This book Community Assessment Reference Guide is outstandingly written by Mary Jo Clark who has been practicing and teaching community health nursing for 40 years. In this book the author emphasizes the application of community health nursing as it relates to specific populations, settings, and community health problems. This book is a collection of 38 assessment tools and inventories which are helpful for nurses to provide excellent nursing care for individuals, families, and population groups.

The assessment tools provided in this book guide nurses in assessing health status, while inventories are checklists of interventions or risk factors for selected community health problems. These tools provide direction for the development of nursing diagnoses, planning interventions, and evaluating the outcomes of care. Theoretically and scientifically sound, as well as practical and applicable, this resource is a thorough introduction to the specialty. This book is highly recommended and is perfect for practicing community health nurses.