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**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Community/Home Health Care, 2023**
Master the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in community health nursing!
Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition 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 â 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®.
Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing concepts apply to the real world.
Social justice approach 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
Veterans’ Health chapter presents situations and considerations unique to the care of military veterans
"Upstream" focus addresses contributing factors of poor health and promotes community efforts to address potential health problems before they occur
Photo novellas â stories in photograph form â show real-life clinical scenarios and highlight the application of important community/public health nursing roles
Online case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination (NGN) provide you with the necessary tools to prepare for the NGN
Overview of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model provides information on the latest recommendations to promote evidence-based client decisions
Healthy People 2030 boxes highlight the most current national health care goals and objectives throughout the text
Unit 1: Introduction to Community Health Nursing
1. Health: A Community View
2. Historical Factors: Public Health Nursing in Context
3. Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice
4. Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Unit 2: The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing
5. Epidemiology
6. Community Assessment
7. Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
8. Community Health Education and Engagement
9. Case Management
Unit 3: Factors that Influence the Health of the Community
10. Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
11. The Healthcare System
12. Economics of Health Care
13. Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
14. Environmental Health
15. Health in the Global Community
Unit 4: Aggregates in the Community
16. Child and Adolescent Health
17. Women’s Health
18. Men’s Health
19. Senior Health
20. Family Health
Unit 5: Vulnerable Populations
21. Populations Affected by Disabilities
22. Veterans’ Health
23. Homeless Populations
24. Rural and Migrant Health
25. Populations Affected by Mental Illness
Unit 6: Population Health Problems
26. Communicable Disease
27. Substance Abuse
28. Violence
29. Natural and Man-Made Disasters
Unit 7: Community Health Settings
30. School Health
31. Occupational Health
32. Forensic and Correctional Nursing
33. Faith Community Nursing
34. Home Health and Hospice
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