Rector's Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public's Health Eleventh, North
American Edition by MARY JO STANLEY, Charlene Niemi (2025) || ALL CHAPTERS|| VERIFIED
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11th Edition
,Table of Contents
Unit 1 foundations of community/public health nursing ....................................................... 4
Chapter 1: introduction to community health nursing .............................................................. 4
Chapter 2: public health nursing in the community ................................................................ 19
Chapter 3: history and evolution of public health nursing ...................................................... 33
Chapter 4: research, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and ethics .................. 45
Unit 2 community/public health essentials ....................................................................... 77
Chapter 6 : structure and economics of community/public health services ............................ 77
chapter 7: epidemiology in the community ............................................................................. 94
Chapter 8: communicable disease ......................................................................................... 109
Chapter 9: environmental health and safety ......................................................................... 125
Unit 3 community/public health nursing toolbox ............................................................ 135
Chapter 10: communication, collaboration, and technology .............................................. 135
Chapter 11: health promotion through education ................................................................ 149
Chapter 12: planning, implementing, and evaluating community/public health programs .. 168
Chapter 13: policymaking and advocacy ................................................................................ 183
Unit 4 the health of our population ................................................................................ 197
Chapter 14: family as client..................................................................................................... 197
Chapter 15: community as client ........................................................................................... 210
chapter 17: disasters and their impact ................................................................................... 239
Chapter 18: violence and abuse.............................................................................................. 254
Unit 5 aggregate populations.......................................................................................... 266
Chapter 19: maternal–child health ........................................................................................ 266
Chapter 20: school-age children and adolescents .................................................................. 281
Chapter 21: adult health ........................................................................................................ 293
Chapter 22: older adults ......................................................................................................... 305
Unit 6 vulnerable populations ........................................................................................ 319
Chapter 23: working with vulnerable people ........................................................................ 319
Chapter 24: clients with disabilities ....................................................................................... 331
,Chapter 25: behavioral health in the community .................................................................. 346
Chapter 26: unsheltered populations ..................................................................................... 362
Chapter 27: rural, migrant, and urban communities ............................................................. 375
chapter 28: veterans health ................................................................................................... 388
, Unit 1 foundations of community/public health nursing
Chapter 1: introduction to community health nursing
1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences
between public health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing
student would indicate knowledge of the similarities and differences between public health and
community health?
A) “community health nursing is defined as
Nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an institutional setting.”
B) “public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an institutional
setting.”
C) “public health nursing is focused on the
Health of individuals.”
D) “community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services and
Improve the health of the general public.”
Correct Answer: d
feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex challenges, this
nursing specialty holds the potential to shape the quality of community health services and
Improve the health of the general public.