**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, 8th 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�. 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� 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.
Table of Contents
?Unit 1: Introduction to Community Health NursingChapter 1: Health: A Community View
Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice
Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Unit 2: The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing
Chapter 5: Epidemiology
Chapter 6: Community Assessment
Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
Chapter 8: Community Health Education
Chapter 9: Case Management
Unit 3: Factors that Influence the Health of the Community
Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
Chapter 11: The Health Care System
Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
Chapter 14: Environmental Health
Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
Unit 4: Aggregates in the Community
Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
Chapter 17: Women's Health
Chapter 18: Men's Health
Chapter 19: Senior Health
Chapter 20: Family Health
Unit 5: Vulnerable Populations
Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
Chapter 22: Veterans Health
Chapter 23: Homeless Populations
Chapter 24: Rural and Migrant Health
Chapter 25: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
Unit 6: Population Health Problems
Chapter 26: Communicable Disease
Chapter 27: Substance Abuse
Chapter 28: Violence
Chapter 29: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
Unit 7: Community Health Settings
Chapter 30: School Health
Chapter 31: Occupational Health
Chapter 32: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
Chapter 33: Faith Community Nursing
Chapter 34: Home Health and Hospice
