Community Health Nursing in Canada
- 3rd Edition - August 17, 2016
- Authors: Sandra A. MacDonald, Sonya L. Jakubec, Marcia Stanhope, Jeanette Lancaster
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 7 7 1 7 2 - 0 7 4 - 8
With concise, focused coverage, Community Health Nursing in Canada, 3rd Edition introduces you to all of the necessary concepts, skills, and practice of community health nur… Read more
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With concise, focused coverage, Community Health Nursing in Canada, 3rd Edition introduces you to all of the necessary concepts, skills, and practice of community health nursing. This comprehensive text from leading nursing educators also addresses the increasing awareness of social justice and the impact of society on individual health, with a shift from individual-centred care to population- and community-centred care. In this constantly evolving field, Community Health Nursing in Canada helps you develop the necessary skills to apply what you’ve learned in the practice setting.
- UNIQUE! Evidence-Informed Practice boxes illustrate how to apply the latest research findings in community health nursing.
- Levels of Prevention boxes give examples of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention related to community health nursing practice.
- Ethical Considerations boxes provide examples of ethical situations and relevant principles involved in making informed decisions in community health nursing practice.
- UNIQUE! Chapter Indigenous Health: Working with First Nations Peoples, Inuit, and Métis chapter details community health nursing in Aboriginal communities.
- UNIQUE! Determinants of Health boxes highlight these critical factors contributing to an individual’s health.
- How To boxes provide specific, application-oriented information.
- Chapter Summary sections provide a helpful summary of the key points within each chapter.
Unit 1: Background and Roles for Community Health Nursing
1. Community Health Nursing
2. The Evolution of Community Health Nursing in Canada
3. Community Health Nursing in Canada: Settings, Functions, and Roles
Unit 2: Community Health Foundations and Principles
4. Health Promotion
5. Evidence-Informed Practice in Community Health Nursing
6. Ethics in Community Health Nursing Practice
7. Diversity and Relational Practice in Community Health Nursing
8. Epidemiological Applications
9. Working With the Community
10. Health Program Planning and Evaluation
Unit 3: Stakeholders and Populations of Community Health Nursing Practice
11. Working With the Individual as Client: Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan
12. Working With Families
13. Working with Groups, Teams, and Partners
14. Indigenous Health: Working with First Nations People, Inuit, and Métis
15. Working With Vulnerable Populations
Unit 4: Specific Domains of Community Health Practice
16. Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
17. Environmental Health
18. Disaster Management
- Edition: 3
- Published: August 17, 2016
- Language: English
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Sandra A. MacDonald
Dr. Sandra A. MacDonald, BN, MN, PhD is the Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs – Nursing, at Memorial University (MUN).
Dr. MacDonald started at MUN in 1989 teaching medical surgical nursing, and leadership and management. In 1995, Dr. MacDonald designed the first interprofessional education (IPE) module on HIV/AIDS with Dr. Ian Bowmer, then Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. This IPE module continues to be used to this day.
In 2010 Dr. MacDonald was awarded the Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (ARNNL) Award for Excellence in Nursing Education, and in 2011 she was awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching at MUN.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs – Nursing, at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, CanadaSJ
Sonya L. Jakubec
Dr. Jakubec has a 30 year background in community mental health nursing, with practice, leadership and research in rural/remote and global health contexts. Her research concentrates on health promotion across the lifespan including palliative and grief care, with a particular interest in health and environment connections
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, CanadaMS
Marcia Stanhope
Affiliations and expertise
Education and Practice Consultant and Professor Emerita, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KentuckyJL
Jeanette Lancaster
Affiliations and expertise
Sadie Heath Cabiness Professor and Dean Emerita, School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Associate, Tuft & Associates, Inc.