Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition by Cherie Rector, ISBN-13: 978-1975123048
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- Publisher: LWW; Tenth, North American edition (April 15, 2021)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1975123042
- ISBN-13: 978-1975123048
Approachable and tailored to today’s active learners, Community and Public Health.
Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health, 10th Edition presents an engaging introduction to population-focused care, helping students broaden their viewpoints from the client–nurse relationship to a community healthcare focus. This highly visual, student-friendly text incorporates bulleted lists, infographics, and a plethora of meaningful real-life examples and case studies to facilitate a foundational understanding of public health principles and evidence-based practice. The 10th edition continues to highlight the relevance of population-focused tools and interventions to acute care as well as community and public health settings, and to equip students with the skills and understanding to confidently promote health, foster disease prevention, and protect at-risk populations.
Covering a multitude of commonly encountered community and public settings, situations, and populations — including older adults, homeless populations, veterans, refugees, and the LGBTQ community — this updated edition has been extensively revised and reorganized to familiarize students with today’s most prominent public health issues and empower them to provide the most effective nursing care wherever they may choose to practice.
- UPDATED! New and revised content throughout reflects the growing need for effective community-based care across the changing healthcare landscape.
- UPDATED! Streamlined organization emphasizes Healthy People 2030 framework and goals and keeps students focused on essential trends and concepts.
- NEW! Ten Essential Public Health Services content incorporated into Active Learning Exercises encourages students to consider situations/questions within this critical context.
- UPDATED! Emphasis on vulnerable groups throughout the text alerts students to specific considerations in the care of diverse population groups, including older adults, veterans, refugees, homeless populations, and the LGBTQ community.
- Evidence-Based Practice features familiarize students with current research examples and their effective application in community/public health nursing practice.
- Stories from the Field boxes present real-world scenarios that emphasize the nursing process and challenge students to consider assessment and intervention in a public health context.
- Levels of Prevention Pyramid boxes enhance students’ understanding of the levels of prevention concepts that are basic to community health nursing.
- Healthy People 2030 content highlights pertinent goals and objectives for health promotion for specific populations.
- Perspectives features immerse students in various viewpoints to promote critical thinking, dispel commonly held misconceptions, and emphasize the link between skills learned in specialty practice and other practice settings.
- What Do YOU Think? features push students to think deeply and reach valuable conclusions on subject matter unique to public health.
- QSEN: Focus on Quality features alert you to Quality and Safety Education for Nurses concepts related to environmental health and disasters, patient-centered care (family/community; empowerment), teamwork/collaboration (communication; system barriers), EBP/QI/ethics and data (e.g., tracking the homeless).
- Population Focus features strengthen your ability to consider chapter concepts from a population-focused perspective.
- C/PHN Use of the Nursing Process boxes allow students to see how assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation are used within the context of community/public health situations as presented in selected chapters.
- Active Learning Exercises offer essential practice applying chapter concepts to actively solving community health problems.
- Learning Objectives and Key Terms focus students’ attention on essential concepts and vocabulary.
- Summaries provide a concise, bulleted review of preceding chapter content.
- References at the end of each chapter expand students’ knowledge through current research and a broad base of authoritative information sources.
Table of Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
About the Authors
Contributors
Reviewers
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Special Boxes In This Book
UNIT 1: Foundations of Community/Public Health Nursing
CHAPTER 1: The Journey Begins: Introduction
Community Health
The Concept of Community
The Concept of Health
Components of Community/Public Health Practice
Characteristics of Community/Public Health Nursing
CHAPTER 2: Public Health Nursing in the Community
Core Public Health Functions
Standards of Practice
Roles of C/PHNs
Settings for Community and Public Health Nursing Practice
CHAPTER 3: History and Evolution of Public Health Nursing
Historical Development of Community/Public Health Nursing
CHAPTER 4: Evidence-Based Practice and Ethics
Research That Makes a Difference: The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Impact of Research on Community/Public Health and Nursing Practice
Values and Ethics in Community/Public Health Nursing
Values
Ethics
CHAPTER 5: Transcultural Nursing
The Concept of Culture
Characteristics of Culture
Ethnocultural Health Care Practices
Role and Preparation of the Community/Public Health Nurse
Transcultural Community/Public Health Nursing Principles
UNIT 2: Community/Public Health Essentials
CHAPTER 6: Structure and Economics of Community/Public Health Services
Historical Influences on Health Care
Health Care Organizations in the United States
International Health Organizations
Development of Today’s Health Care System
The Economics of Health Care
Sources of Health Care Financing: Public and Private
Trends and Issues Influencing Health Care Economics
Effects of Health Economics on Community/Public Health Practice
Implications for Community/Public Health Nursing
CHAPTER 7: Epidemiology in the Community
How Epidemiology Supports the Ten Essentials of Public Health Services
Historical Roots of Epidemiology
Concepts Basic to Epidemiology
Sources of Information for Epidemiologic Study
Methods in the Epidemiologic Investigative Process
Conducting Epidemiologic Research
CHAPTER 8: Communicable Disease
Basic Concepts Regarding Communicable Diseases
Major Communicable Diseases in the United States
Primary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Tertiary Prevention
Legal and Ethical Issues in Communicable Disease Control
CHAPTER 9: Environmental Health and Safety
Environmental Health and Nursing
Concepts and Frameworks for Environmental Health
Core Functions of Public Health
Global Environmental Health
UNIT 3: Community/Public Health Nursing Toolbox
CHAPTER 10: Communication, Collaboration, and Technology
Communication in Community/Public Health Nursing
Communicating with Groups
Contracting in Community/Public Health Nursing
Collaboration and Partnerships in Community/Public Health Nursing
Health Technology
CHAPTER 11: Health Promotion Through Education
Healthy People 2030 and Key Concepts Related to Health Promotion
Health Promotion Through Change
Change Through Health Education
CHAPTER 12: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Community/Public Health Programs
Planning Community Health Programs: The Basics
Identifying Group or Community Health Problems
Evaluating Outcomes
Marketing and Community Health Programs
Securing Grants to Fund Community Health Programs
CHAPTER 13: Policy Making and Advocacy
Health in These United States: How Healthy Are We?
Health Policy Analysis
Policy Analysis for the PHN
Political Action and Advocacy for C/PHNs
Current US Health Policy Options
Power and Empowerment
UNIT 4: The Health of Our Population
CHAPTER 14: Family as Client
Family Health and Family Health Nursing
Family Characteristics and Dynamics
Family Health Nursing: Preparing for the Home Visit
Applying the Nursing Process to Family Health
CHAPTER 15: Community as Client
When the Client Is a Community: Characteristics of Community/Public Health Nursing Practice
Theories and Models for Community/Public Health Nursing Practice
Principles of Community/Public Health Nursing
What Is a Healthy Community?
Dimensions of the Community as Client
The Nursing Process Applied to the Community as Client
Types of Community Needs Assessment
Methods for Collecting Community Data
Sources of Community Data
Data Analysis and Diagnosis
Planning to Meet the Health Needs of the Community
Implementing Health Promotion Plans for the Community
Evaluation of Implemented Community Health Improvement Plans
CHAPTER 16: Global Health Nursing
A Framework for Global Health Nursing Assessment
Global Health Concepts
Global Health Trends
Global Health Ethics
CHAPTER 17: Disasters and Their Impact
Disasters
Terrorism and Wars
CHAPTER 18: Violence and Abuse
Dynamics and Characteristics of a Crisis
Overview of Violence Across the Life Cycle
History of Violence Against Women and Children
Violence Against Children
Intimate Partner Violence
Elder Abuse and Maltreatment of Older Adults
Other Forms of Violence
Healthy People 2030 and Violence Prevention
Levels of Prevention: Crisis Intervention and Family and Intimate Partner (IP) Violence
Violence From Outside the Home
The Nursing Process
UNIT 5: Aggregate Populations
CHAPTER 19: Maternal–Child Health
Health Status and Needs of Pregnant Women and Infants
Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Health Services for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Role of the C/PHN
CHAPTER 20: School-Age Children and Adolescents
School: Child’s Work
Poverty: A Major Social Determinant of Health in School-Age Children and Adolescents
Health Problems of School-Age Children
Adolescent Health
Health Services for School-Age Children and Adolescents
CHAPTER 21: Adult Health
Demographics of Adult Women and Men
Life Expectancy
Health Disparities
Health Literacy
Major Health Problems of Adults
Women’s Health
Men’s Health
Role of the Community Health Nurse
CHAPTER 22: Older Adults
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Health Status of Older Adults
Dispelling Ageism
Meeting the Health Needs of Older Adults
Levels of Prevention
Health Costs for Older Adults: Medicare and Medicaid
Elder Abuse
Approaches to Older Adult Care
Health Services for Older Adult Populations
End of Life: Advance Directives, Hospice, and Palliative Care
Care for the Caregiver
The Community Health Nurse in an Aging America
UNIT 6: Vulnerable Populations
CHAPTER 23: Working With Vulnerable People
The Concept of Vulnerable Populations
Vulnerability and Inequality in Health Care
Working With Vulnerable Populations
Social Justice and Public Health Nursing
CHAPTER 24: Clients With Disabilities
Perspectives on Disability and Health
Health Promotion and Prevention Needs of Persons With Disabilities
Civil Rights Legislation
Families of Persons With Disabilities
Universal Design
The Role of the Community/Public Health Nurse
CHAPTER 25: Behavioral Health in the Community
Contemporary Issues
Prevention of Substance Use and Mental Disorders
Mental Health
Substance Use
Tobacco Use
Community- and Population-Based Interventions
CHAPTER 26: Working with the Homeless
Scope of the Problem
HEALTH CARE AND THE HOMELESS
Resources To Combat Homelessness
Role Of The C/Phn
CHAPTER 27: Rural, Migrant, and Urban Communities
Definitions and Demographics
Rural Health
Migrant Health
Agricultural Labor and Immigration Policies Changing
Urban Health
UNIT 7: Settings for Community/Public Health Nursing
CHAPTER 28: Public Settings
Public Health Nursing
Public Health Funding and Governmental Structures
Nursing Roles in Local, State, and Federal Public Health Positions
Correctional Nursing
Correctional Nursing Careers
CHAPTER 29: Private Settings
Nurse-Led Health Centers
Faith Community Nursing
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing
Nurse Entrepreneur in Community/Public Health Nursing
CHAPTER 30: Home Health and Hospice Care
Home Health Care
Hospice Care
Quad Council Tier 1 Community/Public Health Nursing Competencies
Index
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