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NURSING Home & Community Care

Community & Public Health Nursing Evidence for Practice 3rd Edition By Rosanna DeMarco, and Judith Healey Walsh

DESCRIPTION Community and Public Health Nursing , 3rd Edition, intro- duces public health concepts from an evidence-based perspec-

tive, allowing you to develop the critical thinking skills and complex reasoning abilities you need to make connections between data and community and public health practice decisions. Succinct, manageable, and logically organized, the book focuses on the individual in the context of the com- munity setting and on the global community, reflecting increasingly global healthcare concerns. FEATURES ▶ ▶ Case Studies: Integrated vignettes presented to stimulate critical thinking and analytic skills with guidelines for suggested answers available on thePoint ▶ ▶ Evidence for Practice Briefs: Examples of objective evidence obtained from research studies that provide direction for practice ▶ ▶ Practice Points: Highlight essential facts relevant to practice ▶ ▶ Student Perspectives: Student stories of their own experience and reflections. ▶ ▶ Healthy People 2020: National and state activities and goals that reflect the national Healthy People 2020 objectives—updated with active learning activities that help students apply the goals to real-life scenarios ▶ ▶ Community Resources: Sources of help or information that are available in most communities ▶ ▶ Ethical Legal Issues: Vignettes of unique ethical and legal concerns ▶ ▶ Levels of Prevention Boxes: Examples of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of disease and illness

North American Edition / Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-9751-1169-4 / ($115.99(t) / £N/A / €N/A) US, CAN, AUS, NZ, PR, USVI Only International Edition / Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-9751-1881-5 / ($115.99(t) / £N/A / €N/A) World exc US, CAN, AUS, NZ, PR, USVI Approx. 608 pp. / February 2019

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in January 2015 (ISBN: 978-1-4511-9131-8).

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