Joan Blake 
Community Health Nursing 
Caring in Action

Basic Concepts of Community Health Nursing is the perfect companion for study and revision for nursing students andpractitioners. Health promotion is a growing core component of nursing care, and this text combines superb illustrationswith accessible information to make the key concepts of health promotion clear and easy to understand. It also providesguidance for how this can be applied in daily practice in all fields of nursing to promote the health of individual patients andcommunities. Divided into six sections, the first looks at the relationship between the outcomes of public health and theoutcomes of nursing, before going on to explore the definitions and different approaches of health promotion. This includesthe causes and determinants of morbidity and mortality, and the skills and resources that can support nurses in promotinghealth with individual patients. It also examines strategies for working with communities to improve health, as well as theethics of health promotion in nursing.- The perfect revision and consolidation textbook- Closely linked with the public health outcomes as represented by the NMC, the 6Cs of nursing, essential nursing skillsclusters as well as the implications for nursing arising from recent inquiries.- Highly visual colour presentation, with full colour illustrations throughout.