Community health nursing : caring in action / Janice E. Hitchcock, Phyllis E. Schubert, Sue A. Thomas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Unit I Nursing and Caring in the Community
Chapter. 1 Caring in Community Health Nursing
Chapter. 2 Historical Development of Community Health Nursing

Unit II Health Care: National and International Perspectives
Chapter. 3 National and International Health Perspectives
Chapter. 4 Health Care Delivery in the United States
Chapter. 5 Health Care Systems in the World
Chapter. 6 Health Care Economics

Unit III Foundations of Community Health Nursing
Chapter. 7 Philosophical and Ethical Perspectives
Chapter. 8 Spiritual and Cultural Perspectives
Chapter. 9 Environmental Perspectives
Chapter. 10 Caring Communication and Client Teaching/Learning
Chapter. 11 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Perspectives
Chapter. 12 Integrative Health Care Perspectives

Unit IV Caring for the Community
Chapter. 13 Population-Focused Practice
Chapter. 14 Epidemiology
Chapter. 15 Assessing the Community
Chapter. 16 Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
Chapter. 17 Quality Management
Chapter. 18 Power, Politics, and Public Policy
Chapter. 19 Varied Roles of Community Health Nursing
Chapter. 20 Practice Specialties in Community Health Nursing

Unit V Caring for Individuals and Families in the Community
Chapter. 21 The Home Visit
Chapter. 22 Care of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Chapter. 23 Care of Young, Middle, and Older Adults
Chapter. 24 Frameworks for Assessing Families
Chapter. 25 Family Functions and Processes

Unit VI Caring for Vulnerable Populations
Chapter. 26 Communicable Diseases
Chapter. 27 Chronic Illness
Chapter. 28 Developmental Disorders
Chapter. 29 Mental Health and Illness
Chapter. 30 Family and Community Violence
Chapter. 31 Substance Abuse
Chapter. 32 Poverty
Chapter. 33 Homelessness
Chapter. 34 Rural Health

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