Comprehensive Community Health Nursing : Family, Aggregate, and Community Practice

COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING is a readable text offering complete coverage of all major topics in community health nursing from epidemiology and communicable disease to chronic illness and home health nursing. Centered on the family as the basic unit of community, this edition highlights and expands the discussion of aggregates at risk with a new chapter on contemporary health issues including poverty and homelessness, substance abuse, and violence. The text has been thoroughly updated to describe the impact managed care is having on the health care delivery system. The various roles and responsibilities of community health nurses, within a spectrum of non-acute care settings such as schools, businesses and industries, clinics and hospice centers, are clearly described.

Provides a complete discussion of U.S. health legislation and health services to help the reader understand the current status of the health care system and access valuable services for their clients. Integrates over 40 case studies to demonstrate application of concepts to practice. Includes standards of practice developed by the American Nurses Association and other bodies for Community Health Nursing, Home Health Nursing, Gerontological Nursing, and more. Uses the nursing process, including nursing diagnosis and intervention, to consistently present care of families, aggregates, and communities. Provides coverage of growth and development of aggregates at risk across the lifespan to help the reader plan and implement health promotion strategies at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. Features "An Exercise in Critical Thinking" at the conclusion of each chapter to enhance analysis and problem-solving skills. Provides assessment tools and quick reference information in appendices for easy access. Offers an Instructor's Resource Manual with approximately 1,000 test questions/answers and transparency masters, plus a Computerized Test Bank.

Susan Clemen-Stone, RN, MPH, Associate Professor, Community Health Nursing, Division of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction Programs, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Sandra L. McGuire, RN, MPH, MSN, EdD, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; and Diane Gerber Eigsti, RN, MS, FoodNet Coordinator and Surveillance Officer, Environmental and Communicable Disease Services, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN