Community Oriented Nursing and Community (accidents #1 cause of death in children)
Based Nursing Introduction - - More
nurses are engaging in community-based Population-focused PH approaches could help
nursing (CBN), where the focus is on "illness prevent up to 70% of early deaths in America,
care" of individuals and families across the life compared with only 10% for medical treatment
span
-Growing cost of hospital care is leading to more Public health practice provides many benefits,
care being provided in community-based settings especially considering the small portion of the
health care budget in the United States used for
Community-oriented nursing has a broader focus this prevention and population-focused specialty
than CBN and focuses both on the health care of
entire communities or populations and the health Imagine how many more benefits the United
care of individuals, families, and groups; this States might see if more money was directed
category includes the specialty of public health toward public health practice
nursing
-In community-oriented nursing the goal is to
preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health*** Public Health Core Function - -
Assessment:
Advancements in public health include -Systematic data collection on the population,
immunizations monitoring the population's health status, and
making information available about the health of
the community
Public Health - - A scientific discipline that
includes the study of epidemiology, statistics, Policy Development:
and assessment -including attention to -Efforts to develop policies that support the health
behavioral, cultural, and economic factors - as of the population, including using a scientific
well as program planning and policy knowledge base to make policy decisions
development
Assurance:
Is what members of a society do collectively to -Making sure that essential community-oriented
ensure that conditions exist in which people can health services are available
be healthy -Includes providing essential personal health
services for individuals, as well as a competent
Epidemiology: incidents, prevalence, mortality PH workforce
Stats: survey
Levels of the Health Care Service Pyramid -
- 1. Primary
Benefits of Public Health - - Dramatic 2. Secondary
increase in life expectancy 3. Tertiary
Decreased number of deaths from stroke, The base of the pyramid shows the effective
coronary heart disease, and cancer (promote services that will support the top tiers and
healthy diet, exercise) contribute to better health
Declines in death rates of adults and children All tiers of the pyramid need to be adequately
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