Master Community and Public Health Nursing with the Industry-Standard Text

Gain a comprehensive understanding of community and public health nursing with the 11th edition of Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community. This thoroughly updated edition, written by Marcia Stanhope PhD RN FAAN and Jeanette Lancaster PhD RN FAAN, provides the latest information on pressing issues such as infectious diseases, natural and man-made disasters, and healthcare policies affecting individuals, families, and communities.

Stay Current with the Latest Data, Issues, Trends, and Practices

This edition has been extensively revised to reflect current data, issues, trends, and practices in an easy-to-understand, accessible format. Real-life scenarios illustrate examples of health promotion and public health interventions, while case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX Examination help strengthen your clinical judgment.

Essential for BSN and Advanced Practice Nursing Programs

This comprehensive, bestselling text is ideal for BSN and Advanced Practice Nursing programs, providing a deeper understanding of public health nursing. With a focus on quality and safety education for nurses, evidence-based practice, and healthy people goals, this text is an indispensable resource for nursing students and professionals.

Key Features

• Focus on Quality and Safety Education for Nurses boxes apply quality and safety goals, competencies, and objectives to nursing practice in the community.
• Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight the latest research findings in public/community health nursing.
• Healthy People boxes describe federal health and wellness goals and objectives.
• Check Your Practice boxes promote active learning and encourage students to use clinical judgment skills in real-world scenarios.
• Linking Content to Practice boxes describe the nurse’s role in various public and community health areas.
• UNIQUE! Separate chapters cover promoting healthy communities, the Intervention Wheel, and nurse-led health centers.
• Levels of Prevention boxes address primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of community/public health nursing.
• How To boxes provide practical application to practice.
• End-of-chapter Practice Application scenarios, Key Points, and Clinical Judgment Activities promote application and in-depth understanding of chapter content.

New to This Edition

• Updated content and figures reflect a stronger focus on population health, current data, issues, trends, and practices, including public health nursing and COVID-19.
• Reorganized chapters create a stronger, more streamlined approach to aid in learning and better assist digital learners.
• Healthy People 2030 objectives are highlighted throughout the book, addressing health priorities and emerging health issues expected in the next decade.
• Next-Generation NCLEX Examination-Style Unfolding Case Studies on the Evolve companion website provide additional opportunities to expand clinical judgment.

Publisher: Elsevier
Edition: 11th edition
Publication Date: April 25, 2024
Language: English
Paperback: 944 pages
ISBN-10: 032388282X
ISBN-13: 978-0323882828