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Master the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in community health nursing! Community/Public Health Nursing, 8^th Edition discusses the nurse�s role in population health promotion with a unique “upstream” preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all in a concise, easy-to-read text. It shows how nurses can take an active role in social action and health policy � especially in caring for diverse and vulnerable population groups. This edition integrates the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model to help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX^�. Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing concepts apply to the real world.

• Active Learning boxes test your knowledge of the content you�ve just read, helping provide clinical application and knowledge retention.
• UNIQUE! Social justice approach promotes health for all people, emphasizing society�s responsibility to protect all human life and ensure that all people have their basic needs met, such as adequate health protection.
• UNIQUE! Veterans� Health chapter presents situations and considerations unique to the care of military veterans.
• Genetics in Public Health boxes reflect increasing scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of using genetic tests and family health history to guide public health interventions.
• UNIQUE! “Upstream” focus addresses contributing factors of poor health and promotes community efforts to address potential health problems before they occur.
• Case studies present the theory, concepts, and application of the nursing process in practical and manageable examples.
• UNIQUE! Photo novellas � stories in photograph form � show real-life clinical scenarios and highlight the application of important community/public health nursing roles.
• Consistent pedagogy at the beginning of each chapter includes learning objectives, key terms and chapter outlines to help you locate important information and focus your study time.
• Clinical Examples present snippets of real-life client situations.
• Theoretical frameworks common to nursing and public health aid in the application of familiar and new theory bases to problems and challenges in the community.
• Research Highlights introduce you to the growing amount of community/public health nursing research literature.
• Ethical Insights boxes present situations of ethical dilemmas or considerations pertinent to select chapter topics.

• NEW! Online case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX^� Examination (NGN) provide you with the necessary tools to prepare for the NGN.
• NEW! Overview of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model provides information on the latest recommendations to promote evidence-based client decisions.
• NEW! Healthy People 2030 boxes highlight the most current national health care goals and objectives throughout the text.

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