Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Based on the 5th edition of the market-leading Community and
Public Health Nursing , our new text - Foundations of Community
and Public Health Nursing: Community Oriented Practice - offers
the same community-oriented focus but covers only the essential
content that ADN and BSN students need. Marcia Stanhope and
Jeanette Lancaster have retained the best of the 5th edition of the
larger text, but presented it in a streamlined and concise format.
As health care services have moved into community settings,
nursing education at all levels is putting more emphasis on
community nursing care. The community-oriented focus of this new
text emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention. The goal
of community-oriented community health nursing is to preserve,
protect, promote, or maintain health through the care provided to
individuals, families, and groups in the community. The various
roles a community health nurse might undertake are discussed in a
separate unit. Another unit discusses the care of vulnerable
populations in the community. Family and individual care is also the
focus of a separate unit. Practical application of concepts is
highlighted throughout the text through the How To, Evidence
Based Practice, and Clinical Application features. An attractive two
color design with many features similar to those in the 5th edition of
the larger text presents the content in an accessible and engaging
format.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Perspectives in Health Care Delivery and Community Health Nursing
• Community-Oriented and Community-Based Nursing
• The History of Community Health and Community Health Nursing
• The Public Health and Primary Health Care Systems
• Influences on Health Care Delivery and Community Health Nursing
• Ethical and Cultural Influences
• Environmental Health
• Political and Legal Influences
• Economic Influences
• Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Community Health Nursing Practice
• Epidemiological Applications in Community Health Nursing
• Using Research in Community Health Nursing
• Using Health Education in the Community
• Issues and Approaches in Health Care Populations
• The Community as Client and Partner
• Case Management
• Disaster Management
• Program Management
• Managing Quality
• Working with Groups in the Community
• Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
• Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment
• Family Health Risks
• Health Risks Across the Lifespan
• Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors
• Vulnerability and Selected Vulnerable Populations
• Substance Abuse in the Community
• Violence in the Community
• Communicable Disease: Risk and Prevention
• HIV, Hepatitis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Community Health Nurse: Roles and Functions
• Community Health Nursing in the Local Health Department
• Community Health Nurse as Parish Nurse
• Community Health Nurse in Home Health and Hospice
• Community Health Nurse in the Schools
• Community Health Nurse in Occupational Health
• Appendixes
• Answers to Clinical Applications

Author notes provided by Syndetics