O ovoj e-knjizi
The text describes the role of the APRN in identifying and mitigating healthcare disparities at the national and global level, and provides guidance on how to conduct community assessments. New topics include pay for performance implemented by the S, the overconsumption of salt and increasing use of electronic cigarettes, toxic stress, and more. High-level discussion questions and exercises help to reinforce core concepts. New online materials for faculty include answers to problem sets and supplemental discussion questions. In addition to its value as a primary course textbook in a DNP program, the text also serves as a supplementary text for graduate community health nursing programs.
New to the Second Edition:
- Delivers essential content for Doctoral Nursing Practice (DNP) programs as outlined by the AACN
- Explains how new technology and social media can be used to improve population outcomes and develop innovative interventions
- Offers high-level exercises and questions for discussion
- Presents a timely new chapter on global health in population-based nursing
- Covers ACA-related requirements such as conducting community health needs assessmentsProvides updated information in all chapters with relevant examples, case studies, discussion questions, and references
- Offers guidelines on the APRNís role in policy-making
- Presents expanded information on causality, confounding, and describes a comprehensive approach to measuring and interpreting survival data including prognosis
- Updates program design and development
Key Features:
- Focuses on both epidemiology and population-based nursing competencies
- Describes the APRN role in identifying and mitigating healthcare disparities at local, national, and global levels
- Provides guidance in conducting community assessments
- Includes examples of successful strategies used to improve population outcomes
- Explains how new technology and social media can be used for the improvement of population outcomes and the development of new and creative interventions.
- Provides a strong foundation in epidemiologic methodology including mortality measures, the validity and reliability of testing, study designs, sample size, assessing risk and causality, and data analysis and interpretation
- Offers high-level exercises and questions for discussion to help students synthesize, integrate, and apply information
O autoru
Ann L. Cupp Curley, PhD, RN, is retired from her position as the Nurse Research Specialist at Capital Health in Trenton, New Jersey, where she was responsible for promoting and guiding the development of nursing research and evidence-based practice. She has an extensive background in nursing education at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, and more than 10 years’ experience in community and public health nursing. Dr. Curley has been principal or co-principal investigator of many research projects and served as an advisor on many DNP project committees. She received a BSN from Boston College, an MSN in community health/clinical nurse specialist track from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD in urban planning and policy development from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Patty A. Vitale, MD, MPH, FAAP, is an attending physician in pediatric emergency medicine at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. She holds multiple appointments, including assistant professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and adjunct assistant professor of epidemiology at Rutgers University School of Public Health.
