The relationship between nurses and their communities is an essential core component of any healthcare system.  Community Health Nursing bridges the gap between theory and effective, community health nursing practice.  This contributed text incorporates multiple viewpoints and challenges readers to think beyond conventional views of community and public health..  Most importantly, this text incorporates the need to educate the public and speciality populations and promote a healthy lifestyle.

The 2nd edition has been completely revised and updated and provides an emphasis on population based nursing directed toward health promotion and primary prevention in the community as well as a new focus on disaster nursing, including a first hand appraisal of Hurrican Katrina and its effects on the community.
The test is accompanied by a full companion website for students and faculty http://nursing.jbpub.com