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Public Health Nursing
Practicing Population-Based Care.

Author(s): Marie Truglio-Londrigan, PhD, RN, Professor, Pace University College of Health Professions, Lienhard School of Nursing
Sandra B. Lewenson, EdD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Pace University, College of Health Professions, Lienhard School of Nursing
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763766542
  • ISBN-10:0763766542
  • Paperback    418 pages      © 2011
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Overview

Public Health Nursing: Practicing Population-Based Care explores the scientific discipline of public health and in particular public health nursing. This public health nursing perspective is applied throughout the chapters and demonstrates how public health nurses use various interventions based on best evidence in their practice, both to protect and enhance the health of the public.

This innovative text includes key topics such as a discussion of historical evidence in coming to know the meaning of the terms used to describe public health nursing; the exploration of the use of technology in public health; social epidemiology as well as the traditional content on epidemiology; and an innovatively designed assessment tool that uses Healthy People 2010, A Systematic Approach to Health Improvement, as its framework. The highlight of this text is the focus on the 17 intervention strategies identified in the Population-Based Public Health Nursing Practice Intervention Wheel including a discussion of how these interventions may be applied to the three levels of practice: individual/family, community, and systems.

Each Chapter Includes:

  • Objectives
  • Key terms
  • Chapter summaries
  • A discussion of the process of evaluation and how the particular experience influenced the public’s health Accompanied by Instructor and Student resources!

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Chapter 1  What is Public Health and Public Health Nursing?
Chapter 2  Public Health Nursing in the United States: A History
Chapter 3  Assessment: Using the Public Health Nursing Assessment Tool
Chapter 4  Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Social Epidemiology
Chapter 5  Evidence Based Practice From a Public Health Perspective
Chapter 6  Applying Technology in Public Health Nursing
Chapter 7  Considerations of Culture in the Health of the Public
Chapter 8  Hitting the Pavement: The Intervention of Case Finding: Outreach, Screening, Surveillance and Disease and Health Event Investigation
Chapter 9  Running the Show: Referral and follow up; Case Management; Delegated Functions
Chapter 10  Working it Out: Consultation; Counseling; Health Teaching
Chapter 11  Working Together: Community Organizing; Coalition Building; Collaboration
Chapter 12  Getting the Word Out: Advocacy, Social Marketing, Policy Development and Enforcement
Chapter 13  Protecting, Sustaining and Empowering: A Historical Perspective on the Control of Epidemic
Chapter 14  Historical Highlights in Disaster Nursing
Chapter 15  Public Health: Costs, Challenges and Considerations
Chapter 16  Nursing Education and Public Health
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Marie Truglio-Londrigan, PhD, RN-Professor, Pace University College of Health Professions, Lienhard School of Nursing

Marie Truglio-Londrigan, PhD, RN, has been a nurse since 1976 and has primarily practiced in public health, community, and long-term care nursing.  She holds a Baccalaureate Degree from Herbert H. Lehman College, a Master of Science Degree in Primary Health Care Nursing of the Aged from Seton Hall University, and a PhD from Adelphi University.  Dr. Londrigan has published in the areas of gerontology as well as areas pertaining to public health, health promotion and disease prevention. Her research has also focused on older adults living in the community. She has maintained a faculty practice in public health throughout her career. She has served in several academic administrative positions until recently where she returned to the faculty role. Dr. Londrigan actively participated in Zeta Omega Westchester-Rockland County at-large- Chapter, of Sigma Theta Tau International and served a term as the president of this chapter.  Presently, Dr. Londrigan is a faculty member at Pace University, College of Health Professions, Lienhard School of Nursing.  Her research reflects her interest in aging and public health nursing. At the present time she is conducting a qualitative inquiry in the area of shared decision- making in nursing practice. Her book, Decision-Making in Nursing: Thoughtful Approaches for Practice received the American Journal of Nursing 2008 Book of the Year Award.

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Sandra B. Lewenson, EdD, RN, FAAN-Professor, Pace University, College of Health Professions, Lienhard School of Nursing

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