Table of Contents

 

 

 

PART I

PERSPECTIVES IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND NURSING

1

1

Community-Oriented Nursing and Community-Based Nursing

2

2

The History of Public and Community Health and Nursing

15

3

The U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems

32

PART II

INFLUENCES ON HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND NURSING

49

4

Ethics in Community-Oriented Nursing Practice

50

5

Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health

66

6

Environmental Health

85

7

Government, the Law, and Policy Activism

108

8

Economic Influences

127

PART III

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS APPLIED TO NURSING PRACTICE IN THE COMMUNITY

148

9

Epidemiologic Applications

149

10

Evidence-Based Practice

178

11

Using Health Education and Group Process in the Community

188

PART IV

ISSUES AND APPROACHES IN HEALTH CARE POPULATIONS

215

12

Community Assessment and Evaluation

216

13

Case Management

236

14

Disaster Management

252

15

Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation

271

16

Program Management

281

17

Managing Quality

293

PART V

ISSUES AND APPROACHES IN FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH CARE

310

18

Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment

311

19

Family Health Risks

330

20

Health Risks Across the Life Span

350

PART VI

VULNERABILITY: PREDISPOSING FACTORS

384

21

Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview

385

22

Rural Health and Migrant Health

400

23

Homelessness, Poverty, Mental Illness, and Teen Pregnancy

419

24

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community

443

25

Violence and Human Abuse

462

26

Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

483

27

HIV, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

509

PART VII

NURSING PRACTICE IN THE COMMUNITY: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS

532

28

Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health

533

29

The Faith Community Nurse

545

30

The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice

560

31

The Nurse in the Schools

577

32

The Nurse in Occupational Health

597

 

APPENDIXES

616

 

Answers to Clinical Application Questions

691