num_pages: 768
description: Based on the 5th edition of the market-leading Community andPublic Health Nursing , our new text - Foundations of Communityand Public Health Community Oriented Practice - offersthe same community-oriented focus but covers only the essentialcontent that ADN and BSN students need. Marcia Stanhope andJeanette Lancaster have retained the best of the 5th edition of thelarger text, but presented it in a streamlined and concise format.As health care services have moved into community settings,nursing education at all levels is putting more emphasis oncommunity nursing care. The community-oriented focus of this newtext emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention. The goalof community-oriented community health nursing is to preserve,protect, promote, or maintain health through the care provided toindividuals, families, and groups in the community. The variousroles a community health nurse might undertake are discussed in aseparate unit. Another unit discusses the care of vulnerablepopulations in the community. Family and individual care is also thefocus of a separate unit. Practical application of concepts ishighlighted throughout the text through the How To, EvidenceBased Practice, and Clinical Application features. An attractive twocolor design with many features similar to those in the 5th edition ofthe larger text presents the content in an accessible and engagingformat.· Discusses the various roles of and multiple settings for community health nursing in a separate unit· Addresses the different types of clients that a community health nurse may encounter in a separate unit on vulnerable populations· Provides a Chapter Outline, Learning Objectives, and Key Terms with definitions at the beginning of each chapter to highlight important concepts, terminology, and serve as an overview of chapter content· Incorporates Clinical Applications that present real-life community client situations with questions and answers· Provides How To boxes that offer specific, application-oriented information· Presents Evidence-Based Practice briefs that focus on recent research findings and their application to community nursing practice· Presents topics for discussion, special clinical considerations, and facts of interest in Briefly Noted boxes· Provides numerous appendixes with additional resources and key information· Employs an attractive two-color design that enhances the presentation of material and increases the accessibility of features and content
language: English
title: Foundations of Community Health Nursing: Community-Oriented Practice
titlecomplete: Foundations of Community Health Nursing: Community-Oriented Practice
genres: Nursing, School
ratings_count: 59
publisher: Mosby