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Community/Public Health Nursing - Promoting the Health of Populations (Paperback, 7th edition)
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Community/Public Health Nursing - Promoting the Health of Populations (Paperback, 7th edition)
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Give your students a complete guide to community health nursing!
Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th Edition provides a unique,
upstream preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all
in a concise, easy-to-read text. Covering the nurses' role in
promoting community health, it shows how students can take an
active role in social action and health policy - emphasizing
society's responsibility to protect all human life and ensuring
that diverse and vulnerable populations have their basic health
needs met. Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing
concepts apply to the real world. Written by community health
nursing experts Mary A. Nies and Melanie McEwen, this book
describes the issues and responsibilities of today's community and
public health nurse. UNIQUE! A 'social justice' approach promotes
health for all people, including vulnerable populations. UNIQUE!
'Upstream' preventive focus addresses factors that are the
precursors to poor health in the community, addressing potential
health problems before they occur. Case Studies present the theory,
concepts, and application of the nursing process in practical and
manageable examples. UNIQUE! Photo novellas use photographs to tell
stories showing real-life clinical scenarios and applications of
important community health nursing roles. Application of the
nursing process at the individual, family, and aggregate levels
highlights the community perspective in all health situations
Clinical examples offer snippets of real-life client situations.
Theoretical frameworks common to nursing and public health aid in
the application of familiar and new theory bases to problems and
challenges in the community. Healthy People 2020 boxes include the
most current national health care objectives. Research Highlights
boxes show the application of research studies to the practice of
community nursing. Ethical Insights boxes highlight ethical issues
and concerns that the community/public health nurse may encounter.
Objectives, key terms, and chapter outlines at the beginning of
every chapter introduce important concepts and terminology. NEW AND
UNIQUE! A Veterans Health chapter presents situations and
considerations unique to the care of veterans. NEW! Genetics in
Public Health boxes reflect increasing scientific evidence
supporting the health benefits of using genetic tests and family
health history to guide public health interventions. NEW! Active
Learning boxes test your knowledge of the content you've just read,
helping provide clinical application and knowledge retention.
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