Product Description
Now in its Seventh Edition, this comprehensive text introduces undergraduate nursing students to the stimulating world of nursing outside the acute care setting-whether at a public health department, community health agency, school, or other setting. The book takes an "aggregate" approach to Community Health (also called Public Health) by looking at the collective health of "aggregate populations" or, more simply, "groups." The aggregate approach challenges nurses to promote and protect the health of communities and populations, while still maintaining the care of the individual. The book focuses on public health concerns including health promotion and protection, provides strong nursing application coverage, and addresses timely issues such as disaster nursing, urban clients, and clients with disabilities/chronic illness. This edition retains popular features such as "Stop and Think" boxes, levels of prevention displays, and Using the Nursing Process and includes new features such as Evidence: The Bridge to Practice, Healthy People 2010, Student Voices, and appendices of communicable diseases. "Doody's Core Titles™ 2009."

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 2.5 based on 4 reviews)

Community Health is never easy by Phinneus (NYC)

3 Stars
September 12, 2009
I don't think that Community Health Nursing is ever an easy class. You're looking at different populations, different groups, and trying to figure out what the difference is between this and public health. Keep that in mind. The textbook is sort of a wash. On one hand, it clearly defines ideas and principles that make up community (and public) health nursing, and provides many clear examples of the those concepts. On the other hand, it's *really* wordy. Pages upon pages of nothing but long, flowing writing when the point could have been gotten to in a considerably more easy way. The book also makes community health nursing look like the wave of the future, which I'm not 100% sure is entirely accurate. You probably don't have a choice in buying this. Just remember it's neither as bad or as good as the other reviews would have you believe.

Excellent Seller!!!!! by Muzzy

5 Stars
August 04, 2009
Product received on time and the the item is better than expected.. Thank you very much for the smooth transaction.

Horrible, just horrible by C. Riddlebarger (Georgia)

1 Stars
September 25, 2008
Although it was required of my community nursing course for me to purchase this textbook, I am deeply disappointed in it. This book is difficult to read, understand, and lug around. It seems the authors went out of their way to make this book as complicated as possible for the nursing student. It is not organized well, and it seems some information just keeps repeating and repeating.

Horrible by Teesha (New York)

1 Stars
April 15, 2008
This book is horrible. I wasted money buying this book for my Community Nursing class. I can count how many times I opened this joke of a book. Whatever you do, don't waste your money. Look for like a prentice hall review book or something to that nature. Waste of time reading.

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