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Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing

  • 5th Edition - September 20, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Marcia Stanhope, Jeanette Lancaster
  • Language: English

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Get the essential information you need to know about population health and community health nursing! Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 5th Edition includes concise, focused coverage of community health nursing — from nursing roles and care settings to vulnerable population groups. The book uses a practical, community-oriented approach and places an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. Practical application of concepts is highlighted throughout the text in case studies, critical thinking activities, QSEN competencies, and Healthy People 2020 objectives.

Key features

  • QSEN boxes
  • illustrate how quality and safety goals, competencies, objectives, knowledge, skills, and attitudes can be applied in nursing practice in the community.
  • Healthy People 2020 objectives in every chapter address the health priorities and emerging health issues expected in the next decade.
  • Genomics coverage provides a history of genetics and genomics and how they impact public/community health nursing care.
  • Focus on health promotion throughout the text emphasizes initiatives, strategies, and interventions that promote the health of the community.
  • Clinical Application scenarios present practice situations with questions and answers to help you apply chapter concepts to practice in the community.
  • Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight current research findings, their application to practice, and how community/public health nurses can apply the study results.
  • Levels of Prevention boxes identify specific nursing interventions at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, to reinforce the concept of prevention as it pertains to community and public health care.
  • Feature box on Linking Content to Practice highlights how chapter content is applied in the role of public/community health nursing.

Table of contents

Part I: Perspectives in Health Care Delivery and Nursing

1. Community and Prevention Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health

2. The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing

3. The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems

Part II: Influences on Health Care Delivery and Nursing

4. Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice

5. Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health

6. Environmental Health

7. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism

8. Economic Influences

Part III: Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community

9. Epidemiological Applications

10. Evidence-Based Practice

11. Using Health Education and Groups in the Community

Part IV: Issues and Approaches in Health Care of Populations

12. Community Assessment and Evaluation

13. Case Management

14. Disaster Management

15. Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation

16. Program Management

17. Managing Quality and Safety

Part V: Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care

18. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment

19. Family Health Risks

20. Health Risks Across the Life Span

Part VI: Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors

21. Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview

22. Rural Health and Migrant Health

23. Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness

24. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community

25. Violence and Human Abuse

26. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

27. HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Part VII: Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions

28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health

29. The Faith Community Nurse

30. The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice

31. The Nurse in the Schools

32. The Nurse in Occupational Health

Appendixes
Appendix A Guidelines for Practice
Appendix B Assessment Tools
Appendix C Essential Elements of Public Health Nursing
Appendix D Hepatitis Information
Appendix E Glossary

Product details

  • Edition: 5
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 12, 2017
  • Language: English

About the authors

MS

Marcia Stanhope

Affiliations and expertise
Education and Practice Consultant and Professor Emerita, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

JL

Jeanette Lancaster

Affiliations and expertise
Sadie Heath Cabiness Professor and Dean Emerita, School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Associate, Tuft & Associates, Inc.