Community and Public Health Nursing: A Call to Action is a primer exploring the diverse roles of community and public health nurses through a social justice lens. Students will gain the fundamental knowledge and skills to work with community members and other stakeholders to promote health and well-being and to prevent disease. This textbook examines key issues, including health disparities, access to care, cultural competence, and the impact of social determinants on public health outcomes.
Type of Material:
Open (Access) Textbook
Recommended Uses:
Prelicensure BSN students in their population health course.
RN to BSN students in their population health course.
Clinical practice resource
Can be used for homework or theory preparation, in a team setting, or self-study.
Technical Requirements:
Internet access
Web browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:
After completion of the material:
The learner will be able to discuss different aspects of public health and public health policy.
The learner will be able to discuss how mental illness and social determinants of health affect the health of different populations in America.
The learner will be able to apply theoretical knowledge from reading chapters to the case studies provided in the book.
Target Student Population:
College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional; nursing students or nurses.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Nursing knowledge, foundational courses.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
Information is current and relevant
Includes contemporary community health topics
Is aligned with the 2021 AACN Essentials
Describes content precisely and uses an easy-to-read writing style for complex ideas.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The definitions of terms, background information, and practice application sections are particularly useful to demonstrate competencies.
Excellent for theory prep.
Easy to use, strong learning outcomes statements guide students.
Headings are utilized appropriately.
Practice Application Activities reinforce the chapter content by having students apply the reading to scenarios.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Headings were used consistently throughout and were useful for finding content.
All pictures and graphs had alt text, and images included long descriptions below each image.
Text was selectable.
Concerns:
The page links to the figures and tables were not all working; however, the figures and tables were visible in the chapters.
Key terms link in Chapter 1 lead to a Whoops page.
Citations in chapters dead-end to a Whoops page.
In Chapter 3, a video used an HTTPS link and included a QR code. The web link was not a SmartLink. Reformatting the link to a SmartLink or ordinary text link would enhance accessibility.
The video link in Chapter 3 led to a video without closed captions.
Other Issues and Comments:
This is a great book to use for nursing students in a population health course.
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