Population-Based Nursing: Concepts and Competencies for Advanced Practice - Softcover

Vitale MD MPH FAAP, Patty A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826106714 ISBN 13: 9780826106711

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2011

Synopsis

In less than 300 pages, this book nicely integrates epidemiological concepts, evidence-based practice in population health, and program development and evaluation....Authors describe epidemiological research designs, research synthesis, and evidence assessment--knowledge essential for advanced practice nurses working with populations or in the community. Another highlight in this book is the assessment of health program quality and population health outcomes."--Journal of Community Health Nursing

Population-Based Nursing is the first text designed specifically for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) core competencies in epidemiology and population health. This unique guide addresses essential areas of content recommended by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to ensure graduate students are adequately prepared to enter the nursing field.

This groundbreaking textbook provides readers with the information they need to identify health care needs at the population level and to improve population outcomes, two important core competencies outlined by AACN for all DNP programs.

Key Features:

• Content on acute, sub-acute, and long term care, and community population health
• Case studies with examples of successful strategies that nurses have used to improve population outcomes High-level application activities that aim to help readers achieve Healthy People 2020 health initiatives and improve population health
• Information on the identification of health care disparities and the strategies for eliminating or mitigating them

About this title

From the Back Cover

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About the Author

Ann L. Cupp Curley, PhD, RN, is the nurse research specialist at Capital Health in Trenton, New Jersey. In this capacity, she promotes and guides the development of clinical research and facilitates evidence-based practice. She has an extensive background in nursing education at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. Her clinical background includes more than 10 years working in community health nursing. Dr. Curley has delivered many papers and presentations on research and evidence-based practice. Her publications include Urban Health Informatics and A Nurse’s Perspective on Cuba. She has served as the principal investigator for several studies, including “The Lived Experience of Nurses Who Move to a New Hospital” and “Ergonomics and the Aging Nursing Workforce.” She received her BSN at Boston College, an MSN in community health/CNS track from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD in Urban Planning and Policy Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She has received many honors, including the Nurse.com, Nursing Spectrum, Nursing Excellence Award for Education and Mentorship in 2012 for the Philadelphia and tri-state area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0826106714
• ISBN 13: 9780826106711
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Curley PhD RN Ann L.