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W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia

Nursing: A Community Health Service

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Title: Nursing: A Community Health Service
Author: R.N. Amelia Howe Grant, B.S., M.A.
Publisher: W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia
Published: 1942
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1st edition
Number of Pages: 277
Catalogs: Nursing History, Public Health
Description: Ex-library. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on maroon background on spine and cover, as well as a small gilt illustration of a community health nurse on the cover. Contains the stamps and card pocket of the State Department of Public Health, and the Public Health Nursing Division, Burlington, Vermont. Pages are tanned but unmarked. Rear interior hinge is splitting lightly at pastedown. This book is arranged into three units: 1. public health nursing as an essential community service, including chapters on its history, the visiting nurse, early organization, nursing and families, sanitary conditions, community health activities, administrative aids, and more; 2. preparation for public health nursing, including chapters on curriculum, qualifications, securing a position, staff education, and more; and 3. special phases of public health nursing, including chapters on morbidity nursing, maternity nursing, child health, school health, communicable diseases, social hygiene, tuberculosis nursing, and newer developments. From the nursing history collection of Sarah Abrams. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 277 pages, octavo.