• ISBN13: 9789380222011
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: GenNext Publication
• Publisher Imprint: GenNext Publication
• Publication Date: January 1, 2013
• Pages: 344
• Original Price: INR 180.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 697 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): N/A

Throughout the history, community health nurses have been an integral part of the health promotion and disease prevention activities as well as health care reform. With the evolving health care system and challenges that clients face in the community, the importance and necessity of community health nurses continues. Community health nursing is a concise yet comprehensive text designed for nursing students and practicing nurses to provide a foundation in community health nursing practice. The text builds on knowledge and skills common to all nurses, including nursing process, nursing theory, communication process, human development, and nursing care of individuals. It provides for the reader to critically apply the knowledge presented and to learn how to seek answers to question that arise.

K. Madhav Naidu was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and completed his graduation in Medicine from Moscow state University; Russia. He practiced Public Health with an emphasis on international health. Beginning in 2002, he spent three years in Russia as Public Health Advisor. He coordinated projects to improve child survival and immunization rates among rural people in the outlying provinces. He also served as a consultant for UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the World Bank in developing programs for training traditional birth attendants, in community mental health, village health workers, and rural doctors. He has practiced in diverse settings, such as state hospitals, school services, child health and mental health. he has also taught at bachelor’s level.