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Community and public health nursing : (Record no. 872)

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780781758512
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0781758513
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 610.73/43
MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Harkness, Gail A.,
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Community and public health nursing :
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xv, 520 pages ;
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note PART ONE: THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING: Community and public health nursing: present, past, and future -- Public health systems -- Health and global environment -- PART TWO: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND POPULATION HEALTH: Frameworks for health promotion, disease prevention, and risk reduction -- Epidemiology: the science of prevention -- Describing health conditions: understanding and using rates -- Gathering evidence for practice -- PART THREE: IMPLEMENTING NURSING PRACTICE IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS: Planning for community change -- Cultural diversity and values -- Community assessment -- Care management, case management, and home heathcare -- Family assessment -- PART FOUR: CHALLENGES IN COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING: Risk of infectious and communicable diseases -- Emerging infectious diseases -- Violence and abuse -- Substance abuse -- Underserved populations -- Environmental health -- Community preparedness: disaster and terrorism -- PART FIVE: SPECIALTY PRACTICE: Community mental health -- School health -- Faith-oriented communities and health ministries in faith communities -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Occupational health nursing
SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "We are experiencing extraordinary changes in healthcare in this new century; changes that call upon the most creative, analytical, and innovative skills available. While the world has the resources to reduce health care disparities and eliminate the gaps in health care that exist between various population groups across the globe, accomplishing this is a long term and complicated task. Improvement in the social structure within which people live, and a redistribution of resources so that all people have access to the basic necessities of life, require an unprecedented global consciousness and political commitment"--Provided by publisher
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Community health nursing
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Public health nursing
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Community Health Nursing.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Public Health Nursing.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Evidence-Based Nursing.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Nursing Theory.
ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name DeMarco, Rosanna F.,
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Books
Holdings
Permanent Location Current Location Date acquired Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). 12/14/2022 RT98 .H37 2012 00996 Books

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