Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations

by Mary A. Nies PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAHB, Melanie McEwen PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

Overview

**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Community/Home Health Care, 2023**

Master the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in community health nursing! Community/Public Health Nursing, 8^th Edition discusses the nurse's role in population health promotion with a unique "upstream" preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all in a concise, easy-to-read text. It shows how nurses can take an active role in social action and health policy - especially in caring for diverse and vulnerable population groups. This edition integrates the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model to help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX^(R). Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing concepts apply to the real world.

• Active Learning boxes test your knowledge of the content you've just read, helping provide clinical application and knowledge retention.
• UNIQUE! Social justice approach promotes health for all people, emphasizing society's responsibility to protect all human life and ensure that all people have their basic needs met, such as adequate health protection.
• UNIQUE! Veterans' Health chapter presents situations and considerations unique to the care of military veterans.
• 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.
• UNIQUE! "Upstream" focus addresses contributing factors of poor health and promotes community efforts to address 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 - stories in photograph form - show real-life clinical scenarios and highlight the application of important community/public health nursing roles.
• Consistent pedagogy at the beginning of each chapter includes learning objectives, key terms and chapter outlines to help you locate important information and focus your study time.
• Clinical Examples present 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.
• Research Highlights introduce you to the growing amount of community/public health nursing research literature.
• Ethical Insights boxes present situations of ethical dilemmas or considerations pertinent to select chapter topics.

• NEW! Online case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX^(R) Examination (NGN) provide you with the necessary tools to prepare for the NGN.
• NEW! Overview of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model provides information on the latest recommendations to promote evidence-based client decisions.
• NEW! Healthy People 2030 boxes highlight the most current national health care goals and objectives throughout the text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323795319
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	01/23/2023
Edition description:	8th ed.
Pages:	800
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

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Table of Contents

Unit 1: Introduction to Community Health Nursing

1. Health: A Community View

2. Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing

3. Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice

Unit 2: The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing

4. Epidemiology

5. Community Assessment

6. Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

7. Community Health Education

8. Case Management

Unit 3: Factors that Influence the Health of the Community

9. The Health Care System

10. Economics of Health Care

11. Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing

12. Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing

13. Environmental Health

Unit 4: Aggregates in the Community

14. Child and Adolescent Health

15. Women’s Health

16. Men’s Health

17. Senior Health

18. Family Health

Unit 5: Vulnerable Populations

19. Populations Affected by Disabilities

20. Homeless Populations

21. Rural and Migrant Health

22. Populations affected by Mental Illness

Unit 6: Population Health Problems

23. Communicable Disease

24. Substance Abuse

25. Violence

26. Natural and Man-made Disasters—NEW!

Unit 7: Community Health Settings

27. School Health

28. Occupational Health

29. Forensic and Correctional Nursing

30. Parish Health

31. Home Health and Hospice

Unit 8: The Future of Community Health Nursing

32. Health in the Global Community

33. Community Health Nursing: Making a Difference

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From the Publisher

Gain a well-rounded view of health care for diverse populations in the community