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• •Evidence-Based Practice and Cutting Edge boxes illustrate the use and application of the latest research findings in public/community health nursing.
• •Healthy People 2020 boxes highlight goals and objectives for promoting the nation’s health and wellness over the next decade.
• •Levels of Prevention boxes identify specific nursing interventions at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
• •Practice Application scenarios help you apply chapter content to the practice setting by analyzing case situations and answering critical thinking questions.
• •Linking Content to Practice boxes provide examples of the nurse’s role in caring for individuals, families, and populations in community health settings.
• •Unique! Separate chapters on healthy cities, the Minnesota Intervention Wheel, and nursing centers describe different approaches to community health initiatives.
• •Community/Public Health Nursing Online consists of 14 modules that bring community health situations to life, each including a reading assignment, case scenarios with learning activities, an assessment quiz, and critical thinking questions. Sold separately.
• •NEW! Coverage of health care reform discusses the impact of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) on public health nursing.
• •NEW! Focus on Quality and Safety Education for Nurses boxes give examples of how quality and safety goals, knowledge, competencies and skills, and attitudes can be applied to nursing practice in the community.