Introduction to community-based nursing / Roberta Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, Roberta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community health nursing.

Community Health Nursing.

Medical Subjects:

Community Health Nursing.

Physical Description:

xvi, 472 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Community-based nursing

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]

Summary:

Designed to provide an informative introduction to nursing care in the community, this highly readable text examines the variety of settings and situations in which the community-based nurse provides care. The Third Edition will apply cultural diversity insight into community-based settings and discuss hospice nursing, forensic nursing, and specialized home health care. This edition also features two new chapters: Specialized Home Health Care Nursing and Caring for the Medically Compromised Mental Health Patient. Popular features retained are Examples of Client Situations and learning activities. The ancillary package will include an Instructor' s Resource CD-ROM with instructor' s manual and test generator.

Contents:

2 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 29

3 Cultural Care 47

4 Family Care 73

Unit II Skills for Community-Based Nursing Practice 109

5 Assessment: Individual, Family, and Community 111

6 Client Teaching 145

7 Case Management 185

8 Continuity of Care 205

Unit III Community-Based Nursing Across the Life Span 241

9 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Maternal/Infant Populations, Children, and Adolescents 243

10 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Adults 273

11 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Elderly Adults 299

Unit IV Settings for Practice 321

12 Practice Settings and Specialities 323

13 Home Health Care Nursing 349

14 Specialized Home Health Care Nursing 381

15 Mental Health Nursing in Community-Based Settings 397

Unit V Implications for Future Practice 429

16 Trends in Community-Based Nursing 431.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781745055

OCLC:

55228216