From the Book - Tenth edition.
Unit 1. Foundations of community/public health nursing. 1. The journey begins : introduction --
2. Public health nursing in the community --
3. History and evolution of public health nursing --
4. Evidence-based practice and ethics --
5. Transcultural nursing --
Unit 2. Community/public health essentials. 6. Structure and economics of community/public health services --
7. Epidemiology in the community --
8. Communicable disease --
9. Environmental health and safety --
Unit 3. Community/public health nursing toolbox. 10. Communication, collaboration, and technology --
11. Health promotion through education --
12. Planning, implementing, and evaluating community/public health programs --
13. Policy making and advocacy --
Unit 4. The health of our population. 14. Family as client --
15. Community as client --
16. Global health nursing --
17. Disasters and their impact --
18. Violence and abuse --
Unit 5. Aggregate populations. 19. Maternal : child health --
20. School-age children and adolescents --
Unit 6. Vulnerable populations. 23. Working with vulnerable people --
24. Clients with disabilities --
25. Behavioral health in the community --
26. Working with the homeless --
27. Rural, migrant, and urban communities --
Unit 7. Settings for community/public health nursing. 28. Public settings --
30. Home health and hospice care --
Appendix : Quad Council tier 1 community/public health nursing competencies.
