Advanced Practice Nursing in the Community

by Carl O. Helvie

Overview

In this new text-reference, Carl Helvie explores the realm of community health care for advanced practice nurses who are currently working in community care and for anyone else who requires an understanding of the issues involved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761900351
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/09/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: OVERVIEW
Book Overview and Community Health Nursing Review
PART TWO: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Theoretical Framework for a Community Focus
PART THREE: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT
Economic Forces Influencing Community Health
Environmental Forces Influencing Community Health
Social and Cultural Influences on Community Health
Community Assessment
Community Analysis and Community Diagnoses
PART FOUR: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND INTERVENTIONS
Planning Community Interventions
Planning for Diffusion and Maintenance of Community Changes
Community Intervention - Using Mass Media and the Political Process
Community Interventions - Empowerment, Coalition Building and Involving Lay and Professional Members and Organizations
Community Interventions - Nursing Centers, Mass Clinics, Partnerships, School Services
Applying the Interventions in the Rural Area - Jeri W Dunkin
PART FIVE: COMMUNITY EVALUATION
Evaluation of Community Interventions

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Cheryl Lapp, MPH (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
Description: This book provides information and guidance for working with communities and aggregates in the context of advanced practice. It is organized logically by reviewing important traditional concepts, then proceeds to the theoretical framework on which the book is based, the Helvie energy theory. Models for using this theory in population-based practice are included, and several case studies are presented to assist with application of content. Designed to gather needed content for population-based practice, the book provides teachers an alternative to reliance on large numbers of articles.
Purpose: This book was written to help graduate students in community health nursing adhere to an in-depth community or aggregate focus as their domain of practice. It does not claim to cover the total field of community health nursing, rather it provides guidance in the use and application of the nursing process: assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation, specifically on the community level.
Audience: The intended audience of this book is the beginning graduate student in community health nursing. However, the writing style is interesting and its presentation clear enough to be well received as a resource for undergraduate students of community health. The editor is a credible authority on the subject, and an in-depth discussion of planning for healthcare priorities of aggregates was much needed in the nursing literature.
Features: The book is well organized with clear objectives for each chapter, and well documented with current and classic literature sources. There is generous utilization of tables and figures to aid in presenting information and theoretical models. The overall appearance of the book is pleasing and inviting.
Assessment: Particular features that are excellent include: discussions of the use of mass media and political involvement, the application of interventions to marginalized (e.g., homeless) and underserved (e.g., rural) aggregates, and application of health education models. There is also welcome attention to case management, an area of community-based practice that is growing in importance. Discussions of reimbursement systems, health care reform, and Healthy People 2000 objectives are well handled in the context of this nation's recent history. Background knowledge of influencing factors from other countries (for example, Canada's Health Field Concept), is impressive. I was pleased to find a clarifying discussion about the interpretation of community health nursing versus public health nursing, and the generalist versus specialist controversy. I would definitely recommend this book for the purpose for which it was intended, as well as for a reference for undergraduate students. In terms of omissions, I would like to have seen "disaster planning" as part of a population-based assessment process included in the discussion.

Doody's Review Service

This book provides information and guidance for working with communities and aggregates in the context of advanced practice. It is organized logically by reviewing important traditional concepts, then proceeds to the theoretical framework on which the book is based, the Helvie energy theory. Models for using this theory in population-based practice are included, and several case studies are presented to assist with application of content. Designed to gather needed content for population-based practice, the book provides teachers an alternative to reliance on large numbers of articles. This book was written to help graduate students in community health nursing adhere to an in-depth community or aggregate focus as their domain of practice. It does not claim to cover the total field of community health nursing, rather it provides guidance in the use and application of the nursing process: assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation, specifically on the community level. The intended audience of this book is the beginning graduate student in community health nursing. However, the writing style is interesting and its presentation clear enough to be well received as a resource for undergraduate students of community health. The editor is a credible authority on the subject, and an in-depth discussion of planning for healthcare priorities of aggregates was much needed in the nursing literature. The book is well organized with clear objectives for each chapter, and well documented with current and classic literature sources. There is generous utilization of tables and figures to aid in presenting information and theoretical models. The overall appearance of the book is pleasing andinviting. Particular features that are excellent include: discussions of the use of mass media and political involvement, the application of interventions to marginalized (e.g., homeless) and underserved (e.g., rural) aggregates, and application of health education models. There is also welcome attention to case management, an area of community-based practice that is growing in importance. Discussions of reimbursement systems, health care reform, and Healthy People 2000 objectives are well handled in the context of this nation's recent history. Background knowledge of influencing factors from other countries (for example, Canada's Health Field Concept), is impressive. I was pleased to find a clarifying discussion about the interpretation of community health nursing versus public health nursing, and the generalist versus specialist controversy. I would definitely recommend this book for the purpose for which it was intended, as well as for a reference for undergraduate students. In terms of omissions, I would like to have seen ""disaster planning"" as part of a population-based assessment process included in the discussion.

Cheryl Lapp

A text and reference exploring the realm of community health care, for advanced practice nurses currently working in community care. Reviews community health nursing and advanced practice and then presents the Helvie Energy Theory as a guiding framework for discussion of economic, environmental, and sociocultural influences on community health. Later coverage encompasses topics within community assessment, such as intervention, mass media, coalition building among organizations, and rural health care. Offers extended case studies, and many sample assessment instruments. Paper edition (unseen), $34. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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