Community and Home Health Nursing
Concepts and Practice
Barbara Walton Spradley(Author)
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 1. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-397-55456-0 (ISBN)
Description
Prepare your students for the real world of nursing! Divided into two sections, this exceptional review book provides complete coverage of both community and home health. Utilizing a parallel structure, the text places detailed focus on the most important aspects of each. Special sections regarding cultural considerations, quality management in community health services, substance abusing populations, disasters, violence and special populations bring readers to the forefront of what's happening in healthcare today. Each and every chapter offers a bibliography, study questions, and answer key with rationale for correct and incorrect answers. A comprehensive test and answer key at the back of the book allows students to assess their knowledge and prepare for certification examinations
Prepare your students for the real world of nursing! Divided into two sections, this exceptional review book provides complete coverage of both community and home health. Utilizing a parallel structure, the text places detailed focus on the most important aspects of each. Special sections regarding cultural considerations, quality management in community health services, substance abusing populations, disasters, violence and special populations bring readers to the forefront of what's happening in healthcare today. Each and every chapter offers a bibliography, study questions, and answer key with rationale for correct and incorrect answers. A comprehensive test and answer key at the back of the book allows students to assess their knowledge and prepare for certification examinations
Prepare your students for the real world of nursing! Divided into two sections, this exceptional review book provides complete coverage of both community and home health. Utilizing a parallel structure, the text places detailed focus on the most important aspects of each. Special sections regarding cultural considerations, quality management in community health services, substance abusing populations, disasters, violence and special populations bring readers to the forefront of what's happening in healthcare today. Each and every chapter offers a bibliography, study questions, and answer key with rationale for correct and incorrect answers. A comprehensive test and answer key at the back of the book allows students to assess their knowledge and prepare for certification examinations
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Series
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
6 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-397-55456-0 (9780397554560)
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Previous edition
Book
11/1995
4th Edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
€59.62
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Content
Section 1 -- Community Health Nursing Review Unit I Introduction 1. Health as Perceived in the Community 2. Global Historic Infuences on Community Health and Community Health Nursing 3. Community Health Care Systems in Overview Unit II The Community as Client 4. Community Assessments: A Basis for Community Health Nursing 5. An Aggregate Focus in the Community 6. Program Planning in the Community: Communication and Collaboration 7. Epidemiologic Principles and the Status of Community Health 8. Environmental Influences on Community Health Unit III Community Health Nursing: Principles of Practice 9. A Theoretical Basis to Community Health Nursing 10. Settings for Community Health Nursing 11. Research in Community Health Nursing Unit IV Protecting and Promoting the Health of People Throughout the Lifespan 12. Diversity in Community Health Nursing Populations 13. Community Health Nurses Work with Families (Collectively and Individually) 14. Healthy Aggregates in the Community -- Highlights 15. At-Risk Populations and Their Health Care Needs 16. Stressors on Individuals, Families, and Communities 17. Communicable Diseases -- Prevention and Control Section 2 -- Home Health Nursing Review Unit I Background and Structure of Home Health Nursing 18. Historical Overview of Home Health Nursing 19. Dimensions of Home Health Care 20. Organizational Administration of Home Care Services Unit II The Home Health Nurse Now and in the Future 21. The Community Health Nurse in Home Health Care 22. The Home Care Population 23. Future Trends in Home Health Car