For BSN courses in Community Health Nursing.This text emphasizes critical thinking and the application of community health principles in nursing practice. Using an epidemiological perspective, it pulls together nursing, health risks and health care, while applying principles of public health and nursing to the care of the individuals, the family, and populations. It embodies a holistic approach that focuses on all aspects of community health.
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Community Health Nursing
Caring for Populations
Fourth Edition
Now more than ever - locally, nationally, globally - society is in need of community health services. The Fourth Edition of Community Health Nursing continues to emphasize the application of community health nursing as it relates to specific populations, settings, and community health problems. Using an easy-to-follow organizing framework, the text assists readers in applying nursing process and nursing interventions to the care of the individual, families, and population groups. Theoretically and scientifically sound, as well as practical and applicable, this resource is a thorough introduction to the specialty.
Features:- New ~ Cultural Considerations highlight cultural factors that influence health, health care delivery, and community health nursing practice.
- New ~ Ethical Awareness feature introduces readers to ethical dilemmas faced by community health nurses and assists them in applying principles of ethical decision making.
- New Chapter ~ Care of Clients in Official and Voluntary Agencies includes detailed discussion of parish nursing and its roles and functions as well as local health agencies and standards, functions and services of community/public health nursing.
- Assessment Tips detail key considerations in nursing assessment in specific populations, settings, and health problems.
- Comprehensive technology package that includes a Companion Website, corresponding student CD-ROM, and online course management systems in WebCT, Black Board and Course Compass platforms.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
This book represents the lessons learned and the progress made in more than 100 years of community health nursing in the United States. The year 1993 marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Henry Street Settlement, the acknowledged beginning of modern American community health nursing. Since then, the work of community health nurses has led to better health for individuals, families, and population groups. In this book, I have tried to distill the wisdom of early pioneers and present-day practitioners to guide and direct future generations of community health nurses.
Locally, nationally, and globally, society is in greater need of community health nursing services than at any time since our beginning. Although expected longevity has increased significantly in the last century, quality of life has not kept pace for large segments of the world's population. Previously controlled communicable diseases are resurfacing and new diseases are emerging to threaten the public's health. Malnutrition is a fact of life for many people. Chronic physical and emotional diseases are taking their toll on the lives of large numbers of people. Substance abuse and societal violence are rampant, and more and more frequently environmental conditions do not support health. All of these are problems that community health nurses can and do help to solve.
Community health nurses must have the depth and breadth of knowledge that allows them to work independently and in conjunction with others to improve the health of the world's populations. In part, this improvement occurs through care provided to individuals and families, but it must occur on a larger scale through care provided to communities and population groups. Community Health Nursing: Caring for Populations provides community health nurses with the knowledge needed to provide care at all these levels. This knowledge is theoretically and scientifically sound, yet practical and applicable to society's changing demands. This book has been written to give students a strong, balanced foundation for community health nursing.
Community Health Nursing: Caring for Populations is written for all students in community health nursing courses and provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of the specialty. The book is designed to prepare nurse generalists who can function in any setting, providing care to individuals, families, communities, and population groups.
Each unit in this fourth edition is introduced by the work of Veneta Masson. Her writing reflects some of the realities of day-to-day community health nursing practice. The following dialogue between nurse and client is excerpted from one of Ms. Masson's poems, "Christmas Eve at Maggie's," and portrays the sometimes differing perspectives of nurse and client. Throughout the text the poetry presents other intimate glimpses of individual clients and the profession for students to ponder.
Guess what today is Maggie.
What is today? I prod
tense with expectation
as her fingers tighten
round her empty wallet
Why, I reckon . . . Well, praise the Lord!
It must be the first of the month
and my check come! No, Maggie, it's Christmas Eve.
I came to wish you Merry Christmas.
Sorry.
She fumbles with the stale debris
of yesterday's carry-out sandwich.
That so? she says, wiping the wreath
of crumbs from her mouth.
And here I thought it was the first of the month.
The overall approach of this book is to convey to nursing students at the beginning of the twenty-first century the excitement and challenge of providing nursing care in the community. As we begin a new era of community health nursing, I believe that well-educated community health nurses can provide a focal point for resolution of the global health problems presented above. Early community health nurses changed the face of society, and we can be a strong force in molding the society of the future.
I am convinced that when the bicentennial anniversary of American community health nursing occurs in 2093, community health nurses will be able to look back on the accomplishments of our second century with as much pride as the first.
Organization
This textbook is designed to present general principles of community health nursing and to assist students to apply those principles in practice. It is organized in six units. The first three units address general concepts of community health nursing practice and the last three examine the application of those concepts to specific populations, settings, and community health problems.
Unit I sets the stage for practice by describing the context in which community health nursing occur: Readers are introduced to the concept of populations as recipients of nursing care and to the historical underpinnings and development of community health nursing as an area of specialty practice. Other chapters in this unit address the influences of the health care, political, economic, sociocultural, and environmental contexts that influence the health of populations and the practice of community health nursing.
Unit II examines community health nursing as a specialized area of practice, exploring its population focus and the attributes and features that make it unique. Standards for practice and typical roles and functions of community health nurses are also addressed. The second chapter in this unit provides several theoretical perspectives on community health nursing and discusses theoretical models applicable to population groups, as well as individuals and families, as recipients of care.
A unique feature of this textbook is the consistent use of the Dimensions Model of Community Health Nursing to structure the discussion of principles of practice. In Units III through VI, elements of the model are used to examine the processes used in community health nursing practice and the provision of care to selected populations, in specialized settings, and with specific community health problems. A change from the previous edition is the elimination of some redundancy in the use of the model across chapters; however, the model remains as an organizing framework for the chapters in these units, systematizing assessment in terms of the six dimensions of health (addressing relevant biophysical, psychological, physical environmental, sociocultural, behavioral, and health systems considerations) and framing nursing interventions in terms of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention activities. This consistent approach permits students to readily identify commonalities and differences among processes, populations, settings, and problems.
Unit III presents common processes used in community health nursing. In each chapter, the elements of the Dimensions Model are applied to a specific process used by community health nurses. For example, in Chapter 10, students are acquainted with general principles of epidemiology and then apply those principles in the context of the, model to the process of health promotion for individuals, families, and groups of clients. Considerations in each of the six dimensions of health are examined in light of their influence on health promotion. Other processes examined in this unit include the health education, case management, and change, leadership, and group processes.
Unit IV examines community health nursing care provided to special population groups. In each chapter, students are assisted to apply principles of care to individuals and families, as well as to these populations as aggregates. For example, in Chapter 16, emphasis is placed on community health nursing care for individual children and their families as well as on strategies for improving the health of children as a population group. Similar approaches are taken to the other population groups addressed in the unit: families, communities, women, men, the elderly, and the homeless.
Unit V presents community health nursing practice in specialized settings such as the home, school, work, correctional, and disaster settings. Chapter 22, a new chapter in this edition examines the role of the community health nurse in official and voluntary agencies as specialized settings. The local health department is used as an exemplar of official agencies and parish or faith community nursing is the exemplar for community health nursing practice in a voluntary agency. In each of the chapters in the unit, students are guided in the use of the nursing process in the special practice setting. Consideration is given to factors influencing health in each of the six dimensions of health, and nursing interventions at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention are discussed.
Unit VI focuses on community health nursing practice related to common population health problems such as communicable diseases, chronic physical and mental health conditions, substance abuse, and societal violence. Again, students are assisted to apply the nursing process to identify factors contributing to problems in each of these areas and in designing relevant nursing interventions at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention. Consideration is given to care of individuals and families with these problems as well as to resolving common community health problems at the population level.
NEW FEATURES
- New Chapter, "Care of Clients in Official and Voluntary Agencies," includes detailed discussion of parish nursing and its roles and functions as an exemplar of a voluntary health agency. Standards, functions, and services of community/public health nursing serve as a starting point for exploring an official health agency.
- Cultural Considerations highlight cultural factors that influence health, health care delivery, and community health nursing practice. Readers are encouraged to examine the effects of their own cultural traditions, as well as those of clients, on hea...
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It's not a great book,
By Sam the Man "Portal Hypertension" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Community Health Nursing: Caring for Populations (Hardcover)
I had this book for my community health textbook. Comparing with other textbook, this book is really hard to understand. The author is trying hard enough to sound like a great researcher using jargons and difficult words to impress the public. As a student nurse, I would be much happier with a textbook that explains everything in laymans term. It's hard enough for us to understand the concept without those fancy words. A note for the authors, we like simple textbook not a complicated one. A complicated book is not necessarily a good book. In my opinion other textbooks are way better than this one.
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