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Title Public health nursing : practicing population-based care / edited by Marie Truglio-Londrigan, Sandra B. Lewenson
Edition 2nd ed
Published Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Contents What is public health and public health nursing? -- Public health nursing in the United States : a history -- Assessment : using the public health nursing assessment tool -- Fundamentals of epidemiology and social epidemiology -- Evidence-based practice from a public health perspective -- Informatics in public health nursing -- Considerations of culture in the health of the public -- Health care policy and politics : the risk and rewards for public health nurses -- Hitting the pavement : intervention of case finding -- Running the show : referral and follow-up, case management, and delegated functions -- Working it out : consultation, counseling, and health teaching -- Working together : collaboration, coalition building, and community organizing -- Getting the word out : advocacy, social marketing, and policy development and enforcement -- Protecting, sustaining, and empowering : a historical perspective on the control of epidemics -- Historical highlights in disaster nursing -- Emergency preparedness in the 21st century : two post 9/11 case studies -- Nursing education and public health nursing -- Epilogue : a conversation about primary health care
Summary With new chapters on disaster management, primary health care, and new technologies used in public health nursing and public health education, this newly revised edition of Public Health Nursing: Practicing Population-Based Care is a must-have resource for students interested in public health nursing and education
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Public health nursing -- United States
Evidence-based nursing -- United States
Evidence-based nursing.
Public Health Nursing
Evidence-Based Nursing
Models, Organizational
Evidence-based nursing.
Public health nursing.
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States.
Form Electronic book
Author Truglio-Londrigan, Marie.
Lewenson, Sandra.
LC no. 2012004585
ISBN 9781449683580
1449683584