Community health nursing : caring for the public's health / [edited by] Karen Saucier Lundy, Sharyn Janes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lundy, Karen Saucier.

Janes, Sharyn

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community health nursing.

Community Health Nursing.

Medical Subjects:

Community Health Nursing.

Physical Description:

xxi, 1018 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Sudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett, [2001]

Contents:

Part 1 Community-Focused Nursing Care

Chapter 1 Opening the Door to Health Care in the Community / Karen Saucier Lundy, Sharyn Janes, Sherry Hartman 4

Chapter 2 Community and Population Health: Assessment and Intervention / Karen Saucier Lundy, Judith A. Barton 30

Chapter 3 History of Community Health and Public Health Nursing / Karen Saucier Lundy, Kaye W. Bender 70

Chapter 4 Epidemiology of Health and Illness / Gail A. Harkness 100

Chapter 5 Health Care Systems in Transition / Bonita R. Reinert 118

Chapter 6 Managed Care / Ann H. Cary 134

Unit II Influences on a Community's Health 149

Chapter 7 Economics of Health Care / Sherry Hartman 150

Chapter 8 Politics and the Law / Sharyn Janes, Karen Saucier Lundy, Heather Rakauskas Sherry 176

Chapter 9 Health Policy / Nancy Milio 198

Chapter 10 Transcultural Nursing Care in the Community / Madeleine Leininger 218

Chapter 11 Ethics and Health / Pat Kurtz, Ronald L. Burr 234

Chapter 12 Environmental Health / Carol J. Nyman, Patricia Butterfield, Jean Shreffler 252

Unit III Care of Communities and Populations 285

Chapter 13 Health Promotion and Wellness / Joan H. Baldwin, Cynthia O'Neill Conger 286

Chapter 14 Nursing Informatics in Community Health Nursing Practice / Russell C. McGuire 308

Chapter 15 Health Education in the Community / Lucy Bradley-Springer 322

Chapter 16 Complementary and Holistic Health / Margaret A. Burkhardt 348

Chapter 17 Global Health / Janet Gottschalk, Susan Scoville Baker, Sharyn Janes 364

Chapter 18 Groups in the Community / Peggy "Margaret" Hickman, Marilyn Givens King 386

Unit IV Common Community Health Problems 405

Chapter 19 Communicable Disease / Sharyn Janes, Gale A. Spencer 406

Chapter 20 Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS / Sharyn Janes, Janet St. Lawrence, Julia B. St. Lawrence, Barbara Aranda-Naranjo 436

Chapter 21 Substance Abuse as a Community Health Problem / Jean Haspeslagh, Judith A. Barton 464

Chapter 22 Violence and Nursing's Response / Sherry Hartman, Debrynda B. Davey 492

Chapter 23 Chronic Illness / Edith L. Hilton 530

Chapter 24 The Role of the Community Health Nurse in Disasters / Karen Saucier Lundy, Janie B. Butts 546

Unit V Vulnerable Populations 575

Chapter 25 Vulnerability: An Overview / Angeline Bushy 576

Chapter 26 Urban and Homeless Populations / Janie B. Butts 594

Chapter 27 Rural Populations / Gale A. Spencer, Lindsay Lake Morgan 618

Chapter 28 Adolescent Pregnancy / Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Michelle Cousins Mott, Susan Oliver Dodds 636

Chapter 29 Disabilities and Health / Valerie M. DeCoux, Linda G. McDowell 660

Part 2 Community-Based Nursing Care

Unit VI Care of Families 685

Chapter 30 Foundations of Family Care / Ruth A. O'Brien 686

Chapter 31 Caring for the Family in Health and Illness / Linda Beth Tiedje 708

Unit VII Care of Individuals 729

Chapter 32 Women's Health / Norma G. Cuellar, Karen Saucier Lundy, Venus Callahan 730

Chapter 33 Men's Health / A. Serdar Atav, Sharyn Janes, Joseph E. Farmer 752

Chapter 34 Children's Health / Harriet J. Kitzman, H. Lorrie Yoos, Anne C. Klijanowicz 770

Chapter 35 Elder Health / Virginia Lee Cora 792

Chapter 36 Mental Health in the Community / Sarah Steen Lauterbach 836

Part 3 Diversity in Community Health Nursing Roles

Unit VIII Community Health Nurse Roles 865

Chapter 37 Public Health Nursing: Pioneers of Health Care Reform / Kaye W. Bender, Marla E. Salmon 866

Chapter 38 Home Visiting, Home Health, and Hospice Nursing / Karen Saucier Lundy, Karen B. Utterback, Debra K. Lance, Mary E. Stainton 880

Chapter 39 School Health Nursing / Frances R. Martin, Ann Elizabeth Kaiser Brown 918

Chapter 40 Occupational Health Nursing / Bonnie Rogers 942

Chapter 41 Advanced Nursing Practice in the Community / Mary H. Huch 968

Chapter 42 Health Ministries: Health and Faith Communities / Emily Chandler, Ruth D. Berry 982.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0763707066

OCLC:

46387561