Public health nursing
Subtitle: from application to practice
By: [edited by] Marie Truglio-Londrigan, Sandra B. Lewenson.
Contributors: Truglio-Londrigan, Marie.; Lewenson, Sandra.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sudbury, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780763766542
Subjects: Public health nursing -- United States; Evidence-based nursing -- United States; Public Health Nursing -- United States; Evidence-Based Nursing -- United States; Models, Organizational -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is public health and public health nursing; title: Public health nursing in the United States : a history; title: Assessment : using the public health nursing assessment tool; title: Fundamentals of epidemiology and social epidemiology; title: Evidence based practice from a public health perspective; title: Applying technology in public health nursing; title: Considerations of culture in the health of the public; title: Hitting the pavement : the intervention of case finding : outreach, screening; title: Surveillance and disease and health event investigation; title: Running the show : referral and follow up, case management, delegated functions; title: Working it out : consultation, counseling, health teaching; title: Working together : community organizing, coalition building, collaboration; title: Getting the word out : advocacy, social marketing, policy development and enforcement; title: Protecting, sustaining, and empowering : a historical perspective on the control of epidemic; title: Historical highlights in disaster nursing; title: Public health : costs, challenges, and considerations; title: Nursing education and public health.