Community-based Nursing Practice

Call Number: 610.7 SOR

Physical Description: xvii, 443 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Note: include index

-- Provides students with a view of the community in which they will practice -- Differentiates community-based nursing practice from public health based on the revised ANA Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing Practice -- Makes a clear distinction between preventing illness and health promotion -- Uses student stories to illustrate important concepts and engage the reader in the "real world" of nursing in the community -- Discussion of primary care nursing skills instructs the students on how to apply primary care nursing skills to clients in the community -- Covers elements of community resources and continuity of care -- Discusses legal and ethical issues, professional issues in community health nursing, and cultural and social issues including use of alternative therapies or folk remedies -- E-mail dialogues between a US and Canadian student help reader understand the commonalities and differences between community-based nursing practice in the two countries