Community/Public Health Nursing

<p>Master the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in community health nursing!<b> Community/Public Health Nursing, 8<SUP>th</SUP> Edition </b>discusses the nurse’s role in population health promotion with a unique "upstream" preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all in a concise, easy-to-read text. It shows how nurses can take an active role in social action and health policy — especially in caring for diverse and vulnerable population groups. This edition integrates the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model to help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX<SUP>®</SUP>. Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing concepts apply to the real world.</p><ul><b><i></i></b> <li><b><i>Active Learning</i> boxes</b> test your knowledge of the content you’ve just read, helping provide clinical application and knowledge retention.</li> <li><b>UNIQUE! Social justice</b> <b>approach</b> promotes health for all people, emphasizing society’s responsibility to protect all human life and ensure that all people have their basic needs met, such as adequate health protection.</li> <li><b>UNIQUE!<i> Veterans’ Health</i> chapter</b> presents situations and considerations unique to the care of military veterans.</li> <li><b><i>Genetics in Public Health</i></b> <b>boxes</b> reflect increasing scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of using genetic tests and family health history to guide public health interventions.</li> <li><b>UNIQUE! "Upstream" focus </b>addresses contributing factors of poor health and promotes community efforts to address potential health problems before they occur.</li> <li><b>Case studies</b> present the theory, concepts, and application of the nursing process in practical and manageable examples.</li> <li><b>UNIQUE! Photo novellas </b>— stories in photograph form — show real-life clinical scenarios and highlight the application of important community/public health nursing roles.</li> <li><b>Consistent pedagogy</b> at the beginning of each chapter includes learning objectives, key terms and chapter outlines to help you locate important information and focus your study time.</li> <li><b><i>Clinical Examples</i></b> present snippets of real-life client situations.</li> <li><b>Theoretical frameworks</b> common to nursing and public health aid in the application of familiar and new theory bases to problems and challenges in the community.</li> <li><b><i>Research Highlights</i></b> introduce you to the growing amount of community/public health nursing research literature.</li> <li><b><i>Ethical Insights</i> boxes </b>present situations of ethical dilemmas or considerations pertinent to select chapter topics.</li></ul><ul><b></b> <li><b>NEW! Online case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX<SUP>®</SUP> Examination (NGN) </b>provide you with the necessary tools to prepare for the NGN.</li> <li><b>NEW! Overview of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model </b>provides information on the latest recommendations to promote evidence-based client decisions.</li> <li><b>NEW! <i>Healthy People 2030 boxes </i></b>highlight the most current national health care goals and objectives throughout the text.</li></ul>