Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Community/public health nursing practice : health for families and populations / [edited by] Frances A. Maurer, Claudia M. Smith. - 3rd ed. - St. Louis, MO : Elsevier/Saunders, c2005. - xxvi, 816 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Community health nursing. c2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Responsibilities for care in community/public health nursing -- Origins and future of community/public health nursing -- The United States health care system -- Financing of health care: context for community/public health nursing -- International health -- Legal context for community/public health nursing -- Epidemiology: unraveling the mysteries of disease and health -- Communicable diseases -- Relevance of culture and value for community/public health nursing -- Home visit: opening the doors for family health -- A family perspective in community/public health nursing -- Nursing process and families -- Multiproblem families -- Community assessment -- Community diagnosis, planning, and intervention -- Evaluation of nursing care with communities -- Health promotion and risk reduction in the community -- Screening and referral -- Health teaching -- Vulnerable populations -- Nursing in a disaster -- Violence: a social and family problem - Adolescent sexual activity and teenage pregnancy -- Substance abuse and dependence -- Environmental health risks: at home, at work, and in the community -- Rehabilitation clients in the community -- Children in the community -- Elderly persons in the community -- State and local health departments -- School health -- Home health -- Rural health -- Community mental health.

ISBN: 0721603548 (alk. paper) 9780721603544 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2004061048

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA483913 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101232062 DNLM 013045967 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Community health nursing.
Public health nursing.
Community Health Nursing--United States.
Public Health Nursing--United States.

LC Class. No.: RT98 / .C65623 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 610.73/43

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2004 N-117 WY 106 / C73593 2005