Foundations of nursing in the community: community-oriented practice

With concise, focused coverage of nursing in the community, this easy-to-readtextbook provides the essential information you need to know for clinical practice - from nursing roles and care settings to vulnerable population groups. It features a practical, community-oriented approach, with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. INDICE: Part 1: Perspectives in Health Care Delivery and NursingCommunity-Oriented Nursing and Community-Based NursingThe History of Public and Community Health and NursingTheU.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems Part 2: Influences on Health Care Delivery and NursingEthics in Community-Oriented NursingPracticeCultural Influences in Nursing Environmental HealthGovernment, the Law, and Policy ActivismEconomic InfluencesPart 3: Conceptual Frameworks Appliedto Nursing Practice in the CommunityEpidemiologic ApplicationsEvidence-Based PracticeUsing Health Education and Group Process in the Community Part 4: Issues and Approaches in Health Care PopulationsCommunity Assessment and Evaluation Case Management Disaster Management Surveillance and Outbreak InvestigationProgram Management Managing Quality Part 5: Issues and Approaches in Family andIndividual Health CareFamily Development and Family Nursing Assessment FamilyHealth Risks Health Risks Across the Life SpanPart 6: Vulnerability: Predisposing FactorsVulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview Rural Healthand Migrant HealthHomelessness, Poverty, Mental Illness, and Teen PregnancyAlcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the CommunityViolence and Human AbuseInfectious Disease Prevention and ControlHIV, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis and Sexually Transmitted DiseasesPart 7: Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and FunctionsNursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in PublicHealthThe Faith Community Nurse The Nurse in Home Health and HospiceThe Nursein the Schools The Nurse in Occupational Health AppendixesAnswers to ClinicalApplications

• ISBN: 978-0-323-06655-6
• Editorial: Mosby
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 752
• Fecha Publicación: 05/10/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés