Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This comprehensive text provides unique coverage of vulnerable aggregate populations while using the levels of prevention approach. This edition will focus more on public health including health promotion and protection, increase the nursing application content, and cover the evolving issues of disaster nursing. New features include Using the Nursing Process and “Stop and Think” boxes. Also new to this edition are more discussion on the urban client and a new chapter on clients with disabilities/chronic illness. The Connection Website will provide new case studies and assessment tools. The ancillary package will include an Instructors Resource CD-ROM with test generator, Powerpoint slides, and Instructors Manual.
Table of Contents
UNIT 1 Foundations of Community Health Nursing
- Opportunities and Challenges of Community Health Nursing 3
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Evolution of Community Health Nursing 26
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Roles and Settings for Community Health Nursing Practice 44
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Transcultural Nursing in the Community 63
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Values and Ethics in Community Health Nursing 92
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Structure and Function of Community Health Services 107
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Economics of Health Care 129
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley - Epidemiology in Community Health Care 153
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Communicable Disease Control 178
Judith Allender
UNIT 2 Public Health Principles in Community Health Nursing
- Environmental Health and Safety 226
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Communication, Collaboration, and Contracting 265
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Health Promotion Through Education: Theories, Models, and Tools 282
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- The Community Health Nurse as Leader, Change Agent, and Case Manager 305
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
UNIT 3 Tools of Community Health Nursing
- Research in Community Health Nursing 329
Cherie Rector
- Quality Measurement and Improvement in Community Health Nursing 347
Judith Allender
- Policy Making and Community Health Advocacy 367
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Theoretical Basis of Community Health Nursing 391
Judith Allender
- The Community as Client: Assessment and Diagnosis 405
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
UNIT 4 Community as Client
- Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation of Health Care in Communities 428
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Communities in Crisis: Disasters, Group Violence, and Terrorism 445
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- The Global Community: International Health Concerns 468
Nancy Clark/Donald C. Johnson
- Theoretical Bases for Promoting Family Health 495
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
UNIT 5 The Family as Client
- Assessment of Families 515
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Planning, Intervening, and Evaluating Health Care for Families 539
Judith Allender
- Families in Crisis: Facing Violence from Within and Outside the Family 556
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
- Maternal, Prenatal, and Newborn Populations 595
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley
UNIT 6 Promoting and Protecting the Health of Aggregates With Developmental Needs
- Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers 622
Judith Allender/Lynette Zimmerman/Barbara Spradley
- School-Age Children and Adolescents 642
Cherie Rector
- Adult Women, Men, and Occupational Health 677
Judith Allender
- Older Adults: Aging in Place 713
Judith Allender/Barbara Spradley