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Healthy places, healthy people : a handbook for culturally informed community nursing practice / Melanie Creagan Dreher, Lisa Elaine Skemp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dreher, Melanie Creagan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community health nursing.
- Community health services.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis, Ind. : Sigma Theta Tau International, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a concise, how-to book about cultural competency for community health nursing practice. It is written for undergraduate and graduate nursing students and practicing nurses who are not familiar with population-based, culturally sensitive nursing care. Each chapter of this book begins with a paragraph overview and learning objectives. Tables, boxes, and illustrations are used throughout the book to highlight key information. One consistent element is a box feature that includes key assessment questions for the material being covered. This book can be used as a supplement to a primary textbook or in conjunction with journal articles and other materials used in a community health nursing course for undergraduate and graduate nursing students. This book differs from the competing books listed below in that it focuses on an important element of nursing care cultural competency and provides a unique and much needed framework and approach to working with diverse populations."
- Contents:
- The cultural framework of community health
- Culturally informed community health practice
- Strategies for entering and understanding your community
- Discovering the culture of your community
- Determining the health of your community
- Laying the foundation for a healthy community agenda
- Leading culturally informed community action.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-12361-3
- 9786613527479
- 1-935476-64-5
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