Author(s) Cherie Rector , Mary Jo Stanley
Confidently Meet the Growing Demand for Population-Focused Nursing Care, This engaging, highly visual text facilitates greater understanding of public health principles and how to apply them in any care setting. Covering a multitude of commonly encountered community and public health settings, situations, and populations, this updated edition familiarizes you with today's most prominent public health issues and empowers you to promote health, foster disease prevention, and protect at-risk populations wherever you choose to practice. UPDATED! Revised and reorganized content emphasizes the Healthy People 2030 framework and goals, keeping you focused on essential trends and concepts. NEW! Ten Essential Public Health Services content incorporated into Active Learning Exercises encourages you to consider situations/questions within this critical context. UPDATED! Emphasis on vulnerable groups throughout the text alerts you to specific considerations in the care of diverse population groups, including older adults, veterans, refugees, homeless populations, and the LGBTQ community.

Stories from the Field and Evidence-Based Practice features present real-world scenarios and current research examples applicable to community/public health nursing practice. Levels of Prevention Pyramid boxes enhance the levels of prevention concepts that are basic to community health nursing. Perspectives and Population Focus features immerse you in various viewpoints to promote critical thinking and dispel commonly held misconceptions. What Do YOU Think? features push you to think deeply and reach valuable conclusions on subject matter unique to public health. QSEN: Focus on Quality and C/PHN Use of the Nursing Process features allow students to see how Quality and Safety Education for Nurses concepts and the nursing process are used within the context of community/public health situations.