Introduction to community-based nursing

Summary: This text presents foundational concepts pivotal to delivering nursing care in the community setting, with specific attention to the NLN competencies for community-based nursing care. The author examines the variety of settings and situations in which the community-based nurse provides care, highlighting cultural diversities in the patient populations, and emphasizing interactions between the individual and the family.

Record details

ISBN: 9781609136864
ISBN: 1609136861
Physical Description: print
xiii, 482 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: UNIT I Basic Concepts in Community-Based Nursing -- 1. Overview of Community-Based Nursing -- 2. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention -- 3. Cultural Care -- 4. Family Care -- UNIT II Community-Based Nursing Across the Life Span -- 5. Assessment of Individuals, Families, and Communities for Population-Based Care -- 6. Health Teaching -- 7. Continuity of Care: Discharge Planning and Case Management -- UNIT III Skills for Community-Based Nursing Practice -- 8. Health Promotion and Disease and Injury Prevention for Maternal/Infant Populations, Children, and Adolescents -- 9. Health Promotion and Disease and Injury Prevention for Adults -- 10. Health Promotion and Disease and Injury Prevention for Older Adults -- UNIT IV Settings for Practice -- 11. Practice Settings and Specialties -- 12. Home Health Care Nursing -- 13. Specialized Home Health Care Nursing -- 14. Mental Health Nursing in Community-Based Settings -- 15. Global Health and Community-Based Care -- UNIT V Implications for Future Practice -- 16. Trends in Community-Based Nursing.