Public Health Nursing Population-Centered Health Care in the Community

<p>**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Community Health**<br> <br> Gain a solid understanding of community and public health nursing with this industry-standard text! <b>Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community,</b> <b>11th Edition,</b> provides up-to-date information on issues such as infectious diseases, natural and man-made disasters, and healthcare policies affecting individuals, families, and communities. This edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect current data, issues, trends, and practices presented in an easy-to-understand, accessible format. Additionally, real-life scenarios show examples of health promotion and public health interventions, and case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination help strengthen your clinical judgment. Ideal for BSN and Advanced Practice Nursing programs, this comprehensive, bestselling text will provide you with a greater understanding of public health nursing!</p> <ul> <li><b><i>Focus on Quality and Safety Education for Nurses</i> boxes</b> give examples of how quality and safety goals, competencies, and objectives, knowledge, skills, and attitudes can be applied in nursing practice in the community</li> <li><b><i>Evidence-Based Practice</i></b> <b>boxes</b> illustrate the use and application of the latest research findings in public/community health nursing</li> <li><b><i>Healthy People</i></b> <b>boxes</b> describe federal health and wellness goals and objectives</li> <li><b><i>Check Your Practice</i> boxes</b> feature a scenario and questions to promote active learning and encourage students to use clinical judgment skills as they contemplate how to best approach the task or problem in the scenario</li> <li><b><i>Linking Content to Practice</i> boxes</b> describe the nurse's role in a variety of public and community health areas, giving specific examples of the nurse's role in caring for individuals, families, and populations</li> <li><b>UNIQUE!</b> <b>Separate chapters covering promoting healthy communities, the Intervention Wheel, and nurse-led health centers</b> teach students the initiatives and various approaches to population and community-centered nursing care</li> <li><b><i>Levels of Prevention</i> boxes</b> address the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of community/public health nursing as related to chapter content</li> <li><b><i>How To</i> boxes</b> provide practical application to practice</li> <li>End-of-chapter <b><i>Practice Application</i> scenarios, <i>Key Points,</i></b> and <b><i>Clinical Judgment Activities</i></b> promote application and in-depth understanding of chapter content</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>NEW! Updated content and figures</b> reflect a stronger focus on population health, current data, issues, trends, and practices, including public health nursing and COVID-19</li> <li><b>NEW! Reorganized chapters</b> create a stronger, more streamlined approach to aid in learning and better assist digital learners</li> <li><b>NEW!</b> <b><i>Healthy People 2030</i></b> <b>objectives</b> highlighted throughout the book address the health priorities and emerging health issues expected in the next decade</li> <li><b>NEW!</b> <b><i>Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination-Style Unfolding Case Studies</i></b> on the Evolve companion website provide additional opportunities to expand clinical judgment</li> </ul>