LESSON 1 Flashcards
“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 the physical environment, rehabilitation of illness and disability”
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING is “special field of nursing that combines the skills of nursing, public health and some phases of social assistance. This is according to?
World Health Organization
promotes and preserves the health of populations by Integrating skills and knowledge relevant to both nursing and public health.
Community health nursing practice
The practice is comprehensive and general, and is not limited to a particular age or diagnostic group; it is continual, and is not limited to episodic care..
Community health nursing practice
According to Dr Margaret Shetland, the philosophy of Community Health Nursing is based on the __
worth and dignity of man
According to _____, the philosophy of Community Health Nursing is based on the worth and dignity of man
Dr Margaret Shetland
CHN PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES
- Community Health Nursing is based on recognized needs of communities, families, groups and individuals.
- The community health nurse must understand fully the objectives and policies of the agency she represents.
- In community health nursing, the family is the unit of service.
- Community Health Nursing must be available to all regardless of race, creed and socio-economic status.
- Health teaching is a primary responsibility of the community health nurse.
- The community health nurse works as a member of the health team
- There must be a provision for periodic evaluation of Community Health Nursing Service
- Opportunities for continuing staff education programs for nurses must be provided by the community health nurs agency. The community health nurse all has a responsibility for his/her own professional growth.
- The community health nurse makes use of available community health resources.
- The community health nurse utilizes the already existing organized groups in the community.
- There must be provision for educative supervision in Community Health Nursing
- There should be accurate recording and reporting in community Health Nursing
FEATURES OF CHN
It is a specialty field of nursing.
Its practice combines public health with nursing.
It is population-based.
It emphasizes on wellness and other than disease or Illness.
It includes inter-disciplinary collaboration.
It amplifies client’s responsibility and self-care.
is applicable to the different levels of the community health nurse’s clientele: individuals, families, groups or aggregates, and communities.
The general system theory
is based on the belief that learnings take place in a social context, that is people learn from one another and that learning is promoted by modeling or observing other people
Social learning Theory
was developed in the early 1950s by social scientists at the U.S. Public Health Service in order to understand the failure of people to adopt disease prevention strategies or screening tests for the early detection of disease.
The Health Belief Model (HBM)
The Health Belief Model (HBM) was developed in the early _____ by social scientists at the U.S. Public Health Service in order to understand the failure of people to adopt disease prevention strategies or screening tests for the early detection of disease.
1950s
behavioral patterns of the populations- and individuals who make up populations - are a result of habitual selection from limited choices.
MILO’S FRAMEWORK FOR PREVENTION
MILO’S FRAMEWORK FOR PREVENTION developed by
Nancy Milio
It defines health as a positive dynamic state rather than simply the absence of disease.
NOLA PENDER’S HEALTH PROMOTION
was designed by Nola J. Pender to be a “complementary counterpart to models of health protection.”
The Health Promotion Model