Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community

This Revised Reprint of our 8th edition, the "gold standard" in community health nursing, Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community, has been updated with a new Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) appendix that features examples of incorporating knowledge, skills, and attitudes to improve quality and safety in community/public health nursing practice. As with the previous version, this text provides comprehensive and up-to-date content to keep you at the forefront of the ever-changing community health climate and prepare you for an effective nursing career. In addition to concepts and interventions for individuals, families, and communities, this text also incorporates real-life applications of the public nurse s role, Healthy People 2020 initiatives, new chapters on forensics and genomics, plus timely coverage of disaster management and important client populations such as pregnant teens, the homeless, immigrants, and more.

• Evidence-Based Practice boxes illustrate how the latest research findings apply to public/community health nursing.
• Separate chapters on disease outbreak investigation and disaster management describe the nurse s role in surveilling public health and managing these types of threats to public health.
• Separate unit on the public/community health nurse s role describes the different functions of the public/community health nurse within the community.
• Levels of Prevention boxes show how community/public health nurses deliver health care interventions at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention.
• What Do You Think?, Did You Know?, and How To? boxes use practical examples and critical thinking exercises to illustrate chapter content.
• The Cutting Edgehighlights significant issues and new approaches to community-oriented nursing practice.
• Practice Applicationprovides case studies with critical thinking questions.
• Separate chapters on community health initiatives thoroughly describe different approaches to promoting health among populations.
• Appendixes offer additional resources and key information, such as screening and assessment tools and clinical practice guidelines.

• NEW! Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) appendix features examples of incorporating knowledge, skills, and attitudes to improve quality and safety in community/public health nursing practice.
• NEW! Linking Content to Practiceboxes provide real-life applications for chapter content.
• NEW! Healthy People 2020 feature boxes highlight the goals and objectives for promoting health and wellness over the next decade.
• NEW! Forensic Nursing in the Community chapter focuses on the unique role of forensic nurses in public health and safety, interpersonal violence, mass violence, and disasters.
• NEW! Genomics in Public Health Nursingchapter includes a history of genetics and genomics and their impact on public/community health nursing care.