Public/community health and nursing practice : caring for populations / Christine Savage, Gordon Gillespie, Erin Whitehouse. [electronic resource]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
-- Chapter 1 Public Health and Nursing Practice -- Unit I Basis for Public Health Nursing Knowledge and Skills -- Chapter 2 Optimizing Population Health -- Chapter 3 Epidemiology and Nursing Practice -- Chapter 4 Introduction to Community Assessment -- Chapter 5 Health Program Planning -- Chapter 6 Environmental Health -- Unit II Community Health Across Populations: Public Health Issues -- Chapter 7 Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health -- Chapter 8 Health and Vulnerable Populations -- Chapter 9 Communicable Diseases -- Chapter 10 Noncommunicable Diseases -- Chapter 11 Mental Health -- Chapter 12 Substance Use and the Health of Communities -- Chapter 13 Injury and Violence -- Chapter 14 Health Planning for Local Public Health Departments -- Unit III Public Health Planning -- Chapter 15 Health Planning for Acute Care Settings -- Chapter 16 Health Planning for Primary Care Settings -- Chapter 17 Health Planning With Rural and Urban Communities -- Chapter 18 Health Planning for Maternal–Infant and Child Health Settings -- Chapter 19 Health Planning for School Settings -- Chapter 20 Health Planning for Occupational and Environmental Health -- Chapter 21 Health Planning, Public Health Policy, and Finance -- Chapter 22 Health Planning for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management -- Index.

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Nursing education often begins with understanding health at the cellular level through courses related to pathophysiology and physical assessment. Building on this knowledge, this text covers health, disease, and injury within the context of the world we live in. No matter what settings nurses work in, they apply public health science daily to prevent disease, reduce mortality and morbidity in those who are ill, and contribute to the health of the communities we serve. Our goal with this book is to lead you on the journey of discovering how the public health sciences are an integral part of nursing practice and how nurses implement effective public health interventions.