Ch. 4 Community Based Nursing Flashcards
Nursing taking place in a home or clinic where focus is on individual or family
Community based nursing
Nursing focusing on individuals, families, and groups in a community
Community Health Nursing
Rate of incidence in a time period
Incidence rate
Collection of individuals with common personal , geographic and environmental characteristics
Population
Focuses on needs of a population
Public health nursing
Groups more likely to develop health problems
Vulnerable populations
Systematic collection of data about a population
Community Assessment
4 Vulnerable populations
-Immigrants
-Poor/homeless
-Mental illness
-Older adults
and
-abused
-substance abusers
4 Competencies used by nurses in community based care:
- Caregiver
- Case manager
- Educator
- Epidemiologist
3 Structures of the community
- Structure/locale
- People
- Social system