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TEST BANK
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Stanhope and Lancaster's Community Health Nursing in Canada
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Sandra A. MacDonald, and Sonya L. Jakubec
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4th Edition
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Chapter 01 Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 02 The Evolution of Community Health Nursing in Canada
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Chapter 03 Community Health Nursing in Canada-Settings, Functions, and Roles
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Chapter 04 Health Promotion
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Chapter 05 Evidence-Informed Practice in Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 06 Ethics in Community Health Nursing Practice
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Chapter 07 Diversity and Relational Practice in Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 08 Epidemiological Applications
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Chapter 09 Working With the Community
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Chapter 10 Health Program Planning and Evaluation
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Chapter 11 Working with the Individual as Client-Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan
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Chapter 12 Working with Families
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Chapter 13 Working with Groups, Teams, and Partners
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Chapter 14 Indigenous Health-Working with First Nations People, Inuit, and Métis
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Chapter 15 Working With People Who Experience Structural Vulnerabilities
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Chapter 16 Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Chapter 17 Environmental Health
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Chapter 18 Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness
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community.
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equity. Social justice in the context of health refers to ensuring fairness and equality in
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a. Families
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d. Populations
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PHNs use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public health sciences for the promotion
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and protection of health and for the prevention of disease among populations.
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early 1900s?
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