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

The "gold standard" text in community health nursing is now available in an updated, 7th edition! This respected text gives you a solid foundation in community and public health nursing concepts and interventions for individuals, families, and communities. Throughout, health promotion and disease prevention concepts are integrated into the multifaceted role of population-focused, community-oriented nursing practice. You'll find timely coverage of topics such as nursing roles following terrorist attacks and during infectious disease outbreaks; parish nursing; nurse-managed centers; and important client populations such as clients with AIDS, pregnant teens, and the homeless. Student-friendly features provide an accessible and challenging learning experience, and new content throughout keeps you up to date with this fast-changing field.

• Comprehensive coverage addresses the multiple roles of public health nurses, the varied clients they care for, and the different settings where they practice.
• Full-color design, photos, and illustrations are visually appealing and useful for effective study and real-world representations.
• Varied client focus addresses nursing care for individuals, families, and communities, giving you the information you need to care for each type of client group.
• An entire unit is devoted to vulnerable populations, so you can better serve such high-risk clients as the homeless, clients with substance abuse problems, and victims of domestic violence.
• Important chapter concepts and terminology (Objectives, Key Terms, Chapter Outline, and Chapter Review) are highlighted for quick reference.
• Numerous appendixes offer additional resources and key information, such as screening and assessment tools and clinical practice guidelines.
• Discussion-generating features such as Did You Know?, What Do You Think?, The Cutting Edge, Nursing Tip, How-To..., Evidence-Based Practice, Practice Application questions and answers, and Levels of Prevention boxes.
• Separate chapters provide thorough coverage of significant community and public health initiatives: Healthy Cities program, nursing centers, and a community health promotion integrated model.
• Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills are encouraged with Practice Applications Clinical Decision-Making Activities.
• Evolve web site for students includes Community Assessment Applied (exercises focused on community assessment), case studies with questions and answers, NCLEX exam style review questions with answers and correct answer rationales, a glossary, answers to Practice Applications, WebLinks, and content updates.
• Evolve web site for instructors includes an Instructor's Manual, Test Bank, Image Collection, PowerPoint Slides, and tips on using Hale: Real World Community Health Nursing, 2nd Edition CD-ROM with this book.

• An entire chapter on the Minnesota Public Health Interventions Wheel explains the interventions in detail, providing a mechanism for applying this new and innovative model to practice.
• Community Assessment Applied, a FREE online resource that accompanies the text, offers tools and opportunities to practice community assessment.
• Chapter on surveillance describes monitoring health events through collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data, a key aspect of the protection of the public's health.
• Expanded content on forensic nursing in the chapter on violence, giving you detailed knowledge on this new and growing nursing specialty.
• Revised international health chapter focuses on worldwide health issues so you develop a global health perspective.
• Health education and group practices chapter encourages you to focus on community/population-level education and emphasizes family, group, and community education.
• Healthy People 2010 boxes contain objectives and data from the most recent version of this federal government health promotion initiative, relating them to the practice of community and public health nursing.
• Timely new information on disaster management addresses this complex issue in light of its implications for today's public health nurses.

Foundations of Nursing in the Community: Community-Oriented Practice

Designed to provide concise, focused information on nursing in the community, this easy-to-read textbook covers everything a nurse practicing in this specialty needs to know - from nursing roles and care settings to vulnerable population groups. It features a practical, "community-oriented" approach, with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. Now in full color throughout, this edition provides new chapters on vulnerable populations and evidence-based practice, as well as expanded coverage of key topics such as bioterrorism and homeland security.

• The various roles and settings for community health nursing are discussed, for a comprehensive perspective on this field.
• Clinical Applications present real-life community client situations with questions and answers.
• Evidence-Based Practice boxes focus on recent research findings and applications to community nursing practice.
• What Would You Do? activities sharpen problem-solving skills and challenge students to apply chapter material outside the classroom.
• Briefly Noted sections present topics for discussion, special clinical considerations, and facts of interest related to chapter content.
• How To boxes present specific, application-oriented information.
• Health promotion is emphasized throughout with discussions of how national public health efforts impact community health practice, and Healthy People 2010 objectives for various areas are highlighted in special boxes.

• Full-color design highlights important content and features, making information easier to understand.
• A new chapter on evidence-based practice emphasizes the need to develop best practices in clinical care based on current research.
• Two new chapters expand the book's coverage of vulnerable populations to offer coverage of clients in rural settings and migrant workers, as well as teen pregnancy, poverty and homelessness, and clients with mental illness.
• Increased coverage of bioterrorism and homeland security in the Disaster Management chapter addresses the need for more education about this growing societal concern.
• Level of Prevention boxes emphasize the importance of a preventive approach in community-oriented nursing.
• Case studies incorporated into the chapters present examples of "real life" situations.
• An Additional Resources list at the end of every chapter includes cross-references to the books appendices, the Evolve site, and the Hale: Real World Community Health Nursing CD-ROM, 2nd edition. This CD-ROM is available separately for purchase as a supplement to the textbook.
• Perforated cards are located in the front of the book that provide easy access to important information for the community setting.

Introduction to Community Health

In an effort to effectively address the health issues facing today s communities, An Introduction to Community Health, Sixth Edition, has been updated to reflect the latest trends and statistics in community health. With an emphasis on developing the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in health education, this best-selling introductory text covers such topics as epidemiology, community organization, program planning, minority health, health care, mental health, environmental health, drugs, safety, and occupational health. Short scenarios, key terminology, marginal definitions, and web activities found in each chapter make this an accessible and reader-friendly resource for the beginning community health student.

Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span

This comprehensive text provides the most current and accurate health promotion and disease prevention information available. The book addresses health promotion for all ages and all population groups individuals, families, and communities. It includes extensive coverage of growth and development throughout the life span, with an emphasis on normal development as well as the specific problems and health promotion issues common to each stage. A complete unit is devoted to health promotion interventions. It also offers a unique assessment framework based on Gordon's Functional Health Patterns to provide consistency in presentation and an approach in line with the promotion of health.

• Extensive coverage of growth and development throughout all stages of the life span.
  
• A unit on specific interventions for health promotion.
  
• Addresses health promotion for all population groups - individual, family, and the community.
  
• Incorporates Case Studies that depict actual clinical situations to give students a "real-life" perspective.
  
• Innovative Practice examples highlight unique and creative health promotion programs.
  
• Summarizes specific clinical interventions in Health Teaching boxes to provide students with "how-to" nursing actions.
  
• Think About It clinical scenarios provide critical thinking questions to help readers grasp important concepts.
  
• Multicultural Awareness boxes present cultural perspectives important to care planning.
  
• Introduces significant issues, trends, and controversies in health promotion through Hot Topics boxes to engage students in critical discussion and debate about these topics.
  
• Research Highlights emphasize current research efforts and research opportunities in health promotion.

• A new Study Questions section (with answers and rationales) helps you review and assess your understanding of chapter content.
  
• Care Plans are presented in a consistent format: Nursing Diagnosis, Defining Characteristics, Related Factors, Expected Outcomes, and Interventions.
  
• Healthy People 2010 boxes highlight current national health promotion priorities.
  
• A new full-color design helps to highlight important features and content.
  
• A new companion Evolve website offers case studies with questions and answers, WebLinks, content updates, and a Glossary with search capability to enhance your learning experience.

Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations

Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, 4th Edition focuses on the issues and responsibilities of contemporary community/public health nursing. Its emphasis on working with populations combined with the unique "upstream" preventive approach prepares the reader to assume an active role in caring for the health of clients in community and public settings. Plus, the new full-color design highlights special features and enhances content.

• Features photo-novellas to engage students and demonstrate applications of important community health nursing concepts.
• Provides detailed case studies that emphasize community aspects of all steps of the nursing process to promote the community perspective in all health situations.
• Examines issues of social justice and discusses how to target inequalities in arenas such as education, jobs, and housing to prepare students to function in a community-focused health care system.
• Demonstrates the use of theoretical frameworks common to community and public health nursing showing how familiar and new theory bases can be used to solve problems and challenges in the community.
• Illustrates real-life situations with highlighted Clinical Examples depicting today's community/public health care.
• Discussion of Levels of Prevention presented within the Case Studies address specific applications for each level.
• Provides Learning Activities at the end of each chapter to challenge students to apply chapter material outside the classroom.

• Includes a disaster management and preparedness chapter to examine this important new area of concern and responsibility in community health.
• Offers content on forensic nursing to explore this new subspecialty in community health.
• Summarizes research study findings pertinent to chapter topics in Research Highlights boxes.
• Highlights specific ethical issues in Ethical Insights boxes.
• Presents Healthy People 2010 objectives in feature boxes in appropriate chapters.
• Provides a Media Resources section at the front of each chapter that details the numerous Evolve components available to students.
• Chapter outline added to the front of chapters makes locating information in the chapter easier.

Community/Public Health Nursing Practice: Health for Families and Populations

The 3rd edition of this popular text creates a true-to-life learning experience where readers discover practical methods and solutions for community care and population-focused practice. This text reinforces the roles and responsibilities of the community/public health nurse by taking a practical application approach to community/public health nursing. With features that promote a "practice" approach and numerous clinical examples and case studies, the text provides readers with the knowledge to make the leap from the page into practice to become effective community/public health nurses. Instructor resources available; contact your sales representative for details.

• Emphasizes family and community as client and provides detailed steps on assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation
  
• Provides separate units on family and community health
  
• Highlights Healthy People 2010 boxes that reinforce primary prevention concepts

• Innovative website interactivity that interfaces with book content to reinforce the application of subject matter to clinical situations
  
• Four new chapters on international health, vulnerable populations, teenage pregnancy, and community mental health
  
• Addresses bioterrorism and homeland security issues and related nursing interventions
  
• Provides new content on the growing population of migrant health workers
  
• Highlights important terminology with key terms listed in the front and defined throughout the chapters
  
• Full-color illustrations and photographs help prepare users for public health practice

Community Health Nursing: Advocacy for Population Health (5th Edition) (MyNursingLab Series)

Now more than ever–locally, nationally, globally–society is in need of community health services. This book emphasizes the application of community health nursing as it relates to specific populations, settings, and community health problems. Theoretically and scientifically sound, as well as practical and applicable, this resource is a thorough introduction to the specialty. Unit I sets the stage for practice by describing the context in which community health nursing occurs. Unit II examines community health nursing as a specialized area of practice, exploring its population focus and the attributes and features making it unique. Unit III presents common processes used in community health nursing. Unit IV examines community health nursing care provided to special population groups. Unit V presents community health nursing practice in specialized settings. Finally, Unit VI focuses on community health nursing practice related to common population health problems. For nurse generalists–who need to function in any setting, providing care to individuals, families, communities, and population groups.

Health Promotion in Nursing Practice (5th Edition) (HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING PRACTICE ( PENDER))

A handy reference for health promotion frameworks, strategies and tools, this classic book focuses on national health promotion priorities identified in Healthy People 2010 - with special emphasis on culturally and racially diverse populations. The new edition of this text will expand upon the vision of the two new co-authors incorporated in the last edition. It will continue to be theory based but will include more application of health promotion. New information will be integrated on health promotion in the learning disabled and the use of herbal medicine as it relates to health promotion. There will be new case studies and reflective practice activities to apply student's knowledge. For nursing students as well as nurse practitioners, community health nurses, occupational health nurses, and school nurses.

Family Nursing: Research, Theory, and Practice (5th Edition) (Family Nursing: Research, Theory & Practice (Friedman))

Health Program Planning and Evaluation: A Practical, Systematic Approach for Community Health

This book will help you to systematically develop thoughtfully implement, and rigorously evaluate health programs across a varitey of health disciplines.