Presents foundational concepts pivotal to delivering nursing care in the community setting, focusing on the NLN competencies for community-based nursing care. This title examines the variety of settings and situations in which the community-based nurse provides care, highlighting cultural diversities in the patient populations.

Provides information for various common primary care conditions, including signs and symptoms, diagnostic methods, drug therapies, and treatment. Written by nurse practitioners, this book features practical information on diagnosing and treating primary care disorders in the family practice setting.

Introduces health and wellness needs assessment as a holistic process that encompasses physical, psychological, social, spiritual, environmental, and economic aspects of life in the US. Providing step- by-step guidance through a systematic assessment, this book is suitable for any nurse evaluating the health of a community. Annotation c. Book News,

Provides experienced practice nurses with a solution to the problem of keeping up to date. This compilation from Practice Nurse magazine groups together the topics of relevance to the busy Practice Nurse.

Offers information on the procedures most commonly used in home health care nursing. Every procedure reflects the home perspective, including a Documentation section, which reviews requirements necessary for home health reimbursement and an instructions for care giver area.

A resource for nurses caring for patients who have suffered an alteration to their body image through injury or disease. This book focuses on the essential nursing relationship with patients and their families in both hospital and the community. It addresses both the physical and psychological impact of an alteration to body image.

The second edition of this text/CD-ROM package for nursing students and practicing nurses includes three new chapters on integrative therapies, quality management, and poverty, incorporates more community/public health nursing examples, and introduces concepts of social capital and capacity building. Coverage includes national and international

This text examines the development and implications of nurse prescribing in relation to patients and clients, to nurses themselves, and to the nursing profession in general. New chapters consider ethical and legal issues, and provide case studies of nurse prescribing situations.

Suitable for students and community nurses within the Australian community health care context.

Focuses on the health promotion and illness prevention to address various aspects of community-based nursing. This title includes principles for community-based healthcare for the major population groups across the lifespan that help you provide the care for your clients. It explores common community settings, nursing roles, and interventions.

This volume combines an analysis of policies which have shaped community nursing from the 19th century with an exploration of trends and developments. It is illustrated throughout with examples of responses to contemporary policies.

Provides a comprehensive framework for occupational and environmental health nursing practice. This text presents an overview of the specialty and explores the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are needed to develop and manage occupational health services and programs.

Home health care for the elderly is a rapidly growing area and as a result practitioners need to be familiar with essential 'do's and don'ts' of responsible geriatric case practice. To answer this need, this volume introduces the skills needed by a practitioner to work effectively with the elderly in the home care setting. The principles of home health care case management, case planning and ...

Suitable for students taking Community Health Nursing or for the beginning practitioner in the field of Community Health Nursing, this book is designed to provide direction for small-scale community health projects, ranging from about two to eight months in length.