Public and Community Health Nursing
What are the main goals of healthy people 2020? - - Increase quality and years of
healthy life
- eliminate health disparities
What is the difference between primary care and primary health care? - 1) Primary care:
- first level of private health care
- variety of community settings
- Accessibility - limited because you have to have insurance, not in rural communities,
have to have appointment
- team members- health care workers
2) Primary health care:
- Broad range of services
- Prevention of diseases
- Team members are same as primary care
- They need to be able to offer the three A's
I) Accessibility (need to be in rural and urban)
II) Available ( go to them whenever need be)
III) Acceptable (do not turn away people)
What is public health nursing all about? - 1) population focused (care goes beyond the
individual)
2) community oriented (promoting and preserving the health of the population by
integrating skills and knowledge to maintain quality health status and quality
environmental health within the community/population.
3) Focus on health and prevention (it is easier to prevent the disease than to wait for it
to happen)
What is the scope of public health nursing? - Assess
plan
implement
develop partnerships (develop policies and plans)
Why do we want to develop partnerships - We can;t do it all by ourselves, and people of
the community want to help others in their community.
What are the core values of community health nursing? - caring
altruism
autonomy
human dignity
integrity
What are the main goals of healthy people 2020? - - Increase quality and years of
healthy life
- eliminate health disparities
What is the difference between primary care and primary health care? - 1) Primary care:
- first level of private health care
- variety of community settings
- Accessibility - limited because you have to have insurance, not in rural communities,
have to have appointment
- team members- health care workers
2) Primary health care:
- Broad range of services
- Prevention of diseases
- Team members are same as primary care
- They need to be able to offer the three A's
I) Accessibility (need to be in rural and urban)
II) Available ( go to them whenever need be)
III) Acceptable (do not turn away people)
What is public health nursing all about? - 1) population focused (care goes beyond the
individual)
2) community oriented (promoting and preserving the health of the population by
integrating skills and knowledge to maintain quality health status and quality
environmental health within the community/population.
3) Focus on health and prevention (it is easier to prevent the disease than to wait for it
to happen)
What is the scope of public health nursing? - Assess
plan
implement
develop partnerships (develop policies and plans)
Why do we want to develop partnerships - We can;t do it all by ourselves, and people of
the community want to help others in their community.
What are the core values of community health nursing? - caring
altruism
autonomy
human dignity
integrity
