Population and Community Health Nursing 6th Edition
$107.99
- New title, reflects the course and new edition focus on population health
- New chapter: Care of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Population (Chapter 20)
- Re-introduced chapter: Epidemiology and Population Health: this is a population-based topic that was removed in the previous edition that returns in this edition to support the population health focus of the book (Chapter 3)
- Updated Evidence Based Practice studies
- Relevant chapters updated to reflect Healthy People 2020
- Inclusion of Patient Care Act/Health Care Reform Bill and its relevance within specific populations
- All chapters have been updated with most recent references including most current evidence base, statistics, examples, application to real-life events, and essential content for students and instructors
- Table of Contents has been reordered to reflect better organization of content.
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KEY BENEFITS: Population and Community Health Nursing, Sixth Edition provides readers with the knowledge that they need to fulfill the important role of the nurse as a patient and population advocate. The long-awaited 6th edition of the Clark text is a total refresh that reflects the expanded focus in practice on population-based health issues and the impact of macro-level issues on and health care decisions for the health of populations, rather than the individual.
KEY TOPICS: Carefully selected content focuses on the things that new nurses will need to know to take an appropriate population-based approach to their nursing practice. Unit I sets the stage for practice by providing context for the importance of population-based nursing. Unit II examines the key economic, cultural, health systems, environmental and global influences on population-based nursing. Unit III presents key population-based nursing strategies; while Unit IV examines population nursing care provided to special population groups. Throughout the text, the author focuses on evidence-based practice and the role of the nurse as the patient and population advocate Readers are given the tools they need to develop their clinical reasoning skills so that they can make safe and effective decisions as a nurse, regardless of patient-care environment.
MARKET: Population and Community Health Nursing, Sixth Edition is appropriate for courses in Population-based Nursing and/or Community Health Nursing; can also be used in Issues and Trends courses. It also serves as a helpful reference for practicing nurses and is appropriate for nurse generalists–who need to function in any setting, providing care to individuals, families, communities, and population groups.
