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Community Health Nursing:
Caring for Populations
Edition 4
Mary Jo Clark
0-13-094149-2
Cloth
950 pages
2003
Brief Description
For BSN courses in Community Health Nursing.
This text emphasizes critical thinking and the application of community health principles in nursing practice. Using an epidemiological perspective, it pulls together nursing, health risks and health care, while applying principles of public health and nursing to the care of the individuals, the family, and populations. It embodies a holistic approach that focuses on all aspects of community health.
Features
- Healthy People 2010 goals for the population.
Supplies students with tables of relevant Healthy People 2010 objectives, as well as information on the current status of related objectives for 2000.
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Assessment Tips.
Details key considerations in nursing assessment in specific populations, settings, and health problems.
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Critical Thinking in Research Boxes.
Stimulates students to consider research related to chapter topics, and to broaden their understanding of research principles and methods.
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Case Studies—Followed by questions designed to promote critical thinking in nursing practice.
Helps students apply the principles addressed in the chapter to community health nursing situations.
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Testing Your Understanding challenging review questions—Stimulates thought and discussion of important chapter concepts, followed by page references for a quick review of content addressed.
Prompts students to evaluate their comprehension of concepts and principles presented in the chapter.
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Think About It thought provoking questions—Promotes individual thought or class discussion of chapter issues.
Encourages students to go beyond the content presented, and to examine related issues and applications to their own areas of practice.
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Chapter References—Presents an up-to-date picture of principles and concepts related to the topics presented.
Provides students with a balanced view of community health nursing and a wide range of supplemental material—exploring a variety of issues from several perspectives.
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Numerous tables, figures, and information boxes throughout.
Alerts students to important concepts and enhances their understanding of them.
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Full-color photographs.
Illustrates chapter concepts, and presents students with a realistic picture of community health nursing practice.
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Comprehensive technology package—Includes a Companion Website, Instructor's Resource CD-ROM, and online course management systems in WebCT, Blackboard and CourseCompass platforms.
Provides instructors with a wealth of support material for teaching, and offers students valuable resources to maximize learning.
New to this Edition
Cultural Considerations.
Highlights cultural factors that influence health, health care delivery, and community health nursing practice.
Ethical Awareness features.
Introduces students to ethical dilemmas faced by community health nurses, and assists them in applying principles of ethical decision making.
Added chapter on Care of Clients in Official and Voluntary Health Agencies —Ch. 22.
Discusses parish nursing and its roles and functions; as well as local health agencies and standards, functions and services of community/public health nursing.
Contents
I. THE CONTEXT FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING.
1. The Population Context.
2. The Historical Context.
3. The Health System Context.
4. The Political Context.
5. The Economic Context.
6. The Cultural Context.
7. The Environmental Context.
II. COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING AND ITS THEORETICAL FOUNDATION.
8. Community Health Nursing.
9. Theoretical Foundations for Community Health Nursing.
III. PROCESSES USED IN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING.
10. Epidemiology and Health Promotion.
11. Health Education.
12. Case Management.
13. Change, Leadership, and Group Processes.
IV. CARE OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS.
14. Care of Families.
15. Care of Communities.
16. Children as Aggregate.
17. Women as Aggregate.
18. Men as Aggregate.
19. Older Clients as Aggregate.
20. Homeless Clients as Aggregate.
V. CARE OF POPULATIONS IN SPECIALIZED SETTINGS.
21. Care of Clients in the Home Setting.
22. Care of Clients in Official and Voluntary Health Agencies.
23. Care of Clients in the School Setting.
24. Care of Clients in Work Setting.
25. Care of Clients in Urban and Rural Settings.
26. Care of Clients in Correctional Settings.
27. Care of Clients in Disaster Settings.
VI. COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS OF POPULATIONS.
28. Communicable Diseases.
29. Chronic Physical Health Problems.
30. Community Mental Health Problems.
31. Substance Abuse.
32. Societal Violence.
Appendices.
Index.
Companion Website:
http://www.prenhall.com/clark
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