DeMarco, Rosanna F., <br/><br/>
Community and public health nursing :  evidence for practice / 
Rosanna F. DeMarco and Judith Healey-Walsh. 
 - Fourth edition. 
 - xix, 652 pages :  illustrations ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Part One. The context of community and public health nursing -- Foundations of public health nursing -- Public health systems -- Health policy, politics, and reform -- Global health -- Part Two. Evidence-based practice and population health -- Frameworks for health promotion, disease prevention, and risk reduction -- Epidemiology: the science of prevention -- Describing health conditions: understanding and using rates -- Gathering evidence for public health practice -- Part Three. Implementing nursing practice in community settings -- Planning for community change -- Cultural awareness, sensitivity, and respect -- Community assessment -- Care management, case management, and home healthcare -- Family assessment -- Part Four. Challenges in community and public health nursing -- Risk of infections and communicable diseases -- Emerging infectious diseases -- Violence and abuse -- Substance use disorder  -- Health inequalities in population -- Environmental health -- Community preparedness: disaster and terrorism -- Part Five. Specialty practice -- Community mental health -- School health -- Innovative community engagement practice to advance population health -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Occupational health nursing. 
<br/><br/> "Utilizing evidence-based practice with a strong populations-focus to guide quality performance improvements, Community and Public Health Nursing: Evidence for Practice, 4th Edition, delivers an approachable, up-to-date primer for confident nursing practice in community and public health settings. This engaging, highly visual text clarifies the link between data and clinical decision-making, training students to gather, assess, analyze, apply, and evaluate essential evidence for effective practice decisions and care planning while cultivating the critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills essential to applying the nursing process to populations rather than individuals. Enhanced throughout with updated content and learning tools, this new edition ensures complete preparation for the challenges students will encounter as they care for individuals, families, and groups in the community"-- Amazon.com. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781975196561 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2023915130 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Community health nursing.<br/>Public health nursing.<br/>Evidence-based nursing.<br/>Nursing theory.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT98  / .D463 2024 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.7343  / D391c