Description
**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Community Health**Gain a solid understanding of community and public health nursing with this industry-standard text! Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community, 11th Edition, provides up-to-date information on issues such as infectious diseases, natural and man-made disasters, and healthcare policies affecting individuals, families, and communities. This edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect current data, issues, trends, and practices presented in an easy-to-understand, accessible format. Additionally, real-life scenarios show examples of health promotion and public health interventions, and case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination help strengthen your clinical judgment. Ideal for BSN and Advanced Practice Nursing programs, this comprehensive, bestselling text will provide you with a greater understanding of public health nursing!- Focus on Quality and Safety Education for Nurses boxes give examples of how quality and safety goals, competencies, and objectives, knowledge, skills, and attitudes can be applied in nursing practice in the community- Evidence-Based Practice boxes illustrate the use and application of the latest research findings in public/community health nursing- Healthy People boxes describe federal health and wellness goals and objectives- Check Your Practice boxes feature a scenario and questions to promote active learning and encourage students to use clinical judgment skills as they contemplate how to best approach the task or problem in the scenario- Linking Content to Practice boxes describe the nurse's role in a variety of public and community health areas, giving specific examples of the nurse's role in caring for individuals, families, and populations- UNIQUE! Separate chapters covering promoting healthy communities, the Intervention Wheel, and nurse-led health centers teach students the initiatives and various approaches to population and community-centered nursing care- Levels of Prevention boxes address the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of community/public health nursing as related to chapter content- How To boxes provide practical application to practice- End-of-chapter Practice Application scenarios, Key Points, and Clinical Judgment Activities promote application and in-depth understanding of chapter content
Table of Contents
Part 1: The Relationship Between Public Health Nursing and Population Health1. Public Health Foundations, Population Health and Public Health Nursing2. History of Public and Community Health Nursing3. Public Health, Primary Care, and Primary Health Care Systems4. Perspectives in Global Health Care5. Economics of Health Care DeliveryPart 2: Factors Affecting Nurses in Public and Population Health6. Health Equity and Population Vulnerability7. Effects of the Environment on Population Health8. Population-Centered Nursing in Rural and Urban Environments9. Application of Ethics in the Community10. Impact of Health Policy on Care Delivery11. Evidence-Based PracticePart 3: Conceptual and Scientific Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice12. Population-Based Public Health Nursing Practice: The Intervention Wheel13. Genomics in Public Health Nursing14. Epidemiology15. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control16. Communicable and Infectious Disease RisksPart 4: Population Level Interventions17. Partnerships for Population Health Care Interventions18. Promoting Healthy Populations19. Assessment and Analysis of Client Populations20. Building a Culture of Health to Influence Health Equity Within PopulationsPart 5: Planning Approaches to Population Health Care Delivery21. The Nurse-Led Health Center: A Model for Community Nursing Practice22. Public Health Nursing Practice and the Disaster Management Cycle23. Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation24. Program Management25. Health Care Improvement in the Community26. Management of PopulationsPart 6: Promoting the Health of Target Populations Across the Life Span27. Working With Family Populations With Health Risks for Healthy Outcomes28. Maternal, Child and Adolescent Populations29. Major Health Issues and Chronic Disease Management of Adults Across the Life SpanPart 7: Issues in Promoting the Health of Vulnerable Populations30. The Homeless and Populations in Poverty31. Immigrant and Migrant Health Issues32. Mental Health Issues33. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems34. Violence and Human AbusePart 8: Nurses' Roles and Functions Working with Populations35. Advanced Nursing Practice in the Community36. The Nurse Leader in Population Health37. The Nurse in the Schools38. The Nurse in Occupational Health39. Forensic Nursing in the Community40. The Nurse in Faith Populations41. Public Health Nursing at Local, State, and National Levels
