Community-Based Nursing: An Introduction - Brossura

McEwen, Melanie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0721694438 ISBN 13: 9780721694436

Casa editrice: W B Saunders Co, 2003

Riassunto

This practical and concise text presents the essential information necessary for nursing care in community settings - including homes, doctors' offices, clinics, schools, and work sites. It is written from a health promotion and illness prevention perspective. Community-based care for the major population groups across the lifespan are addressed.

• Content on nursing care settings, roles, and interventions is addressed to provide the information needed to practice throughout the community.
• Chapters about all ages of the lifespan - children and adolescents, adults, and the elderly - highlight issues unique to each age group.
• A chapter on women's health discusses health care specific to women.
• A chapter on communicable disease provides timely information on bioterrorism, as well as other important issues related to communicable diseases.
• A chapter on environmental health emphasizes the importance of this key subject.
• A Case Study at the beginning of each chapter presents a "real-life" clinical example related to the chapter topic.
• Key Points summarize the most important concepts in each chapter.
• Learning Activities and Application to Practice exercises provide the opportunity to apply chapter concepts in the classroom and in clinical settings.

Su questo libro

Contenuti

UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY-BASED NURSING PRACTICE
1. Opportunities in Community-Based Nursing Practice
2. Roles and Interventions in Community-Based Nursing Practice
3. Nursing Care in Ambulatory Settings
4. Home Health Care Nursing
UNIT 2: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
5. Overview of the Health Care Delivery System
6. Epidemiology
7. Environmental Health Issues
8. Cultural Influences on Health
UNIT 3: COMMUNITY-BASED NURSING CARE ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
9. Health Promotion and Illness Prevention for Infants, Children, and Adolescents
10. Health Promotion and Illness Prevention for Adults
11. Issues in Women's Health Care
12. Health Promotion and Illness Prevention for Elders
13. Health Promotion and Illness Prevention for Families
UNIT 4: NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS
14. Vulnerable Groups
15. Mental Health Issues
16. Communicable Disease: Prevention and Intervention

Product Description

Book by McEwen PhD RN Melanie

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W B Saunders Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0721694438
• ISBN 13: 9780721694436
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 494
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: LSWR Group; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; Italia