Community-based Nursing Practice: Learning Through Students' Stories - Softcover

F.A. Davis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803606079 ISBN 13: 9780803606074

Publisher: F.A. Davis, 2001

Synopsis

-- 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

About this title

Synopsis

This collection of chapters is designed to prepare nurses for the variety of settings and situations their field now requires them to face. The central theme of community-based practice is applied in chapters on a senior center, an HIV/AIDS network, home-care settings, a faith community, among the chronically ill, on a college campus, among others.

Edition details

• Publisher: F.A. Davis
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803606079
• ISBN 13: 9780803606074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 500