Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations
Christine L. Savage, Gordon L. Gillespie, Erin Whitehouse · 3rd Edition · ISBN 9781719647144 · F.A. Davis Company
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations (3rd Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 21 chapters.
Overview
Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations (3rd Edition) by Christine L. Savage, Gordon L. Gillespie, and Erin Whitehouse focuses nursing care at the population level, blending public health science with practical community planning. This study guide is built to follow it chapter by chapter, so you review in the same order your instructor teaches — from public health and nursing practice, optimizing population health, epidemiology, and community assessment, through program planning, environmental health, social determinants, and vulnerable populations, into communicable and noncommunicable diseases, mental health, substance use, and injury and violence, and then health planning across local health departments, acute and primary care, rural and urban, maternal-child, school, and occupational settings, plus policy and finance. It pulls out the high-yield concepts, frameworks, and population-focused interventions you need for exams. It is an independent, aligned study companion — not the textbook itself and not a reproduction of its content.
Aligned with community and public health nursing courses, supporting course exams and the population-health and community-care content tested on the NCLEX.
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Public health and nursing practice
- Optimizing population health
- Epidemiology fundamentals overview
- Community assessment overview
- Health program planning
- Environmental health overview
- Social determinants of health
- Vulnerable populations overview
- Communicable diseases overview
- Noncommunicable diseases overview
- Injury and violence prevention
- Health planning across settings
- Public health policy and finance
Need the textbook itself?
By Christine L. Savage, Gordon L. Gillespie, and Erin Whitehouse and published by F.A. Davis Company, this 3rd Edition is known for grounding community and public health nursing in epidemiology, social determinants, and practical health-planning across diverse settings.
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Chapters covered
Every chapter below is fully covered in the PDF — summary, learning objectives, key terms, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales.
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What exactly do I get?
A printable PDF study guide covering all 21 chapters of Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations (3rd Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
How soon will I get it?
Instantly. A download link appears on screen and lands in your inbox the moment your payment clears.
Does this follow the 3rd Edition?
Yes. It is organized around the 3rd Edition (ISBN 9781719647144) by Savage and colleagues chapter by chapter, including the epidemiology and health-planning chapters.
Is this the textbook?
No. It is an independent study guide aligned to the textbook to help you review population-health concepts and interventions.
Will it help with community-health questions on the NCLEX?
Yes. The population-health, epidemiology, and prevention content it emphasizes maps to how community health is tested on the NCLEX.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 3rd Edition. If your class uses a different edition, chapter numbering may shift slightly, but the topics and learning objectives are usually unchanged.
Do I still need the textbook?
The study guide is a companion, not a replacement — it helps you study efficiently and review fast, but you'll still want the textbook for full depth and any assigned readings. You can buy new, rent, or find a used copy through the price links on this page.
What if it is not what I expected?
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Is this a test bank or copied from the textbook?
No. This is an original study guide written to align with Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations — summaries, objectives, and practice questions with rationales, not a reproduced publisher test bank or copied text.
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About this study guide
This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations (3rd Edition) by Christine L. Savage, Gordon L. Gillespie, Erin Whitehouse. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by F.A. Davis Company or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.