Covering the nurse’s role in promoting community health,
Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition
provides a unique ‘upstream’ preventive focus and a strong social justice approach in a concise, easy-to-read text. It shows how you, as a nurse, can take an active role in social action and health policy – especially in caring for diverse and vulnerable population groups. Written by community health nursing experts Mary A. Nies and Melanie McEwen, this book offers clinical examples and photo novellas showing how concepts apply to the real world, and describes the issues and responsibilities of today’s community and public health nursing.
UNIQUE! ‘Upstream’ preventive focus
addresses factors that are the precursors to poor health in the community, addressing potential health problems before they occur.
UNIQUE! Emphasis on
community
aspects in all steps of the nursing process
highlights the community perspective in all health situations.
UNIQUE! A ‘social justice’ approach
promotes health for all people, including vulnerable populations.
UNIQUE! Photo novellas
use photographs to tell stories showing real-life clinical scenarios and applications of important community health nursing roles.
Research Highlights
boxes
show the application of research studies to the practice of community nursing.
Clinical examples
offer snippets of real-life client situations.
Case Study: Application of the Nursing Process
feature
presents practical and manageable examples for the theory, concepts, and application of the nursing process.
Ethical Insights
highlight ethical issues and concerns that the community/public health nurse may encounter.
Objectives, key terms, and chapter outlines
at the beginning of every chapter introduce important concepts and terminology.
NEW and UNIQUE!
Veterans' Health
present situations and considerations related to the care of veterans.
UPDATED
Economics of Health Care
chapter
addresses the latest changes related to health care reform.
Healthy People 2020
include the most current national health care objectives.
Communicable Disease
covers current public health surveillance and outbreaks of emerging health threats, including emerging infections (e.g., H1N1, SARS, West Nile virus).