DeMarco, Rosanna F.

Community and public health nursing : evidence for practice / Rosanna F. DeMarco, Judith Healey-Walsh. - Third edition. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, c2020. - xiii, 655 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Preceded by Community and public health nursing / Gail A. Harkness, Rosanna F. DeMarco. Second edition. [2016].
Includes index.

Part One: The Context of Community and Public Health Nursing -- Chapter 1: Public Health Nursing: Present, Past, and Future -- Chapter 2: Public Health Systems -- Chapter 3: Health Politics, Policy, and Reform -- Chapter 4: Global Health: A Community Perspective -- Part Two: Evidence-Based Practice and Population Health -- Chapter 5: Frameworks for Health Promotion, Disease, Prevention, and Risk Reduction
-- Chapter 6: Epidemiology: The Science of Prevention -- Chapter 7: Describing Health Conditions: Understanding and Using Rates -- Chapter 8: Gathering Evidence for Public Health Practice --
Part Three: Implementing Nursing Practice in Community Settings -- Chapter 9: Planning for Community Change -- Chapter 10: Cultural Competence: Awareness, Sensitivity, and Respect -- Chapter 11: Community Assessment -- Chapter 12: Care Management, Case Management, and Home Healthcare -- Chapter 13: Family Assessment -- Part Four: Challenges in Community and Public Health Nursing -- Chapter 14: Risk of Infectious and Communicable Diseases -- Chapter 15: Emerging Infectious Diseases -- Chapter 16: Violence and Abuse -- Chapter 17: Substance Abuse -- Chapter 18: Underserved Populations -- Chapter 19: Environmental Health -- Chapter 20: Community Preparedness: Disaster and Terrorism -- Part Five: Specialty Practice -- Chapter 21: Community Mental Health -- Chapter 22: School Health --
Chapter 23: Faith-Oriented Communities and Health Ministries in Faith Communities -- Chapter 24: Palliative and End-of-Life Care -- Chapter 25: Occupational Health Nursing.

"Succinct, approachable, and logically organized and public health nursing, 3rd edition helps you develop the critical thinking skills and complex reasoning abilities you need to connect evidence with effective decisions in community and public health practice. This extensively revised, heavily illustrated edition emphasizes an evidence-based perspective and focuses on the individual in the context of the community-setting and on the global community to equip you for challenges you’ll encounter throughout your nursing career."--Back cover

9781975111694 (paperback)

2018058862


Community health nursing--United States
Public health nursing--United States
Evidence-based nursing--United States

RT98 / D39 2020