Book Abstract: Written in an accessible, user-friendly, and practical style, this text provides a focused and highly engaging introduction to community health nursing. It focuses on health care for people in their homes and where they live with an overriding emphasis on care of the client in the community, and the business and politics of community health nursing. *Incorporates information on public health nurses, community health nurses and the visiting nurse *Includes guiding principles for nursing in the community, interdisciplinary communication, community-based needs of clients, systems of care management, resource allocation in the community, and project management *Covers important community health topics, such as homelessness and vulnerable populations, and interstate, international, and global health concerns *Includes Instructor Resources, such as PowerPoint Presentations and a Test Bank