Full Description
Covering critical points, and providing ample opportunities for review, this self-paced text provides a concise, yet complete survey of community health nursing concepts.
Contents
1. What is community health nursing (CHN)? 2. Focus of Community Health Nursing: Populations Rather Than Individuals. PART ONE: What Community Health Nurses Do. 3. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Functions of Community Health Nursing. 4. Roles of Nurses in Community Health Nursing. 5. Epidemiology: The Science Supporting Population-Focused Care. PART TWO: Activities Performed by Community Health Nurses. 6. Community Assessment. 7. Home Visits. 8. Assessing Families. PART THREE: Community Health Nursing, Specific Diseases and Populations with Special needs. 9. Assessment and Prevention of Communicable Diseases. 10. CHN and People with Chronic Illness. 11. CHN and People with Mental Illness. 12. CHN and Homeless People. 13. CHN and People with Addictions (Substance and/or Alcohol Abuse). PART FOUR: Working with Families. 14. Special Needs of Infants, Children, and Adolescents. 15. Nutritional Needs of Adults. 16. Family and Community Violence
