A practical approach helps you learn and apply core concepts of community and public health nursing. This text emphasizes both community and family as client, so you?ll gain a solid understanding of these important specialties. Numerous real-life examples demonstrate your roles and responsibilities as a community health nurse. Not only is this text your leading source for need-to-know information, it is the only community/public health book to devote a full chapter to screening and referral!

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