Week 4- Community Nursing Questions and Answers correct

Week 4- Community Nursing Questions and Answers correct What are the 5 key actions for health promotion in the Ottawa charter ? o Build healthy public policy o Create supportive environments for health o Strengthen community action for health o Develop personal skills o Re-orient health services What is the mission of the CHNC? •The mission of the CHNC is to advance practice to improve the health of Canadians What is the purpose of Standards of practice? the purpose of them define the scope and depth of nursing practice in the community and establish expectations of acceptable, safe, and ethical nursing care What are the two sectors in the community health nurses association of Canada ? o Public health nurses o Home health nurses What are the key characteristics of CHN? o Independence o Autonomy o Resourcefulness o Collaboration of the family and their community What is a community- oriented approach ? •A community-oriented approach is population or community focused and aimed at health promotion and disease/injury prevention in an entire population or community. What is a community- based approach? •A community-based approach is the nursing care provided to individuals, families, and groups wherever they live, work, play, and learn (all nurses who practice outside of a hospital) How does public health nursing work? •Utilizes knowledge from public health nursing, social and environmental sciences, and research to integrate with concepts of primary health care, disease and prevention, community participation, community development, social determinants of health, and health equity What is home health nursing? •The nurse employed by the home health agency provides critical care to the client's home, school, or workplace What is Primary Nursing? •Provide the first contact with the health care settings such as primary care networks, ambulatory care centers, long term care facilities, physicians offices, family health clinics, community health centers, correctional facilities, and community clinics in urban, rural, and remote communities What are Telehealth Nurses? • Provide triage of health issues, consultations, provision of advice, counselling, support, health education, and care coordination for chronic disease management • Nonverbal cues and touch and other forms of communication are lost in telehealth. What are outreach/ Street Nurses? • Provide primary care, home health care, mental health services, and public health services • They work in urban and rural areas across Canada • Care is focused on building relationships while maintaining the dignity and respect for clients. What are rural nurses? •Work in homes, schools, clinics, outpost nursing settings/stations health centers, and first nation/inuit/metis communities. What are Occupational Health Nursing? •The individual is viewed holistically, with rights to confidentiality and safe workplace •Focuses on the worker or worker group by promoting health, preventing illness/injury, protecting workers from risks, and recommending a safe and healthy work environment. What are Parish Nurses? • Promotes health, healing, and wholeness and is recognized by a faith community and integrates that faith/health into nursing practice. What are forensic Nurses? • Application of medical and nursing scientific knowledge to the care of clients and criminal offenders whose health issues have intersected with the law. • Provide to health care needs and provide evidence for police and the legal system in a way that respects client's dignity. • Sexual assault nurse examiners respond specifically to calls relating to assault or domestic violence in emerg and community settings. What are community mental health nurses? • Blend community with psychiatric mental health nursing. • Role involves service coordination, case management, symptom management and treatment, health promotion, crisis intervention, advocacy, support to achieve goals of engagement in vocational activities, facilitation in accessing primary care and other health services.