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Community Health nursing
-Individuals, families, community-based health concerns
-Health promotion, community education, and upstream thinking
are major aspects
Public health nursing
Broader concept; population-based health concerns
A profession
-Intellectual (not physical); high degree of individual responsibility
(autonomy)
-Body of knowledge that is refined through research
-Practical and theoretical
-Taught through highly specialized professional education
-Strong internal organization of members; strong group identity
,-Practitioners à Motivated by altruism and care for the public
An Occupation
-A job you are paid to do.
-The way you earn a living
-Often physical/manual labor
-Values, beliefs, and ethics are not major factors
Interprofessional Education (IPE)
Involves nursing, medicine, social work, pharmacy, dentists,
behavioral therapists, administrators, leadership, etc.
, Interprofessionality
Process by which professionals reflect on and develop ways of
practicing that provides an integrated and cohesive answer to the
needs of the client/family/population; continuous interaction and
knowledge sharing between professionals
Social Policy Statement
Describes the social contract between nurses and society (their
patients). Is the essence of nursing professionalism
Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice
Defines standards of care and competencies that are used to assess
nurses as they practice
Code of Ethics for Nurses
Guides nurses to make ethical & moral decisions as they care for
individuals, families, and communities and when they face ethical
dilemmas