OVERVIEW OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING MODULE 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+

OVERVIEW OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING MODULE 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ two major fields of nursing in the Philippines a.) community health nursing b.) hospital nursing Community health nursing includes public health nursing, occupational health nursing and school nursing Community health nursing (Araceli Maglaya) The utilization of the nursing process in the different levels of clientele-individuals, families, population groups and communities, concerned with the promotion of health, prevention of disease and disability and rehabilitation. three broad concept of community health nursing a.) community b.) health c.) nursing community defines as a group of people with common characteristics or interests living together within a territory or geographical boundaries within a specific social system Goal of community health nursing "To raise the level of citizenry by helping communities and families to cope with the discontinuities in and threats to health in such a way as to maximize their potential for high-level wellness community health nursing (WHO Expert Committee of Nursing) Special field of nursing that combines the skills of nursing, public health and some phases of social assistance and functions as part of the total public health program for the promotion of health, the improvement of the conditions in the social and physical environment, rehabilitation of illness and disability Community Health Nursing (Jacobson) learned practice discipline with the ultimate goal of contributing as individuals and in collaboration with others to the promotion of the client's optimum level of functioning thru' teaching and delivery of care Community Health Nursing (Dr. Ruth B. Freeman) A service rendered by a professional nurse to IFCs, population groups in health centers, clinics, schools, workplace for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, care of the sick at home and rehabilitation Allender and Spradley defines community as a social system that includes: health system, family system, economic system, educational system, religious system, welfare system, political system, recreational system, legal system and communication system Leonard defines community as a "webs of people shaped by relationships, interdependence, mutual interests and patterns of interaction." CHARACTERISTICS OF Community Health Nursing a.) Promotion of health and prevention of disease are the goals of professional practice b.) Community health nursing practice is comprehensive, general, continual and not episodic. c.) There are different levels of clientele; individuals, families and population groups and the practitioner recognize the primacy of the population as a whole. d.) The nurse and the client have greater control in making decisions related to health care and they collaborate as equals e.) The nurse recognizes the impact of different factors on health and has a greater awareness of his/ her client's lives and situations. PRIMARY FOCUS of Community Health Nursing health promotion of the people wherein the primary responsibility of the community health nurse is health teaching, who is termed as generalist in practice, because of their potentials