Public Health and Health Promotion for Nurses at a Glance

Public Health and Health Promotion for Nurses at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for nursing students and practitioners. Health promotion is a growing core component of nursing care, and this text combines superb illustrations with accessible information to make the key concepts of health promotion clear and easy to understand. It also provides guidance for how this can be applied in daily practice in all fields of nursing to promote the health of individual patients and communities.

Divided into six sections, the first looks at the relationship between the outcomes of public health and the outcomes of nursing, before going on to explore the definitions and different approaches of health promotion.This includes the causes and determinants of morbidity and mortality, and the skills and resources that can support nurses in promoting health with individual patients.  It also examines strategies for working with communities to improve health, as well as the ethics 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 skills clusters as well as the implications for nursing arising from recent inquiries.
• Highly visual colour presentation, with full colour illustrations throughout

Karen Wild is Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Salford.

Maureen McGrath worked as a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Salford.

The marketleading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise, simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bitesized chapter is covered in a double page spread with clear, easytofollow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond. Everything you need to know about Public Health and Health Promotion for Nurses...at a Glance! Public Health and Health Promotion for Nurses at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for nursing students and practitioners. Health promotion is a growing core component of nursing care, and this text combines superb illustrations with accessible information to make the key concepts of health promotion clear and easy to understand. It also provides guidance for how this can be applied in daily practice in all fields of nursing to promote the health of individual patients and communities. Divided into six sections, the relationship between the outcomes of public health and nursing are considered, before going on to explore the definitions and different approaches of health promotion, including the causes and determinants of morbidity and mortality, and the skills and resources that can support nurses in promoting health with individual patients. Strategies for working with communities to improve health, as well as the ethics of health promotion in nursing, are also examined. The perfect revision and consolidation textbook Closely linked with the public health outcomes as represented by the NMC, the 6Cs of nursing, essential skills clusters as well as the implications for nursing arising from recent inquiries Highly visual colour presentation, with full-colour illustrations throughout For more information on the complete range of Wiley nursing publishing, please visit: To receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at

Public Health and Health Promotion for Nurses at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for nursing students and practitioners. Health promotion is a growing core component of nursing care, and this text combines superb illustrations with accessible information to make the key concepts of health promotion clear and easy to understand. It also provides guidance for how this can be applied in daily practice in all fields of nursing to promote the health of individual patients and communities. Divided into six sections, the first looks at the relationship between the outcomes of public health and the outcomes of nursing, before going on to explore the definitions and different approaches of health promotion.This includes the causes and determinants of morbidity and mortality, and the skills and resources that can support nurses in promoting health with individual patients. It also examines strategies for working with communities to improve health, as well as the ethics 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 skills clusters as well as the implications for nursing arising from recent inquiries. Highly visual colour presentation, with full colour illustrations throughout

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