Community Health Nursing

Basic principles of community health nursing the nature of community health; an historical perspective of community health nursing; cultural diversity within the community; ethical issues; alliance for health a model for community health assessment; the community as client nature and types of communities; community as client; community assessment and diagnosis; nursing interventions in the care of communities; communitybased care outcomes; caring for people in their homes or where they live overview of home care concepts; family health assessment; nursing and client outcomes in a technological age; community of care attempts at managing care seamlessly problems in providing community of care in a multitiered health care system; the infrastructure for care delivery and the roles of the community health nurse; the effect of accreditation and professional certification on continuity of care; reengineering the nursing profession for survival in ongoing care delivery systems; the business and politics of community health nursing business of community health; the politics of community health; managed care fried or foe; future challenges and opportunities for nurses.