2015 LWW Nursing Education Catalogue

NEW ! CommunityandPublicHealthNursing: Evidence forPractice,SecondEdition, International Edition Gail A.Harkness,DrPH, RN, FAAN 978-1-4963-0888-7 • January2015 • Softbound •8.375” x10.875” •658pp. 978-1-4511-9131-8 •NorthAmericanEdition:Available inUS,Canada,Australia,NewZealand, PuertoRicoandUSVirgin Islandsonly

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Develop the critical thinking skills and complex reasoning abilities you need to make connections between data and community and public healthpracticedecisionswith CommunityandPublicHealthNursing, Second Edition . Succinct, manageable, and logically organized, the book focuseson the individual in the contextof the community setting andon the global community, reflecting increasingly global healthcare • Increased focusonnon-communicablediseases as aglobal trend. • Expandeduseof evidence for practiceexamples focusedonhealth disparities. • Enhanced contentonprogramevaluation. • AdditionofGISmappingexamples as appropriate fordata gathering. • Principlesof epidemiologyandbasicbiostatisticsare integrated withcoreprinciplesof communityandpublichealthnursing toprovideboth themethods and the knowledge students need togather, analyze, andevaluatedataas evidence for community healthpracticedecisions. • Case studies ineverychapter give students anopportunity to apply communityhealth concepts to real life scenarios. • Coverageofhealthandculturaldisparities , includingways tomodifyhealth caredelivery systems tomeet specificneeds, is reflected in case studies, practice concerns, andevidence-for- practiceexamples. • Concreteexamples that present the scientificbasis for nursing practicehelp students learn to interpret andapply statistical data. • PracticePoints highlight essential facts relevant topractice tohelp students think criticallyabout evidence-basedpractice. • ChapterHighlights providebrief outlinesof the content, enabling students to readwithapurpose. • BoldfaceKeyTerms defineessential concepts and terminology. • Objectives list theobservable changes expectedafter students complete the chapter. • Chapter-endingKeyConcepts that summarize important concepts are ideal for review. • Evidence-for-PracticeBriefs provideexamplesof objective evidenceobtained from research studies that providedirection for practice. • StudentPerspectives showcase stories fromnursing studentswho share theirownexperiences and reflections. • CriticalThinkingquestions inevery chapter require critical analysis that combines research, context, and judgment. • HealthyPeople2020 information includes national and state activities andgoals that reflect thenationalHealthyPeople2020 objectives. concerns. Features

Table of Contents Part1: TheContextof PublicHealth Nursing Ch. 1: PublicHealthNursing: Present, Past, andFuture Ch. 2: PublicHealth Systems Ch. 3:HealthPolicy, Politics, andReform Ch. 4:Health and theGlobal Environment Part2: Evidence-BasedPracticeand PopulationHealth Ch. 5: Frameworks forHealthPromotion, Disease Prevention, andRiskReduction Ch. 6: Epidemiology:The Science of Prevention Ch. 7:DescribingHealthConditions: Understanding andUsingRates Ch. 8: GatheringEvidence for PublicHealth Practice Part3: ImplementingNursing Practice inCommunitySettings Part4: Challenges inCommunityand PublicHealthNursing Part5: SpecialtyPractice

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