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NUR 452 exam 1Community-oriented nursing
Clients are individuals, families, groups, populations, or communities.
Major goal is to care for/preserve/protect/maintain the communities health (COMMUNITY = CLIENT)
Looks at the population, not just a sick person (screening BP and someone has high BP, look at what to
do for that population/community)
Health promotion and disease prevention!! of populations/ communities (can include acute and chronic
illnesses). Often long-term relationships outreach
Community-oriented nursing examples
School health- asthmatic child med administration, family for med refill, educate group of asthmatic
students, buses idling by playground (policy change to move)
mutual participation with community & provider (community as a partner)
the population—the homeless and their health care needs; refugees, prisoners, etc
Community BASED nursing
Focus on illness care of individuals and family
Family or individual initiates the service
Goal: take care of individual with disease/illness
Manage acute and chronic illness in the community
,Community BASED nursing examples
taking care of someone with a acute/chronic condition in somewhere other than a hospital (hospice,
home-care, etc) focus on individual or family only. A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
provider driven.
Public health mission
To fulfill "society's interest in assuring conditions in which persons can be healthy."
Public health is "the efforts, science, art and approaches used by all sectors of society to assure,
maintain, protect, promote and improve the health of the people."
FOCUS: Promotion of quality of life
Examples of the public health mission
Posting calories on restaurant menus so people pick healthier options
Use green bikes instead of cars to get around
Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
Examples of public health influences
Safety and adequacy of food supplies (inspections)
Provision of safe water (contaminated water can cause cancers)
Sewage disposal
, Personal behavioral changes (eating too much/wrong food, drugs, smoking, not exercising, etc. negative
behaviors)
Public health core functions
assessment, policy development, assurance
All core functions focus on promotion and prevention
Public health core functions--assessment
1. Monitor health status to identify community health problems
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
Public health core functions--policy development
1. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
2. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
3. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
Public health core functions--assurance
Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and assure safety
Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable
Assure a competent public health & personal health-care workforce
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, & quality of personal and population-based services
Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
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