Community Health in Nursing (Answer With terms, change the settings)

CHN

Integrate public health and nursing

CHN FOCUS

Promoting and Preserving the health of Populations

CHN

POPULATION-FOCUSED NURSING SPECIALTY aimed at improving health of communities

WHO (World Health Organization)

a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease

Community Health in Nursing

Adopts this Holistic approach to Health

Prevention and Health Promotion

What are the Core Elements of CHN?

Individuals, Families, groups and Communities

What Care focuses of CHN?

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING (PHN)

Is the synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice.

Public health nursing

focuses on health promotion and disease prevention.

Promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences.

What are the practice of Public Health Nursing?

The distinction of the two:

Community Health Nursing - both public and private sectors, nongoverment organizations, community based programs

Public Health Nursing - population focused, often goverment-based.

What is the distinction of Community Health in Nursing and Public Health Nursing?

1. Self-Care

2. Independence

3. Health equity

4. Reduced health disparities

5. Enhance Quality life

What are the Goals of Community Health in Nursing?

1. Provide care to individuals, families, groups and populations

2. Health promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitation, and palliative care.

3. Work Settings includes homes, schools and workplaces.

What is the Scope of Community Health in Nursing?

1. Primary Prevention

2. Secondary Prevention

3. Tertiary Prevention

What are the preventive care & health promotion?

Rehabilitation

1. It helps the individuals to regain skills and function abilities after illness and injury.

2. Coordinating with center, physical therapists, occupational therapists.

3. Community re-entry programs

Palliative Care

1. It promotes comfor and improving quality of life.

2. Home-based services

3. Family support and Counseling

1. Participate in crafting and implementing national health care policies.

2. Advocate for equitable access to healthcare

3. Address social determinants of Health

What are the Policy and Advocacy of CHN?

Community Empowerment

It facilitates the community participation in health planning and decision-making.