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Community public health nursing practice : health for families and populations.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Saunders, 2005.Edition: 3rd ed. / Frances A. Maurer, Claudia M. SmithDescription: xxvi, 816 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780721603544 (pbk.) :
  • 0721603548 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Community health nursing [Other title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.7343 MAU
LOC classification:
  • RT98 .C65623 2005
Contents:
ONE: Role and context of community/public health nursing practice -- 1. Responsibilities for care in community/public health nursing -- 2. Origins and future of community/public health nursing -- 3.The United States health care system -- 4. Financing of health care: context for community/public health nursing -- 5. International health -- 6. Legal context for community/public health nursing -- TWO: Core concepts for the practice of community/public health nursing -- 7. Epidemiology: unraveling the mysteries of disease and health -- 8. Communicable diseases -- 9. Relevance of culture and values for community/public health nursing -- THREE: Family as client -- 10. Home visit: opening the doors for family health -- 11. A family perspective in community/public health nursing -- 12. Nursing process and families -- 13. Multiproblem families -- FOUR: Community as client -- 14.Community assessment -- 15. Community diagnosis, planning, and intervention -- 16. Evaluation of nursing care with communities -- FIVE: Tools for practice -- 17. Health promotion and risk reduction in the community -- 18. Screening and referral -- 19. Health teaching -- SIX: Contemporary problems in community/public health nursing -- 20. Vulnerable populations -- 21.Nursing in a disaster -- 22. Violence: a social and family problem -- 23. Adolescent sexual activity and teenage pregnancy -- 24. Substance abuse and dependence -- 25. Environmental health risks: at home, at work, and in the community -- SEVEN: Support for special populations -- 26.Rehabilitation -- 27. Children in the community -- 28. Elderly persons in the community -- EIGHT: Settings for community/public health nursing practice -- 29. State and local health departments -- 30. School health -- 31. Home health care -- 32. Rural health -- 33. Community mental health.
Summary: The authors discuss in detail all of the steps of the nursing process involved in the care of families and communities. This third edition features case studies, ethics in practice, the nursing process in practice care plans, and learning by experience and reflection exercises.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 610.7343 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 126223
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 610.7343 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 126222
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 610.7343 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 126224

Previous ed.: published as Community health nursing. London: W.B. Saunders, 2000.

Text on inside covers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ONE: Role and context of community/public health nursing practice -- 1. Responsibilities for care in community/public health nursing -- 2. Origins and future of community/public health nursing -- 3.The United States health care system -- 4. Financing of health care: context for community/public health nursing -- 5. International health -- 6. Legal context for community/public health nursing -- TWO: Core concepts for the practice of community/public health nursing -- 7. Epidemiology: unraveling the mysteries of disease and health -- 8. Communicable diseases -- 9. Relevance of culture and values for community/public health nursing -- THREE: Family as client -- 10. Home visit: opening the doors for family health -- 11. A family perspective in community/public health nursing -- 12. Nursing process and families -- 13. Multiproblem families -- FOUR: Community as client -- 14.Community assessment -- 15. Community diagnosis, planning, and intervention -- 16. Evaluation of nursing care with communities -- FIVE: Tools for practice -- 17. Health promotion and risk reduction in the community -- 18. Screening and referral -- 19. Health teaching -- SIX: Contemporary problems in community/public health nursing -- 20. Vulnerable populations -- 21.Nursing in a disaster -- 22. Violence: a social and family problem -- 23. Adolescent sexual activity and teenage pregnancy -- 24. Substance abuse and dependence -- 25. Environmental health risks: at home, at work, and in the community -- SEVEN: Support for special populations -- 26.Rehabilitation -- 27. Children in the community -- 28. Elderly persons in the community -- EIGHT: Settings for community/public health nursing practice -- 29. State and local health departments -- 30. School health -- 31. Home health care -- 32. Rural health -- 33. Community mental health.

The authors discuss in detail all of the steps of the nursing process involved in the care of families and communities. This third edition features case studies, ethics in practice, the nursing process in practice care plans, and learning by experience and reflection exercises.

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