Population-Based Nursing, Second Edition: Concepts and Competencies for Advanced Practice / Edition 2

by Patty A. Vitale MD, MPH, FAAP, Ann L. Curley PhD, RN

Overview

Praise for the First Edition:

“… This book nicely integrates epidemiological concepts, evidence-based practice in population health, and program development and evaluation….Authors describe epidemiological research designs, research synthesis, and evidence assessment—knowledge essential for advanced practice nurses working with populations or in the community… .”

—Journal of Community Health Nursing

This second edition continues to be the only advanced practice nursing text to focus on core competencies in both epidemiology and population health. It delivers essential content for doctoral nursing practice (DNP) as outlined by the AACN, and encompasses the many changes in health care that affect populationbased nursing, including the latest requirements set forth by the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Completely updated chapters include relevant case examples that exemplify successful strategies nurses have used to improve population outcomes. This edition provides a strong foundation in epidemiologic methodology, including mortality measures, the validity and reliability of testing, study designs, sample size, assessing risk and causality, and data analysis and interpretation.

The text describes the role of the APRN in identifying and mitigating health care disparities at the local, national, and global level, and provides guidance on how to conduct community assessments. New topics include pay for performance implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the overconsumption of salt, the increasing use of electronic cigarettes, toxic stress, and more. High-level discussion questions and exercises help to reinforce core concepts. In addition to its value as a primary course textbook in a DNP program, the text also serves as a supplementary text for graduate community health nursing programs.

New to the Second Edition:

• Includes a strong focus on both epidemiology and population-based nursing competencies
• Explains how new technology and social media can be used to improve population outcomes and develop innovative interventions
• Presents a timely new chapter on global health in population-based nursing
• Covers ACA-related requirements, such as conducting community health needs assessments
• Presents expanded information on causality and confounding, and describes a comprehensive approach to measuring and interpreting survival data, including prognosis
• Offers new online materials for faculty including answers to problem sets and supplemental discussion questions

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826196132
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/15/2015
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ann L. Cupp Curley, PhD, RN, is retired from her position as the Nurse Research Specialist at Capital Health in Trenton, New Jersey, where she was responsible for promoting and guiding the development of nursing research and evidence-based practice. She has an extensive background in nursing education at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, and more than 10 years’ experience in community and public health nursing. Dr. Curley has been principal or co-principal investigator of many research projects and served as an advisor on many DNP project committees. She received a BSN from Boston College, an MSN in community health/clinical nurse specialist track from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD in urban planning and policy development from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Patty A. Vitale, MD, MPH, FAAP, is an attending physician in pediatric emergency medicine at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. She holds multiple appointments, including assistant professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and adjunct assistant professor of epidemiology at Rutgers University School of Public Health.

Table of Contents

Contents

Contributors

Foreword Nancy L. Rothman, MSN, EdD, RN

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction to Population-Based Nursing

Ann L. Cupp Curley

2. Identifying Outcomes

Frances Munet-Vilaró and Sonda M. Oppewal

3. Epidemiological Methods and Measurements in Population-Based Nursing Practice: Part I

Patty A. Vitale and Ann L. Cupp Curley

4. Epidemiological Methods and Measurements in Population-Based Nursing Practice: Part II

Patty A. Vitale and Ann L. Cupp Curley

5. Applying Evidence at the Population Level

Ann L. Cupp Curley and Margaret M. Conrad

6. Using Information Systems to Improve Population Outcomes

Ann L. Cupp Curley and David W. Unkle

7. Concepts in Program Design and Development

Ann L. Cupp Curley

8. Evaluation of Practice at the Population Level

Barbara A. Niedz

9. Building Relationships and Engaging Communities Through Collaboration

Barbara A. Benjamin

10. Challenges in Program Implementation

Janna L. Dieckmann

11. Implications of Global Health in Population-Based Nursing

Irina McKeehan Campbell and Gloria J. McNeal

Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Jessica C Baxter, MSN (Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center)
Description: This book describes population-based nursing, including the unique relationships and obstacles that must be overcome in addressing population needs.
Purpose: The purpose is to introduce readers to the area of nursing that practices under the umbrella of population-based care and provide an orientation and overview. The objectives and this book are important as population-based nursing roles are expanding.
Audience: The intended audience is practitioners entering the field of population-based nursing.
Features: This wide-ranging book provides an introduction to the specialty all the way through to using epidemiological data and planning interventions and outcomes to meet goals as established with the stakeholders.
Assessment: This book explores an area of nursing that will continue to grow and adapt in response to healthcare's changing dynamic.

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