Community health nursing : caring for populations

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Title:

Community health nursing : caring for populations

Author:

Clark, Mary Jo Dummer.

ISBN:

9780130941497

Personal Author:

Clark, Mary Jo Dummer.

Edition:

4th ed.

Publication Information:

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2003.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 822 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

General Note:

Revised edition of: Nursing in the community. Stamford, Conn. : Appleton & Lange, c1999.

Contents:

Ch. 1. The population context -- Ch. 2. The historical context -- Ch. 3. The health system context -- Ch. 4. The political context -- Ch. 5. The economic context -- Ch. 6. The cultural context -- Ch. 7. The environmental context -- Ch. 8. Community and health nursing -- Ch. 9. Theoretical foundations for community health nursing -- Ch. 10. Epidemiology and health promotion -- Ch. 11. Health education -- Ch. 12. Case management -- Ch. 13. Change, leadership, and group processes -- Ch. 14. Care of families -- Ch. 15. Care of communities -- Ch. 16. Children as aggregate -- Ch. 17. Women as aggregate -- Ch. 18. Men as aggregate -- Ch. 19. Older clients as aggregate -- Ch. 20. Homeless clients as aggregate -- Ch. 21. Care of clients in the house setting -- Ch. 22. Care of clients in official and voluntary health agencies -- Ch. 23. Care of clients in the school setting -- Ch. 24. Care of clients in work settings -- Ch. 25. Care of clients in urban and rural settings -- Ch. 26. Care of clients in correctional settings -- Ch. 27. Care of clients in disaster settings -- Ch. 28. Communicable diseases -- Ch. 29. Chronic physical health problems -- Ch. 30. Community mental health problems -- Ch. 31. Substance abuse -- Ch. 32. Societal violence.

Abstract:

This text provides community health nurses with the knowledge needed to provide care at all these levels. This knowledge is theoretically and scientifically sound, yet practical and applicable to society's changing demands. [The text] is written for all students in community health nursing courses and provides an introduction to all aspects of the specialty. It is designed to prepare nurse generalists who can function in any setting, providing care to individuals, families, communities, and population groups.

Subject Term:

Community health nursing.

Added Uniform Title:

Nursing in the community.

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Summary

This text emphasizes the application of community health nursing as it relates to specific populations, settings and community health problems. Using an easy-to-follow organizing framework, it assists readers in applying nursing process and nursing interventions to the care of the individual, families and population groups. Theoretically and scientifically sound, as well as practical and applicable, this resource is a thorough introduction to the specialty.