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Health for Families and Populations
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Fourth Edition
By
Frances Maurer, RN, C, MS, Community Health Educator and Consultant, Baltimore, MD
Claudia Smith, RN-BC, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
Description
A practical approach helps you learn and apply core concepts of community and public health nursing. This text emphasizes both community
and family as client, so you'll gain a solid understanding of these important specialties. Numerous real-life examples demonstrate your
roles and responsibilities as a community health nurse. Not only is this text your leading source for need-to-know information, it is
the only community/public health book to devote a full chapter to screening and referral!
Contents
Unit 1: Role and Context of Community/Public Health Nursing Practice
1. Responsibilities for Care in Community/Public
Health Nursing
2. Origins and Future of Community/Public Health Nursing
3. The United States Health Care System
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Financing of Health Care: Context for Community/Public Health Nursing
5. International Health
6. Legal Context for Community/Public
Health Nursing Practice
Unit 2: Core Concepts for the Practice of Community/Public Health Nursing
7.
Epidemiology: Unraveling the Mysteries of Disease and Health
8. Communicable Diseases
9. Environmental Health Risks: At
Home, at Work, and in the Community
10. Relevance of Culture and Values for Community/Public Health Nursing
Unit
3: Family as Client
11. Home Visit: Opening the Doors for Family Health
12. A Family Perspective in Community/Public
Health Nursing
13. Family Case Management
14. Multiproblem Families
Unit 4: Community as Client
15.
Community Assessment
16. Community Diagnosis, Planning, and Intervention
17. Evaluation of Nursing Care with Communities
Unit
5: Tools for Practice
18. Health Promotion and Risk Reduction in the Community
19. Screening and Referral
20.
Health Teaching
Unit 6: Contemporary Problems in Community/Public Health Nursing
21. Vulnerable Populations
22. Disaster Management: Caring for Communities in an Emergency
23. Violence: A Social and Family Problem
24.
Adolescent Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy
25. Substance Use Disorders
Unit 7: Support for Special Populations
26.
Rehabilitation Clients in the Community
27. Children in the Community
28. Elderly Persons in the Community
Unit
8: Settings for Community/Public Health Nursing Practice
29. State and Local Health Departments
30. School Health
31.
Home Health Care
32. Rural Health
33. Community Mental Health
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 896 pages, publication date: OCT-2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-5004-9
ISBN-10: 1-4160-5004-3
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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