Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, 5e Author: Amazon Prime Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering | Language: English | ISBN:
1437708609 | Format: PDF
Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, 5e Description
Covering the nurse's role in promoting community health, Community/Public Health Nursing, 5th Edition is known for its "upstream" preventive focus and social justice approach, photo novellas with clinical stories, and a concise, readable style. It shows how you, as a nurse, can take an active role in social action and health policy - especially in caring for diverse population groups. Expert authors Mary A. Nies and Melanie McEwen discuss today's issues and trends, and describe the key issues and responsibilities of contemporary community/public health nursing.
- An "upstream" focus addresses factors that are the precursors to poor health in the community.
- A "social justice" approach promotes health for everyone.
- Photo novellas use photographs to tell stories showing real-life clinical scenarios and applications of important community health nursing roles.
- Case Study: Application of the Nursing Process feature presents specific community components of the nursing process separately from individual and family.
- Clinical examples offer snippets of real-life client situations.
- Research Highlights boxes show the application of current research to chapter content.
- Ethical Insights boxes highlight ethical issues and concerns.
- Healthy People 2020 boxes summarize objectives and their importance in community health.
- Objectives, key terms, and chapter outlines introduce important concepts and terminology at the beginning of every chapter.
- Learning Activities at the end of each chapter ask you to apply concepts to the world outside the classroom.
- New Health Promotion and Risk Reduction chapter details the promotion of health and presents strategies that can identify risk factors for illness.
- Faith Community Nursing chapter reflects current terminology from the ANAÕs Scope and Standards of Practice, and includes more coverage of the spiritual health of clients.
- Health: A Community View chapter expands its discussion of the continual challenges and strategies associated with the delivery of health care.
- Communicable Disease chapter includes new information about public health surveillance, outbreaks, and bioterrorism.
- Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing chapter features new content on complementary and alternative therapies.
- Series: Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations
- Hardcover: 720 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 5 edition (October 11, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1437708609
- ISBN-13: 978-1437708608
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
The book was brand new as advertised in original wrapping. Also, I got the books in 48 hours as promised!
By MrsKelley06
This textbook was filled with great information about being a community health nurse. This is more than just home health nursing!
By Cheryl
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