Community/public health nursing practice health for families and populations

Focusing on practical, need-to-know information, Community/Public Health Nursing Practice helps you learn how to apply the nursing process at the community and family level. It features an engaging, easy-to-understand writing style, as well as assessment tools, detailed case studies, adn clinical ex...

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Other Authors: Maurer, Frances A., Smith, Claudia M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, MO Elsevier/Saunders c2013
Edition:5th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Responsibilities for care in community/public health nursing
  • Origins and future of community/public health nursing
  • The United States health care system
  • Financing of health care : context for community public health nursing
  • Global health
  • Legal context for community/public health nursing practice
  • Epidemiology : unraveling the mysteries of disease and health
  • Communicable diseases
  • Environmental health risks : at home, at work, and in the community
  • Relevance of culture and values for community/public health nursing
  • Home visit : opening the doors for family health
  • A family perspective in community/public health nursing
  • Family case management
  • Multiproblem families
  • Community assessment
  • Community diagnosis, planning, and intervention
  • Evaluation of nursing care with communities
  • Health promotion and risk reduction in the community
  • Screening and referral
  • Health teaching
  • Vulnerable populations
  • Disaster management : caring for communities in an emergency
  • Violence : a social and family problem
  • Adolescent sexual activity and teenage pregnancy
  • Substance use disorders
  • Rehabilitation clients in the community
  • Children in the community
  • Older adults in the community
  • State and local health departments
  • School health
  • Home health care
  • Rural health
  • Community mental health.