Community Health Nursing

This edition of "Community Health Nursing: Concepts and Practice" continues to be written with you, the undergraduate nursing student, in mind. It is "user friendly' with many mini-case studies woven throughout the text in order for you to more easily apply the information with your clients. The text is comprehensive and incorporates the impact of the global health status. We are a small planet with big health problems that impact each person's health and the role of the community health nurse now and in the future. As a nation, we have a new and continuing health agenda through Healthy People 2010 that gives direction to our work. These new goals and objectives are incorporated throughout the text. Finally, the text format is designed to provide you with the comprehensive, globally sensitive information and skills you need to be and effective practitioner with aggregates, groups, and individuals in the community