Population Based Public Health Clinical Manual 2nd Edition, 2014 AJN Award Recipient

Focused on developing a competent public health nursing practice in diverse settings, this core text builds on the Henry Street Consortium’s framework of 11 competences for population-based, entry-level public health nursing. This second edition has fully revised and updated coverage, including implementation of Healthy People 2020, intensive, evidence-based home visiting models and cultural identity assessment tools, virtual tools and resources for e-collaboration strategies and health promotion, pathways to become a public health nurse.

Marjorie A. Schaffer, PhD, MS, RN, PHN, is a professor of nursing at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2010, Schaffer received the University Professor Award from Bethel University in honor of her scholarly work. A founding member of the Henry Street Consortium, she has taught public health nursing for more than 25 years. She has traveled to Norway as a Fulbright Scholar and to Norway and New Zealand as a Fulbright Specialist to consult and present on public health nursing. She has served as president of Chi-at-Large Chapter of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. She has coauthored articles on the Public Health Intervention Wheel and Henry Street Consortium. Schaffer has written more than 40 articles and book chapters and coauthored Being Present: A Nurse s Resource for End-of-Life Communication, also published by Sigma Theta Tau International.

Patricia M. Schoon, MPH, RN, PHN, is a clinical instructor for the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota. She is a founding member of the Henry Street Consortium and has taught nursing and public health for more than 35 years. She received the Minnesota Nurses Association Nurse Educator Award in 2005 for her work on Nurses Day on the Hill and has developed an online political advocacy tool kit. She was president of Chi-at-Large Chapter and faculty advisor for Zeta Chapter of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Schoon has developed innovative programs in the community, including a foot-care clinic for the homeless and a faith-based program for older adults. She has coauthored articles on the Henry Street Consortium and is the author of two chapters, Population-Based Health Care Practice and Power and Politics, in two current nursing leadership textbooks.