Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing
- 6th Edition - May 18, 2021
- Latest edition
- Authors: Marcia Stanhope, Jeanette Lancaster
- Language: English
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Description
Description
Master the essentials of health promotion in community and public health nursing! Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition provides clear, concise coverage of the nurse’s role in preventing disease, promoting health, and providing health education in community settings. Case studies and critical thinking activities make it easier to apply concepts to community nursing practice. New to this edition are Healthy People 2030 guidelines and coverage of the latest issues, trends, and approaches. Written by well-known nursing educators Marcia Stanhope and Jeanette Lancaster, this streamlined text covers the fundamentals of designing effective nursing strategies for vulnerable and special populations.
Key features
Key features
- Focus on health promotion throughout the text emphasizes initiatives, strategies, and interventions that promote the health of the community
- QSEN boxes illustrate how quality and safety goals, competencies, objectives, knowledge, skills, and attitudes can be applied in nursing practice in the community
- Levels of Prevention boxes identify specific nursing interventions at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, reinforcing the concept of prevention as it relates to community and public health care
- Applying Content to Practice boxes highlight how chapter content is applied to nursing practice in the community
- Practice Application scenarios present practice situations with questions and answers to help you apply concepts to community practice
- Genomics coverage provides a history of genetics and genomics and how they impact public/community health nursing care
- Coverage of ongoing health care reform issues includes the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) on public health nursing
- Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight current research findings, their application to practice, and how community/public health nurses can apply the study results
Readership
Readership
Community health nursing students in baccalaureate programs: BSN, RN completion and graduate nursing programs
Table of contents
Table of contents
SECTION I Factors Influencing Nursing in Community and Population Health
1. Public Health Nursing and Population Health
2. The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
3. US and Global Health Care
4. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
5. Economics of US Health Care Delivery
SECTION 2 Forces Affecting Nurses in Community and Population Health Care Delivery
6. Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
7. Culture of Populations in Communities
8. Environmental Health
9. Evidence-Based Practice
SECTION 3 Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community
10. Epidemiologic Applications
11. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
12. Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks
13. Community Assessment and Evaluation
14. Health Education in the Community
SECTION 4 Issues and Approaches in Health Care of Populations
15. Case Management 16: Disaster Management
17. Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
18. Program Management
19. Health Care Improvement in the Community
SECTION 5 Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
20. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment and Genomics
21. Family Health Risks
22. Health Risks Across the Life Span
SECTION 6 Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors
23. Health Equity and Care of Vulnerable Populations
24. Rural Health and Migrant Health
25. Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
26. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
27. Violence and Human Abuse
SECTION 7 Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions
28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health
29. The Faith Community Nurse
30. The Nurse in Public Health, Home Health, Palliative Care, and Hospice
31. The Nurse in the Schools
32. The Nurse in Occupational Health
Appendices
A. Guidelines for Practice
B. Assessment Tools
C. Essential Elements of Public Health Nursing
D. Hepatitis Information
1. Public Health Nursing and Population Health
2. The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
3. US and Global Health Care
4. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
5. Economics of US Health Care Delivery
SECTION 2 Forces Affecting Nurses in Community and Population Health Care Delivery
6. Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
7. Culture of Populations in Communities
8. Environmental Health
9. Evidence-Based Practice
SECTION 3 Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community
10. Epidemiologic Applications
11. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
12. Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks
13. Community Assessment and Evaluation
14. Health Education in the Community
SECTION 4 Issues and Approaches in Health Care of Populations
15. Case Management 16: Disaster Management
17. Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
18. Program Management
19. Health Care Improvement in the Community
SECTION 5 Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
20. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment and Genomics
21. Family Health Risks
22. Health Risks Across the Life Span
SECTION 6 Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors
23. Health Equity and Care of Vulnerable Populations
24. Rural Health and Migrant Health
25. Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
26. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
27. Violence and Human Abuse
SECTION 7 Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions
28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health
29. The Faith Community Nurse
30. The Nurse in Public Health, Home Health, Palliative Care, and Hospice
31. The Nurse in the Schools
32. The Nurse in Occupational Health
Appendices
A. Guidelines for Practice
B. Assessment Tools
C. Essential Elements of Public Health Nursing
D. Hepatitis Information
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 6
- Latest edition
- Published: January 11, 2022
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
MS
Marcia Stanhope
Affiliations and expertise
Education and Practice Consultant and Professor Emerita, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KentuckyJL
Jeanette Lancaster
Affiliations and expertise
Sadie Heath Cabiness Professor and Dean Emerita, School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Associate, Tuft & Associates, Inc.