Foundations of Nursing in the Community, 3rd Edition Community-Oriented Practice
- ISBN/EAN
- 9780323066556
- Editore
- Elsevier Science
- Formato
- Sconosciuto
- Anno
- 2010
- Pagine
- Pag. 752<br> Mosby<br> Paperback
Disponibile
81,99 €
Description
With concise, focused coverage of nursing in the community, this easy-to-read textbook provides the essential information you need to know for clinical practice — from nursing roles and care settings to vulnerable population groups. It features a practical, community-oriented approach, with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention.
Key Features
-Separate chapters on the various roles and settings for community health nursing, including faith community nurse, home health nurse, school nurse, occupational health nurse, and governmental public health roles, provides a comprehensive perspective on these fields.
-A detailed discussion of vulnerable populations presents theoretical, assessment, and intervention concepts to help you understand the unique issues of this group.
-Coverage of specific vulnerable populations includes clients in rural settings, migrant workers, pregnant teens, the homeless, those with substance abuse problems, and clients with mental illness.
-What Would You Do? activities strengthen your problem-solving skills and challenge you to apply chapter material outside the classroom.
-Case studies illustrate how key textbook concepts can be applied to real-world community nursing situations.
-Level of Prevention boxes identify specific interventions for primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention and emphasize the importance of a preventive approach in community-oriented nursing.
-Evidence-Based Practice boxes focus on recent research findings and how they can be applied to community nursing practice.
-Healthy People 2010 boxes discuss how national public health efforts impact community health practice.
-Practice Applications present real-life community client situations followed by questions and answers.
With concise, focused coverage of nursing in the community, this easy-to-read textbook provides the essential information you need to know for clinical practice — from nursing roles and care settings to vulnerable population groups. It features a practical, community-oriented approach, with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention.
Key Features
-Separate chapters on the various roles and settings for community health nursing, including faith community nurse, home health nurse, school nurse, occupational health nurse, and governmental public health roles, provides a comprehensive perspective on these fields.
-A detailed discussion of vulnerable populations presents theoretical, assessment, and intervention concepts to help you understand the unique issues of this group.
-Coverage of specific vulnerable populations includes clients in rural settings, migrant workers, pregnant teens, the homeless, those with substance abuse problems, and clients with mental illness.
-What Would You Do? activities strengthen your problem-solving skills and challenge you to apply chapter material outside the classroom.
-Case studies illustrate how key textbook concepts can be applied to real-world community nursing situations.
-Level of Prevention boxes identify specific interventions for primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention and emphasize the importance of a preventive approach in community-oriented nursing.
-Evidence-Based Practice boxes focus on recent research findings and how they can be applied to community nursing practice.
-Healthy People 2010 boxes discuss how national public health efforts impact community health practice.
-Practice Applications present real-life community client situations followed by questions and answers.
Maggiori Informazioni
| Autore | Stanhope - RN - DSN - FAAN - Lancaster - RN - PhD |
|---|---|
| Editore | Elsevier Science |
| Anno | 2010 |
| Tipologia | Libro |
| Lingua | Inglese |
| Indice | Table of Contents Part 1: Perspectives in Health Care Delivery and Nursing Community-Oriented Nursing and Community-Based Nursing The History of Public and Community Health and Nursing TheU.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems Part 2: Influences on Health Care Delivery and Nursing Ethics in Community-Oriented Nursing Practice Cultural Influences in Nursing Environmental Health Government, the Law, and Policy Activism Economic Influences Part 3: Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community Epidemiologic Applications Evidence-Based Practice Using Health Education and Group Process in the Community Part 4: Issues and Approaches in Health Care Populations Community Assessment and Evaluation Case Management Disaster Management Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation Program Management Managing Quality Part 5: Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment Family Health Risks Health Risks Across the Life Span Part 6: Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview Rural Health and Migrant Health Homelessness, Poverty, Mental Illness, and Teen Pregnancy Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community Violence and Human Abuse Infectious Disease Prevention and Control HIV, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Part 7: Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health The Faith Community Nurse The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice The Nurse in the Schools The Nurse in Occupational Health Appendixes Answers to Clinical Applications |
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