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Clinical Nurse Specialist in Public/Community Health Nursing Exam References

Special Notice
These test references are valid only for candidates who have taken or will have taken the exam on or prior to May 17, 2008.

 If you are planning on taking the exam at a later day, please revisit this page after May 17th for updated information.

This is a paper-and-pencil exam

A number of authoritative texts, such as those listed, are used to develop the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Public/Community Health Nursing certification examination. The list is provided as a guide to help you prepare for the examination. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.

  1. Allender JA. Community Health Nursing: Promoting and Protecting the Public's Health. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005.

  2.  American Nurses Association. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Silver Spring, Md: American Nurses Publishing; 2001.

  3.  American Nurses Association. Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. Silver Spring, Md: American Nurses Publishing; 2004.

  4.  American Nurses Association. Nursing's Social Policy Statement. 2nd ed. Silver Spring, Md: American Nurses Publishing; 2003.

  5.  American Nurses Association. Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing Practice. Silver Spring, Md: American Nurses Publishing; 1999.

  6. Anderson ET. Community as Partner: Theory and Practice in Nursing. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2004.

  7.  Aschengrau A, Seage GR. Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health. Sudbury, Mass: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Inc; 2003.

  8. Association of Community Health Nursing Educators. Essentials of Master's Level Nursing Education for Advanced Community/Public Health Nursing Practice. Lexington, Ky: Association of Community Health Nursing Educators; 2003.

  9. Clark MJ. Nursing in the Community: Dimensions of Community Health Nursing. 3rd ed. Stamford, Conn: Appleton & Lange; 1998.

  10. Clemen-Stone S, McGuire SL, Eigsti DG. Comprehensive Community Health Nursing: Family, Aggregate, and Community Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby; 2002.

  11. Edelman CL, Mandle CL. Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier-Health Sciences Division; 2006.

  12. Ervin NE. Advanced Community Health Nursing Practice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education; 2002.

  13. Finkler SA, McHugh M. Budgeting Concepts for Nurse Managers. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2001.

  14. Garrett L. Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health. New York, NY: Hyperion Press; 2001.

  15. Gebbie K, Rosenstock L, Hernandez LM, eds. Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2003.

  16. Glanz K, Rimer BK, Lewis FM, eds. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass; 2002.

  17. Green LW, Kreuter MW. Health Program Planning: An Educational and Ecological Approach. 4th ed. Blacklick, Ohio: McGraw-Hill Cos; 2005.

  18. Hamric AB, Spross JA, Hanson CM. Advanced Nursing Practice: An Integrative Approach. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2004.

  19. Heymann DL, ed. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 18th ed. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association Publications; 2005.

  20. Institute of Medicine. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2003.

  21. Lee PR, Estes CL. The Nation's Health. 7th ed. Sudbury, Mass: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Inc; 2003.

  22. Lundy KS, Janes S, eds. Community Health Nursing: Caring for the Public's Health. Sudbury, Mass: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Inc; 2001.

  23. Maurer FA, Smith CM, eds. Community/Public Health Nursing Practice: Health for Families and Populations. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2005.

  24. Polit DF, Beck CT. Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006.

  25. Quad Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations. Public Health Nursing Competencies. Washington, DC: Quad Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations; 2003. Available at: www.astdn.org/publication_quad_council_phn_competencies.htm.

  26. Schneider MJ. Introduction to Public Health. 2nd ed. Sudbury, Mass: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Inc; 2006.

  27. Stanhope M, Lancaster J. Community and Public Health Nursing. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby; 2003.

  28. Turnock BJ. Public Health: What It Is and How It Works. 3rd ed. Sudbury, Mass: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Inc; 2004.

  29. US Department of Health & Human Services. Healthy People 2010 Volume 1: Understanding and Improving Health & Objectives for Improving Health (Part A: Focus Areas 1-14). 2nd ed. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office; 2000. Available at: www.healthypeople.gov/Document/tableofcontents.htm#volume1.

  30. US Department of Health & Human Services. Healthy People 2010 Volume 2: Objectives for Improving Health (Part B: Focus Areas 15-28). 2nd ed. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office; 2000. Available at: www.healthypeople.gov/Document/tableofcontents.htm#volume2.

This page last revised 1/25/2007.