Key Features • Designed to teach nursing students all about community health and community health nursing • How nurses can make maximum use of community resources—financial, natural, communication, religious and transportation • Introduce nursing students to principles of epidemiology and epidemiological methods, importance of family health care through home visits • Importance and uses of family health records – general and specific
About The Author:
Contributors • Dr Karaline Karunagari, Professor, Rani Meyyammai College of Nursing, Annamalai University • Mrs Rosaline Jayakaran, Professor & Dean, College of Nursing, CMC, Vellore • J Victoria Solomon, Nursing Superintendent, CSI Rainy Multispecialty Hospital, Chennai • Dr Chellarani Vijayakumar, Professor and former Dean of College of Nursing, CMC, Vellore • Rajeswari Siva, Professort, College of Nursing, Christian Medical College, Vellore • Dr Tamilmani, Principal, Annai JKK Sampoorani Ammal College of Nursing, Komarapalayam • Saramma Samuel, Principal, RVS College of Nursing, Sulur, Coimbatore • Dr Sharadha Ramesh, Principal, Jubilee Mission College of Nursing, Kerala • Dr Jeyaseelan Devadason, Dean, Annai JKK Sampoorani Ammal College of Nursing, Namakkal
Table of Contents:
• Community Health Nursing • Evolution of Community Health Nursing • Community Health Nursing Process • Family Health Assessment • Principles of Epidemiology and Epidemiological Methods • Family as the Unit of Care • Family Health Care Settings • Referral System • Records and Reports • Minor Ailments
