UNIQUE! A 'social justice' approach promotes health for all people, including vulnerable populations- UNIQUE! 'Upstream' preventive focus addresses factors that are the precursors to poor health in the community, addressing potential health problems before they occur.- Case Studies present the theory, concepts, and application of the nursing process in practical and manageable examples- UNIQUE! Photo novellas use photographs to tell stories showing real-life clinical scenarios and applications of important community health nursing roles- Application of the nursing process at the individual, family, and aggregate levels highlights the community perspective in all health situations- Clinical examples offer snippets of real-life client situations- Theoretical frameworks common to nursing and public health aid in the application of familiar and new theory bases to problems and challenges in the community- Healthy People 2020 boxes include the most current national health care objectives- Research Highlights boxes show the application of research studies to the practice of community nursing- Ethical Insights boxes highlight ethical issues and concerns that the community/public health nurse may encounter- Objectives, key terms, and chapter outlines at the beginning of every chapter introduce important concepts and terminology- NEW AND UNIQUE! A Veterans Health chapter presents situations and considerations unique to the care of veterans- NEW! Genetics in Public Health boxes reflect increasing scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of using genetic tests and family health history to guide public health interventions- NEW! Active Learning boxes test your knowledge of the content you've just read, helping provide clinical application and knowledge retention
Table of Contents
Unit I: Introduction to Community Health Nursing1. Health: A Community View2. Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context3. Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice4. Health Promotion and Risk ReductionUnit II: The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing5. Epidemiology6. Community Assessment7. Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation8. Community Health Education9. Case ManagementUnit III: Factors that Influence the Health of the Community10. Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing11. The Health Care System12. Economics of Health Care13. Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing14. Environmental Health15. Health in the Global CommunityUnit IV: Aggregates in the Community16. Child and Adolescent Health17. Women's Health18. Men's Health19. Senior Health20. Family HealthUnit V: Vulnerable Populations21. Populations Affected by Disabilities22. Veterans Health NEW!23. Homeless Populations24. Rural and Migrant Health25. Populations Affected by Mental IllnessUnit VI: Population Health Problems26. Communicable Disease27. Substance Abuse28. Violence29. Natural and Man-Made DisastersUnit VII: Community Health Settings30. School Health31. Occupational Health32. Forensic and Correctional Nursing33. Faith Community Nursing34. Home Health and Hospice
