Now Available: Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing Practice
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 5:06PM 
JUST PUBLISHED!
Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing Practice
Dr. Kiran Macha, MBBS, MPH
University of North Florida
Dr. John P. McDonough, CRNA, MSN, EdD
University of North Florida
Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing Practice guides graduate-level nursing students to understand the basic concepts of epidemiology while gaining and applying statistical conceptual skills. Focusing on the importance of disease prevention and community-centered migration, this text helps students expand their knowledge base while enhancing practical application skills and stimulating research interests.
Designed to prepare advanced practice nursing students to meet the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) standards, Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing Practice features expert insights, objectives, critical questions, and references. Topics include the role of epidemiology and statistics in advanced nursing practice, study designs and outcomes, emerging infectious diseases, genetic and environmental epidemiology, the role of culture, nursing in pandemics and emergency preparedness, and legal and ethical issues.
CONTENTS
1 Epidemiology and its Progress
2 The Role of Epidemiology and Statistics in Advanced Nursing Practice
3 Study Designs and their Outcomes
4 Nursing Resources for Epidemiology
5 Emerging Infectious Diseases
6 Screening and Prevention of Diseases
7 Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases
8 Genetic Epidemiology
9 Environmental Epidemiology
10 The Role of Culture in Epidemiology
11 Nursing in Pandemics and Emergency Preparedness
12 Legal and Ethical Issues in Epidemiology
13 Epidemiological Applications in the Clinical Nursing Sciences
INFORMATION
ISBN-13: 9780763789961
Paperback 374 pages © 2012
