In this new text-reference, Dr. Carl Helvie explores the realm of community health care for advanced practice nurses currently working in community care or requiring an awareness and understanding of its salient issues. Simple in its presentation but rigorous in its coverage of related theories and concepts, Advanced Practice Nursing in the Community reviews community health nursing and advanced practice and then presents the Helvie Energy Theory as a guiding framework for the remainder of the volume. This comprehensive volume comprises thoughtful discussions of the economic, environmental, and sociocultural influences on community health, providing a foundation for subsequent chapters on community assessment, analysis, and diagnosis. It examines community intervention, addressing such topics as multilevel community intervention; diffusion and maintenance of community change; mass media and the political process; coalition building among professional and lay organizations as well as nursing centers and the schools; and rural health care. In addition to numerous assessments and other tools found throughout the book, case studies follow nearly every chapter to illuminate the content. Clinicians early in their community advanced practice will find the extensive assessment example of an actual community in the Rudyville Community Analysis especially interesting.
Advanced Practice Nursing in the Community is a remarkably comprehensive and thought-provoking work. It is a must for both the community health specialist and advanced practice nurse seeking a reference for public and community health care.
Table of Content
PART ONE: OVERVIEW
Book Overview and Community Health Nursing Review
PART TWO: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Theoretical Framework for a Community Focus
PART THREE: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT
Economic Forces Influencing Community Health
Environmental Forces Influencing Community Health
Social and Cultural Influences on Community Health
Community Assessment
Community Analysis and Community Diagnoses
PART FOUR: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND INTERVENTIONS
Planning Community Interventions
Planning for Diffusion and Maintenance of Community Changes
Community Intervention – Using Mass Media and the Political Process
Community Interventions – Empowerment, Coalition Building and Involving Lay and Professional Members and Organizations
Community Interventions – Nursing Centers, Mass Clinics, Partnerships, School Services
Applying the Interventions in the Rural Area – Jeri W Dunkin
PART FIVE: COMMUNITY EVALUATION
Evaluation of Community Interventions
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