Community and Public Health Nursing

Community and Public Health Nursing: Evidence for Practice [Paperback]

Author: Gail A. Harkness DrPH RN FAAN Rosanna DeMarco PhD APRN BC ACRN | Language: English | ISBN: 1451191316 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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Community and Public Health Nursing: Evidence for Practice
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Develop the critical thinking skills and complex reasoning abilities you need to make connections between data and community and public health practice decisions with Community and Public Health Nursing, 2nd Edition. Succinct, manageable, and logically organized, the book focuses on the individual in the context of the community setting and on the global community, reflecting increasingly global healthcare concerns,

• Principles of epidemiology and basic biostatistics are integrated with core principles of community and public health nursing to provide both the methods and the knowledge you need to gather, analyze, and evaluate data as evidence for community health practice decisions.
• Case studies in every chapter give you an opportunity to apply community health concepts to real life scenarios, stimulating your critical thinking and analytic skills.
• Coverage of health and cultural disparities, including ways to modify health care delivery systems to meet specific needs, is reflected in case studies, practice concerns, and evidence-for-practice examples.
• Concrete examples that present the scientific basis for nursing practice help you interpret and apply statistical data.
• Practice Points highlight essential facts relevant to evidence-based practice.
• Chapter Highlights provide brief outlines of the content, allowing you to read with a purpose.
• Boldface Key Terms define essential concepts and terminology.
• Objectives list the observable changes expected when you complete the chapter.
• Chapter-ending Key Concepts summarize the chapter’s important concepts and are ideal for review
• Evidence-for-Practice Briefs provide examples of objective evidence obtained from research studies that provide direction for practice.
• Student Perspectives showcase stories from nursing students who share their own experiences and reflections.
• Critical Thinking questions in every chapter require you to combine research, context, and judgment in your answers.
• Healthy People 2020 information includes national and state activities and goals that reflect the national Healthy People 2020 objectives.
• Community Resources sections list sources of help or information that are available in most communities.
• Ethical/Legal Issuevignettes demonstrate unique ethical and legal concerns in community and public health nursing.
• “How to” boxes provide the specific steps involved in completing important tasks.
• Levels of Prevention boxes provide examples of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of disease and illness.

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• Paperback: 658 pages
• Publisher: LWW; Second edition (January 1, 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1451191316
• ISBN-13: 978-1451191318
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This book is poorly written and poorly organized. I am in my last semester of nursing school and I am so disappointed in this book. Perhaps it is written on a graduate level and is not suited to undergraduate study? I should be studying for a community test right now, but have such a hard time making myself open this book. I can spend hours reading a chapter and not have learned anything. Or worse -- learned something wrong.

I like to read, and I depend on reading chapters in order to pass exams. But this book does not help me grasp any of the concepts, much less be able to apply them on exams.

If you're reading this, I know you probably HAVE to buy this book and I am sorry about that. I just wish instructors would think twice before choosing this as a textbook for their courses. Reading it has been frustrating, to say the least. If I wasn't so far into the semester I would get a more readable book to help me learn this subject.

By goodwillgirl

I am familiar with this new public health text. As a community/public health educator of over 25 years I find this textbook readable for undergraduates and catalyzing specifically because cases are integrated in the text. This allows the reader and learner to apply the knowledge shared. This is accomplished across a reasonable amount of chapters (24) as opposed to 40 or more in other textbooks. For a student the amount of money paid for a book should be reflective of the degree of use. A semester is self-limiting in length and in the case of this book the pertinent areas of community and public health are represented realistically in the time frame.
The scholarly nature of the book is excellent with specific referencing to evidence-based practice from refereed community, public health, and research literature throughout. Authors are of national and international reputation in each chapter. The illustrations are colorful and attractive and in each chapter there is a respectful presentation of information to help all kinds of learners.

By Jackie

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