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Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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Chap ter 2 Public Health Nursing in the
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Community
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Chapter 3 History and Evolution of Public Health
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Nursing Chapter 4 Evidence-
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Based Practice and Ethics in Community/Public HealthmChapter 5
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Chapter 6 Structure and Economics of Community/Public Health
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Services Ch apter 7 Epidemiology in the Community
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Chapter 8 Communicable Disease s s ss ss
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Chapter 10 Communication, Collaboration, and
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Chapter 12 Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Community/Public Health
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Programs Cha pter 13 Policy Making and Advocacy
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Chapter 14 Family as Client Chapss ss ss ss ss
ter 15 Community as Client
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Chap ter 16 Global Health
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Nursing
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Chapter 17 Disasters and Their Impact
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Cha pter 18 Violence & Abuse
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Chapter 19mMaternal-Child Health s s s s
Chapter 20 School-
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Age Children and Adolescents Chapter 21
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Adult Health
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Chapter 22 Older Adults s s s s s s
Chapter 23 Working with Vulnerable
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Chapter 29 Private Settings s s ss s s
Chapter 30 Home Health and Hospice Care
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Chapter 1: The Journey Begins: Introduction
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Multiple Choices
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1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences
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between public health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing
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student would indicate knowledge of the similarities and differences between public
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health and community health?
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health nursin g i s focused on the publicaspects of
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