Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual, Fourth Edition: Using EBP to Transform Policy in Nursing and Healthcare

“This 4th edition is an invaluable resource for PHN educators, students, and practitioners. Authoritative and practical, this volume reflects the authors’ solid understanding of public health nursing practice today. The reality-based insights and much-needed guidance about population health and public health nursing place this book in the forefront of educational resources for public health and community health nursing educators.”

– Marla E. Salmon, ScD, RN, FAAN

Professor, Nursing and Global Health

Affiliate Professor, Governance and Public Policy

University of Washington

Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual: The Henry Street Model for Nurses has proven to be one of the most important public health texts for students and practitioners alike. Focused on developing evidence-based public health nursing practice in diverse settings, and built on the framework of the Henry Street Consortium’s 13 competencies for population-based, entry-level public health nursing, this new, full-color fourth edition is fully revised and updated to support readers’ exploration of the field of public health nursing and the unique responsibilities and challenges that come with being a public health nurse.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I: Foundational Concepts for Public Health Nursing Practice

Chapter 1: Introduction to Public Health Nursing Practice

Chapter 2: Evidence-Based Public Health Nursing Practice

Part II: Entry-Level Population-Based Public Health Nursing Competencies

Chapter 3: COMPETENCY 1: Applies the Public Health Nursing Process to Individuals, Families, Communities, and Systems

Chapter 4: COMPETENCY 2: Utilizes Basic Epidemiological Principles in Public Health

Nursing Practice

Chapter 5: COMPETENCY 3: Utilizes the Principles and Science of Environmental Health to Promote Safe and Sustainable Environments for Individuals, Families, Communities, and Systems

Chapter 6: COMPETENCY 4: Practices Public Health Nursing Within the Auspices of the Nurse Practice Act

Chapter 7: COMPETENCY 5: Works Within the Responsibility and Authority of the Governmental Public Health System

Chapter 8: COMPETENCY 6: Utilizes Collaboration to Achieve Public Health Goals

Chapter 9: COMPETENCY 7: Effectively Communicates With Individuals, Families, Communities, and Systems

Chapter 10: COMPETENCY 8: Establishes and Maintains Caring Relationships With Individuals, Families, Communities, and Systems

Chapter 11: COMPETENCY 9: Incorporates Mental, Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, and Environmental Aspects of Health Into Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

Chapter 12: COMPETENCY 10: Demonstrates Nonjudgmental and Unconditional Acceptance of People Different From Self

Chapter 13: COMPETENCY 11: Shows Evidence of Commitment to Social Justice, the Greater Good, Reducing Racial and Health Disparities, and Increasing Health Equity

Chapter 14: COMPETENCY 12: Demonstrates Leadership in Public Health Nursing Practices With Individuals and Families, Communities, and Systems

Chapter 15: COMPETENCY 13: Promotes, Assesses, and Coordinates Population Health at the Individual, Family, Community, and Systems Levels of Practice to Create Healthier Individuals, Families, Populations, and Communities

Chapter 16: Putting It All Together: What It Means to Be a Public Health Nurse

Part III: Appendices

Appendix A: Entry-Level Population-Based Public Health Nursing (PHN) Competencies for the New Graduate or Novice Public Health Nurse

Appendix B: Omaha System

Appendix C: Chapter 15 Population Health Exemplar

Appendix D: Spotlight: Population Health

Appendix E: Spotlight: Population Health Outreach

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Patricia M. Schoon, DNP, MPH, RN, PHN, is a tenured Associate Professor at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a founding member of the Henry Street Consortium and has taught nursing and public health for almost 50 years.

Carolyn M. Porta, PhD, MPH, RN, PHN, SANE-A, FAAN, FNAP, is an Associate Vice President for Clinical Affairs at the University of Minnesota and a tenured Professor in the School of Nursing. She holds adjunct faculty appointments in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, the Kaohsiung Medical University School of Nursing, and the Manipal Academy of Higher Education School of Nursing.