Community health nursing : promoting and protecting the public's health /
Allender, Judith Ann.
Spradley, Barbara Walton.
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Opportunities and challenges of community health nursing -- Evolution of community health nursing -- Roles and settings for community health nursing practice -- Transcultural nursing in the community -- Values and ethics in community health nursing -- Structure and function of community health services -- Economics of health care -- Epidemiology in community health care -- Communicable disease control -- Environmental health and safety -- Communication, colloboration, and contracting -- Health promotion through education: theories, models, and tools -- The community health nurse as leader, change agent, and case manager -- Research in community health nursing -- Quality measurement and improvement in community health nursing -- Policy making and community health advocacy -- Theoretical basis of community health nursing -- The community as client: assessment and diagnosis -- Planning, intervention, and evaluation of health care in communities -- Communities in crisis: disasters, group violence, and terrorism -- The global community: international health concerns -- Theoretical bases for promoting family health -- Assessment of families -- Planning, intervening, and evaluating health care for families -- Families in crisis: facing violence from within and outside the family -- Maternal, prenatal, and newborn populations -- Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers -- School-age children and adolescents -- Adult women, men and occupational health -- Older adults: aging in place -- Rural health care -- Urban health care, poverty, and homelessness -- Migrant families and seasonal workers -- Clients with disabilities and chronic illnesses -- Clients with mental health issues and addictions -- Clients in correctional facilities -- Clients receiving home health and hospice care.
Community health nursing.
Public health nursing.