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Community as partner : theory and practice in nursing / Elizabeth T. Anderson, Judith McFarlane.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2011.Edition: 6th edDescription: xiv, 402 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781605478555 (alk. paper)
  • 1605478555 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.7343 AND 22
LOC classification:
  • RT98 .A533 2011
NLM classification:
  • WY 106
Contents:
pt. 1. Essential elements for healthy partnerships -- pt. 2. The process -- pt. 3. Practicing with diverse communities.
Summary: "This user-friendly text is presented as a handbook for students and practicing nurses who work with communities to promote health. Community as Partner focuses on the essentials of practice with the community. Students will find this text helpful for the many examples of working with the community as partner. For over 20 years and five editions, this textbook has served undergraduate, RN to BS, and RN to MS students and graduate students alike as a framework for professional nursing practice in the community. Our intention is to keep the text basic and accessible to all who practice in the community. Using this text with distance education and virtual learning with Internet resources will enrich practice in any community. This sixth edition continues the philosophy of the authors by strengthening the theoretical base with new chapters on globalization and rural health. All other chapters have been revised and updated from the fifth edition. We continue with a series of chapters that takes the reader through the entire nursing process by using a real-life community as our example. The urban example is enhanced and expanded throughout the remainder of the book by selected aggregates which serve as exemplars of working with the community as partner as well. " --Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This user-friendly text is presented as a handbook for students and practicing nurses who work with communities to promote health. Community as Partner focuses on the essentials of practice with the community. Students will find this text helpful for the many examples of working with the community as partner. For over 20 years and five editions, this textbook has served undergraduate, RN to BS, and RN to MS students and graduate students alike as a framework for professional nursing practice in the community. Our intention is to keep the text basic and accessible to all who practice in the community. Using this text with distance education and virtual learning with Internet resources will enrich practice in any community. This sixth edition continues the philosophy of the authors by strengthening the theoretical base with new chapters on globalization and rural health. All other chapters have been revised and updated from the fifth edition. We continue with a series of chapters that takes the reader through the entire nursing process by using a real-life community as our example. The urban example is enhanced and expanded throughout the remainder of the book by selected aggregates which serve as exemplars of working with the community as partner as well. " --Provided by publisher.

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