Community/Public Health Nursing - E-Book

Promoting the Health of Populations

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Nursing, Home & Community Care

• Author: Mary A. Nies, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAHB, Melanie McEwen, PhD, RN
• ISBN: 9780323293884
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Publication: December 27, 2013
• Imprint: Saunders
• Language: English

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.