Community/Public Health Nursing

**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Community/Home Health Care, 2023**

Master the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in community health nursing! Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition discusses the nurse’s role in population health promotion with a unique "upstream" preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all in a concise, easy-to-read text. It shows how nurses can take an active role in social action and health policy — especially in caring for diverse and vulnerable population groups. This edition integrates the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model to help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX®. Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing concepts apply to the real world.Active Learning boxes test your knowledge of the content you’ve just read, helping provide clinical application and knowledge retentionUNIQUE! Social justice approach promotes health for all people, emphasizing society’s responsibility to protect all human life and ensure that all people have their basic needs met, such as adequate health protectionUNIQUE! Veterans’ Health chapter presents situations and considerations unique to the care of military veteransGenetics in Public Health boxes reflect increasing scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of using genetic tests and family health history to guide public health interventionsUNIQUE! "Upstream" focus addresses contributing factors of poor health and promotes community efforts to address potential health problems before they occurCase studies present the theory, concepts, and application of the nursing process in practical and manageable examplesUNIQUE! Photo novellas — stories in photograph form — show real-life clinical scenarios and highlight the application of important community/public health nursing rolesConsistent pedagogy at the beginning of each chapter includes learning objectives, key terms and chapter outlines to help you locate important information and focus your study timeClinical Examples present snippets of real-life client situationsTheoretical frameworks common to nursing and public health aid in the application of familiar and new theory bases to problems and challenges in the communityResearch Highlights introduce you to the growing amount of community/public health nursing research literatureEthical Insights boxes present situations of ethical dilemmas or considerations pertinent to select chapter topicsNEW! Online case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination (NGN) provide you with the necessary tools to prepare for the NGNNEW! Overview of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model provides information on the latest recommendations to promote evidence-based client decisionsNEW! Healthy People 2030 boxes highlight the most current national health care goals and objectives throughout the text