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For undergraduate courses in Community Health Nursing.

The community/public health nurse is charged with promoting the health of populations, not only the individuals within populations.  This requires advocacy on the part of the nurse, for entire communities as well as for the individuals within.  The fifth edition of Community Health Nursing by respected leader and educator Mary Jo Clark approaches community health nursing from an aggregate perspective, clearly showing how nurses can serve to improve the health of populations within a community by functioning as advocates on many levels.  To illustrate how that can be manifested, real-life vignettes begin every chapter, showing students what advocacy looks like in the public health context.  In each chapter, critical thinking exercises are woven throughout in boxed features.

Advocacy in Action

Vignettes at the beginning of every chapter and elsewhere in the text present real-life examples of advocacy by community health nurses. Contributed by students, faculty, and practicing community health nurses, these inspiring stories exemplify the advocacy role of the community health nurse in the care of individuals, families, and population groups.

Think Advocacy

These features stimulate readers to develop strategies for advocacy by community health nurses in practical, real-life situations.  Following the scenario are questions that foster the use of critical thinking. 

Healthy People 2010: Goals for Population Health

The tables in this feature present relevant Healthy People 2010 objectives with information on baseline data and targets as well as the current status. Special icons draw attention to content related to the Healthy People 2010 objectives and often direct readers to the Healthy People 2010 data web site for more information or current data.

Focused Assessment

These boxes present a series of questions that assist readers in conducting health assessments focused on a particular client, specific population groups, or particular aspects of care. They help students to tailor their nursing assessment to the specific needs of the client population, setting, or health problem addressed in the chapter.

Global Perspectives

This feature focuses on the relevance of global issues to local communities by presenting an international view of community health nursing practice. It explores some aspect of chapter content as it relates to one or more other countries or to a worldwide view of a topic related to community health nursing.

Building Our Knowledge Base

These boxes stimulate readers to consider potential research questions related to chapter topics and to broaden their understanding of research principles and methods. It prods students to consider how they might be addressed by practicing community health nurses.

Special Considerations

Designed to promote critical thinking, these boxes highlight special information for readers to contemplate.

Client Education

These features identify important content for educating clients and the public regarding particular health issues and topics.

Highlights

A feature intended to aid review, this bulleted summary of the main points of the preceding content or special focus appears at the end of every chapter and elsewhere in the text.

Cultural Competence

These features point out cultural factors relevant to chapter content and promote consideration of cultural influences on health and illness and the effects of cultural beliefs and values on health care delivery. They encourage readers to examine the effects of their own personal and professional cultural traditions, as well as those of clients, on health, illness, and nurse-client interactions, aiding them in clinical practice.

Evidence-Based Practice

These boxes present research findings related to chapter topics or stimulate reader examination of the evidence base that underlies a specific aspect of community health nursing practice. It also poses questions that provoke thinking about incorporating research into practice.

Ethical Awareness

Presenting an ethical dilemma or issue related to the chapter, this feature stimulates student thought on the course or courses of action they might take in a similar practice situation. The reader considers the ethical dilemma and possible courses of action to resolve it.

Case Studies

These scenarios challenge the reader to apply the principles addressed in the chapter to realistic community health nursing practice situations. Each case study is followed by questions designed to promote critical thinking in nursing practice.

*       Highlights

        Highlights boxes draw attention to important concepts presented in the chapter or additional considerations relevant to the topic to help students identify key principles.

Testing Your Understanding

Included at the end of every chapter, this feature assists readers to evaluate their comprehension of concepts and principles presented. These challenging review questions stimulate thought and discussion of important chapter concepts. Each question is followed by page references for a quick review of content addressed.

New Chapters

Chapter 6: Global Health -  This has become a very important area with the threat of pandemics, disasters, and terrorism. 

Chapter 13: Community Empowerment

Advocacy in Action

The vignettes at the beginning of every chapter and elsewhere in the text present real-life examples of advocacy by community health nurses. Contributed by students, faculty, and practicing community health nurses, these inspiring stories exemplify the advocacy role of the community health nurse in the care of individuals, families, and population groups.

Think Advocacy

These features stimulate readers to develop strategies for advocacy by community health nurses in practical, real-life situations.  Following the scenario are questions that foster the use of critical thinking. 

Global Perspectives

This feature focuses on the relevance of global issues to local communities by presenting an international view of community health nursing practice. It explores some aspect of chapter content as it relates to one or more other countries or to a worldwide view of a topic related to community health nursing.

Building Our Knowledge Base

These boxes stimulate readers to consider potential research questions related to chapter topics and to broaden their understanding of research principles and methods. It prods students to consider how they might be addressed by practicing community health nurses.

Special Considerations

Designed to promote critical thinking, these boxes highlight special information for readers to contemplate.

Client Education

These features identify important content for educating clients and the public regarding particular health issues and topics.

Clark, Community Health Nursing: Advocating for Healthy Populations, 5e

Table of Contents

Unit I              The Context for Community Health Nursing

Chapter 1         Community Health Nursing as Advocacy

Chapter 2         The Population Context

Chapter 3         The Historical Context

Chapter 4         The Theoretical Context

Chapter 5         The Health System Context

Chapter 6         The Global Health Context            ****NEW CHAPTER****

Chapter 7         The Political Context

Chapter 8         The Economic Context

Chapter 9         The Cultural Context

Chapter 10       The Environmental Context

Unit II Approaches to Community Health Nursing

Chapter 11       Health Promotion

Chapter 12       Case Management

Chapter 13       Community Empowerment            ****NEW CHAPTER**** 

Unit III Care of Special Populations

Chapter 14       Care of Families

Chapter 15       Care of Communities

Chapter 16       Meeting the Health Needs of Child and Adolescent Populations

Chapter 17       Meeting the Health Needs of Women

Chapter 18       Meeting the Health Needs of Men

Chapter 19       Meeting the Health Needs of Older Clients

Chapter 20       Meeting the Health Needs of Poor and Homeless Populations

Unit IV Care of Populations in Specialized Settings

Chapter 21       Care of Clients in the Home Setting

Chapter 22       Care of Clients in Official and Voluntary Health Agencies

Chapter 23       Care of Clients in the School Setting

Chapter 24       Care of Clients in Work Settings

Chapter 25       Care of Clients in Urban and Rural Settings

Chapter 26       Care of Clients in Correctional Settings

Chapter 27       Care of Clients in Disaster Settings

Unit V Population Health Issues

Chapter 28       Communicable Diseases

Chapter 29       Chronic Disease

Chapter 30       Community Mental Health

Chapter 31       Substance Abuse

Chapter 32       Societal Violence

Appendices

Appendix A      Quad Council PHN Competencies

Appendix B      Information on Selected Communicable Diseases

Appendix C      Selected Cultural Beliefs, Behaviors, and Practices

Appendix D      Nursing Interventions for Common Health Problems in Children and Adolescents

Health Promotion  (RN)
Community / Public Health Nursing  [CORE TEXTS]   (RN)

Description | Sample Chapters

Mary Jo Clark, PhD, RN, PHN has been practicing and teaching community health nursing for 40 years. After completing her BSN degree at the University of San Francisco, she received her introduction to global community health nursing as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Vita, India, a rural town with a population of about 3,000. Returning to the United States, Dr. Clark employed her cross-cultural expertise as a Public Health Nurses in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. In 1973, she became a pediatric nurse practitioner, and later began teaching community health nursing at East Tennessee State University. She completed a masters degree in community health nursing at Texas Women’s University and a PhD in nursing at the University of Texas at Austin. Moving with her Army nurse husband to Augusta, Georgia, she taught graduate and undergraduate community health at the Medical College of Georgia. For the past 20 years, Dr. Clark has taught at baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels at the University of San Diego, Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science. In addition to her full-time teaching and writing, Dr. Clark has maintained an active community health nursing practice. She is well known in the community health nursing field and has provided consultation and made presentations across the country and overseas. Her many and varied experiences in community health nursing in the United States and abroad form the core of the material presented in this book.

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  ISBN-10: 0131709828 | ISBN-13: 9780131709829
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  Contemporary Maternal-Newborn Nursing, 7/E
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  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Cloth Bound w/CD-ROM; 1008 pp | Instock
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  Contemporary Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, 2/E
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  ISBN-10: 0131714686 | ISBN-13: 9780131714687
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  ISBN-10: 0135045541 | ISBN-13: 9780135045541
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  ISBN-10: 0131723944 | ISBN-13: 9780131723948
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  Medical Surgical Nursing: Preparation for Practice, Combined Volume
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  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 2688 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131781022 | ISBN-13: 9780131781023
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  Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care, Single Volume, 4/E
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  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 2048 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131713086 | ISBN-13: 9780131713086
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  For courses in Medical Surgical Nursing.

   

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  Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care, Single Volume Value Pack (includes Medical Surgical Nursing Clinical Manual for Medical Surgical Nursing Clinical Manual & MyNursingLab Student Access for Medical Surgical Nursing), 4/E
  LeMone & Burke
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  ISBN-10: 0131356291 | ISBN-13: 9780131356290
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  Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care, Single Volume Value Package (includes Student Study Guide for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care, Single Volume), 4/E
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  ISBN-10: 0136004318 | ISBN-13: 9780136004318
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  For courses in Medical Surgical Nursing.

   

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  Mental Health Nursing, 6/E
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  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 760 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0135146550 | ISBN-13: 9780135146552
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  For undergraduate courses in Mental Health Nursing.

   

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  MyNursingLab/Skills (access code required)
  Pearson
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  ISBN-10: 0135055342 | ISBN-13: 9780135055342
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  Olds' Maternal-Newborn Nursing & Women's Health Across the Lifespan, 8/E
  Davidson, London & Ladewig
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 1280 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132208733 | ISBN-13: 9780132208734
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  For use as a core text for Maternity Nursing courses that include women's health.

   

  Nurses working with childbearing families face a variety of new challenges, including shortened lengths of hospital stay, the trend toward greater use of community-based and home care, and downsizing and mergers of health-care systems. The Eighth Edition of this popular text continues to emphasize the central role played by maternity nurses working with today's childbearing families, but also includes a global perspective, covering culture as a factor in relating to the woman's childbirth experience.  Women's health is emphasized throughout the lifespan, not only during the childbearing years, providing a more comprehensive perspective.

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  Pediatric Nursing: Caring for Children, Essentials Version, 4/E
  Ball & Bindler
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth Bound w/CD-ROM; 1408 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132208717 | ISBN-13: 9780132208710
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  The fourth edition of this text is intended for pediatric nursing courses, one of the required courses in nursing programs

   

  The most concise, readable pediatric nursing text for use in RN programs. Exceptionally user-friendly and up-to-date, it uses a unique body system approach rather than developmental stages, allowing faculty to teach pediatrics in integrated course or short course without redundancy. This approach also focuses students on nursing care. Features abundant four-color photos and drawings throughout, extensive marginal notes, chapter-opening vignettes and more plus a heavy emphasis on community nursing. This text details the core essentials of pediatric nursing practice while also providing the critical thinking skills necessary for future challenges.

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  Pharmacology for Nurses: A Pathophysiological Approach, 2/E
  Adams & Holland
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 944 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131756656 | ISBN-13: 9780131756656
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  For courses in Pharmacology.

  Using a strong pathophysiology prototype approach to place drugs in context with how they are used therapeutically, this text gives students a clear picture of the importance of pharmacology to disease and ultimately to patient care. This holistic perspective to patient care is organized according to the body systems (units) and diseases (chapters) with complete information on the drug classifications used to treat the diseases. An easy to follow presentation and extensive pedagogical aids enable students to understand key concepts and apply essential components of nursing care to drug therapy.

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  Pharmacology: Connections to Nursing Practice
  Adams & Koch
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 1552 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131525999 | ISBN-13: 9780131525993
  URL:  http://www.mynursingkit.com
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  Pharmacology is a challenging and dynamic subject, with new drugs constantly being introduced and new applications being developed for existing medications. Pharmacology: Connections to Nursing Practice helps students to effectively learn the dynamic discipline of pharmacology and how it relates to and is used within nursing practice. Students will ultimately recognize that pharmacology is not just an academic discipline, but a critical tool to prevent disease and promote healing of illness.

   

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