Essentials in Community Health nursing practice

Contents-
1- Historical Perspective of community health nursing in development countries
2- Historical Perspective of community health nursing in India
3- Concepts of health and theoretical Approaches in community health nursing
4- Family health nursing
5- Evolution of healthcare system in India
6- National health and family welfare programmes and the role of nurse
7- Community development
8- Community Organization
9- Community Diagnosis
10- Civil administration
11- Nutritional problems and practical nutrition
12- Communication management and health education
13- Community health nursing process
14- The home visit and bag technique
15- Epidemiology and control of communicable diseases and its Importance
16- Introduction to Epidemiology : Epidemiological Approaches and Processes
17- School health and its components
18- Voluntary agencies
19- Maternal and child health
20-Family Planning
21- Healthcare delivery system
22- Primary health care
23- Roles and Responsibilities of field functionaries
24- The socio- cultural factors and social issues that affect health and diseases
25- Treatment of Minor aliments, first aid and standing orders
26- Food Hygiene and pervention of Food Adulteration
27- Fairs and festivals and bio-medical Waste management
28- Occupational health and rehabilitation
29- Management of Delivery of community health services
30- Geriatric health care
31- Mental health disorders
32- Evaluation in health services
33- Town Planning and Housing
34- Public Relations in community health
35- Civil registration and vital statistics
36- Ethics and Legal Issues in community health nursing and its implications
37- Common Procedures Used in community health nursing
38- Disaster Management
39- Environmental health

Description
The text has been revised and recomposed into new chapters and topics, accompanied with the ‘role of nurses in various programmes’ that are clear and easy-to-read with more diagrams and practicals. Major changes have been incorporated in MCH, Concepts of Community Health Nursing, Biomedical Waste Management, Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals, National Immunization Schedule, Management Information System, IMS, SRS, New Health Programmes, Methods of Presenting Data and the Level of Prevention. It deals with all the aspects of theory and practical knowledge in the areas of community organization, community development, community diagnosis, expanded healthcare programmes, and special schemes on MCH and job responsibility of various field functionaries, extended and expanded role of nurses.