Synopsis:
This book articulates the essentials of public health nursing, its activities and accountabilities - the who, what, when, where, and how of practice - at all practice levels and settings. It is a core resource for the nurses who focus their professional life in this area. The standards themselves - six for nursing practice and ten for nursing professional performance - are those by which all public health nurses practice. In the context of each standard s set of measurement criteria, these reflect the values and priorities of the practice specialty. The book's summary discussion of the scope of such practice - its characteristics, development, education and training, its practice environments and settings, its general and specialized practice roles - lends the broadest context for understanding and using these standards. While this book is primarily for practicing nurses, it is also an essential resource for others in related healthcare work.
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