Description

Public health nurses are integral to advocating for, supporting, and maintaining the health of the population. Public Health Nursing in Canada teaches nurses how to engage in upstream thinking from a community and population health perspective in order to address clients on individual, family, group, community, population, and system levels. This text offers a comprehensive approach that includes communication, program planning, implementation, and evaluation in addition to policy, standards, and ethics.

Integral skills and knowledge—such as leadership in public health nursing, anti-racism and anti-oppressive practice, Indigenous public health, community and population health assessments, family health, health education, mental health, planetary health, and more—are explored through real world applications. Each chapter includes practice stories as well as critical thinking questions similar to those found in the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) to aid nursing students in preparation for certification.

Public Health Nursing in Canada serves as a broad and inclusive competency-based resource for undergraduate and graduate nursing students as well as nurses entering public health practice in Canada.