Community-based Nursing Practice: Learning Through Students' Stories

-- Provides students with a view of the community in which they will practice-- Differentiates community-based nursing practice from public health based on the revised ANA Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing Practice-- Makes a clear distinction between preventing illness and health promotion-- Uses student stories to illustrate important concepts and engage the reader in the "real world" of nursing in the community-- Discussion of primary care nursing skills instructs the students on how to apply primary care nursing skills to clients in the community-- Covers elements of community resources and continuity of care-- Discusses legal and ethical issues, professional issues in community health nursing, and cultural and social issues including use of alternative therapies or folk remedies-- E-mail dialogues between a US and Canadian student help reader understand the commonalities and differences between community-based nursing practice in the two countries