Lecture One: CHN Roles & History Flashcards
What is the order for International historical milestones?
-Elizabethan Poor Law
-Marine Hospital Services in US
-Sisters of Mercy in Dublin
-Florence Nightingale Training School in London
-American Red Cross
-Canada Red Cross
Every Mother Starves Fathers And C*cksuckers
What is District Nursing?
Cities were divided into districts (similar to communities as it is now)
Who was responsible for epidemics and maternal care?
district nurses
Who was the first group to focus on caring for the sick in their homes?
The Grey Nuns
Who established the VON?
Lady Aberdeen
How many types of nurses were there in the late 1880s?
4
Hospital nurses
Private Duty nurses
District/ public health nurses
nursing sisters/ military nurses
Who was Lilian Wald
Invented public health nursing
Established metropolitan life insurance
Who was Maysie Parsons
first Newfoundland educated nurse to join the war efforts WW1
Who was Myra Bennett
District nurse who received many awards for her work on the great northern peninsular delivering babies.
What are the 3 dimensions of Community
People, Place, Function
What are the types of communities?
Face-to-Face
Identifiable Need
Problem Ecology
Concern
Special Interest
Viability
Action Capability
Political Jurisdiction
Resource Community
Community of Solution
Virtual Communities
Definitions of Community Health Nursing
Bachelorette prepared
Combines public health science, primary health care, nursing science, and social sciences
Practice specialty involves working with clients
Links health and illness experiences to promotion practice
Practices in increasingly diverse settings
Examples of CHN Practice areas
Public Health Nurse
Home Health Nurse
Occupational Health Nurse
Parish Nurse
Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner
Outpost Nurse
Forensic Nurse
Telenurse
What is a Population
a large group of people who share one or more personal or environmental characteristic and live in a community
What is an Aggregate
a subpopulation or a group within a population
What is Downstream thinking
taking a microscopic individual curative focus. individual health problems but does not consider sociopolitical, economic, and environmental variables
Common activities
advocacy, building capacity, building coalitions, care/counselling, case management, communication, community development, screening, surveillance, team building, policy development, referral and follow-up, research and evaluation
What is Primary Prevention?
intervention or activity that aims to prevent disease/illness from the beginning
What is Secondary Prevention?
Intervention or activity that aims at early detection of the disease/illness before the symptoms become apparent
What is Tertiary Prevention?
Intervention aims at interruption of the course of the disease or reduces the amount of disability resulting from the disease. rehabilitation.
What is Primary Healthcare
comprehensive care that includes disease prevention, community development, a wide spectrum of services and programs, working in interprofessional teams and intersectoral collaboration for healthy public policy.
What are the principles of primary health care
accessibility, health promotion, public participation, intersectoral collaboration, appropriate technology
How is primary health care relevant to CHN
provides essential health care services, considers the determinants of health, focused on health promotion, disease prevention and protection, includes therapeutic and rehabilitative care, promotes coordination and interdisciplinary collaboration, focuses on the client as an equal partner in health with health professionals.
