Foundations of nursing in the community : community-oriented practice / Marcia Stanhope, Jeanette Lancaster.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part 1: Perspectives in Health Care Delivery and Nursing
1. Community-Oriented Nursing and Community-Based Nursing
2. The History of Public and Community Health and Nursing
3. The U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems

Part 2: Influences on Health Care Delivery and Nursing
4. Ethics in Community-Oriented Nursing Practice
5. Cultural Influences in Nursing
6. Environmental Health
7. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
8. Economic Influences

Part 3: Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community
9. Epidemiologic Applications
10. Evidence-Based Practice
11. Using Health Education and Group Process in the Community

Part 4: Issues and Approaches in Health Care Populations
12. Community Assessment and Evaluation
13. Case Management
14. Disaster Management
15. Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
16. Program Management
17. Managing Quality

Part 5: Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
18. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment
19. Family Health Risks
20. Health Risks Across the Life Span

Part 6: Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors
21. Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview
22. Rural Health and Migrant Health
23. Homelessness, Poverty, Mental Illness, and Teen Pregnancy
24. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
25. Violence and Human Abuse
26. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
27. HIV, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Part 7: Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions
28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health
29. The Faith Community Nurse
30. The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice
31. The Nurse in the Schools
32. The Nurse in Occupational Health Appendixes Answers to Clinical Applications