Question

The purpose of this paper is to describe the community health nursing role of the home health nursing in the community setting of your choice. Health promotion nursing interventions and a professional nursing organization related to this role will also be examined.

The headings are as follow

1. Introduction: Well-composed introduction (for home health nursing) : The introduction should be interesting and capture the reader’s attention. Introduce the assigned community health nurse role and a community setting where this nurse may work. Introduce your community and where/how this CHN role is utilized in your community. Identify population(s) served by this role in your community. Include a purpose statement

2. Community Settings (for home health nursing): Describe the community setting in two to three paragraph. Include a description of a practice setting for the assigned CHN role and description of the population(s) served in this setting

3. Health Promotion Nursing Intervention (for home health nursing): Discuss the role of the assigned community health nurse role in health promotion (two to three paragraphs)

4. Discussion of peer review article (home health nursing): One peer reviewed journal article discussed that clearly relates to nursing health promotion intervention.

5. Professional Nursing Organization (home health nursing) : Describe a professional organization for this CHN role (two paragraphs)

6. Summary

7. Reference

Answer 1

INTRODUCTION

  community health nurses play key roles in disease and injury prevention, disability alleviation and health promotion, as well as managing and providing care and follow-up across a broad range of settings.community health nurses offer education to community members about maintaining their health so that they can decrease the occurrence of diseases and deaths. They plan educational assemblies, hand -out fliers, conduct health screenings, dispense medications and administer immunizations.The community health nurses try to control or eliminate are infectious and sexually transmitted diseases, obesity, poor nutrition, substance abuse, smoking, teen pregnancy. Settings for community health nursing can be •(1) homes (2) ambulatory care settings (3) schools (4) occupational health settings (5) residential institutions, and (6) the community at large. Community health nursing practice is not limited to a specific area, but can be practiced anywhere.

COMMUNITY SETTING

Periyakulam is in theni district in the Madurai Region South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 42,976. The utilization of community health services in community area of periyakulam are home visit, identify the risk cases , focus on the particular identified risk cases giving health education with the aim of prevent the diseases, identify the cases with disease and giving care with the aim of control the disease, identify the people needed for rehabilitative services and giving rehabilitative services for them,immunization, nutrition services especially for children, adolescence, pregnant and lactating women, encourage pregnant women for regular visit, deworming the children, family welfare services, treatment for minor ailments, geriatric services, prevention and control of communicable diseases, prevention and serve for outbreaks after disaster.

community health team includes community health nurse, teachers, stake holders, community leaders works collaboratively in home care for the promotion of health of people, prevention of diseases. The beneficiaries of community health services are especially,children, adolesence, pregnant women, lactating women, geriatrics, people with chronic diseases, care needy people.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE ROLE IN HEALTH PROMOTION

1. Disease prevention

Community health nurses focus on long- and short-term care for disease prevention. Their work includes averting or controlling the spread of the flu and other communicable diseases. They work with patients to support diabetes self-management and improve diabetes control. They also work with mothers of newborns to reduce the rate of infant mortality and in schools to identify gaps in services.

2. Community educator

As educators, community health nurses focus on presenting materials in a clear and understandable format. They provide information to individuals, families, and communities that create a framework for healthy living and healthy choices. In schools they may teach sex education and HIV education classes. In the public, they hold classes and seminars on diabetes management. Overall, they focus on community health education as a step to preventive healthcare.

3. Leader

Community health nurses use evidence to implement policy changes and quality-based practices. They lead collaborative efforts to produce successful health outcomes and provide critical medical and social services in communities.

4. Researcher

As researchers, community health nurses collect and use evidence to execute positive changes for better health. Research is used to validate funding for public health programs, reduce inequalities in healthcare, and increase access to services.

5. Advocate

Public health nurses advocate on the local, state, and federal level to provide better access to healthcare, protect funding for public health programs, and reduce or eliminate health disparities. They help families arrange assistance through social services programs such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which provides healthcare and nutritional services for low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and children under age

6. Caregiver

Community nurses cross cultural, language, and literacy boundaries to shape the health and well-being of children and adults. They provide prenatal care and education for expectant mothers, including information about maternal nutrition, referrals for childbirth classes, and postpartum assistance. They also provide resources for parents to understand proper childhood development and discipline techniques.

PEER REVIEW ARTICLE:

The role of community-based nurses in health promotion

Dean Whitehead

Abstract

It is the responsibility of all nurses to incorporate health promotional and health educational activities into their professional roles. Much of the literature around this issue relates to the specific role of community-based nurses in the primary healthcare team, and identifies their unique position and responsibility for pioneering the universal acceptance and adoption of health-promoting practices. Community-based nurses are in a good position to commission health-related activities and integrate them into practice (Department of Health and Social Security, 1987; Department of Health, 1992, 1996). On the basis of this, one might expect that the results of studies in this area would identify evidence of good understanding, adoption, parity and support for such initiatives among community professionals. However, many studies have identified a state of confusion, poor understanding, a lack of parity between professional groups, a lack of professional support and training, and haphazard implementation of such strategies (Dines, 1994; Russell, 1997). Inconsistency in study findings is problematic and tends to present a skewed picture of current practice. It is suggested that community-based nurses may benefit from a change in the way they view the implementation of health promotional practices, and that policy issues related to practice could be further clarified and enforced.

PROFESSIONAL NURSING ORGANIZATION

• Association of Community Health Nursing Educators

The Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE) provides a meeting ground for those committed to excellence in community and public health nursing education, research, and practice. ACHNE was established in 1978 and is run by elected volunteer leaders who guide the organization in providing networking through the quarterly newsletter and membership directory, and providing educational opportunities through publications and the annual Spring Institute.

SUMMARY

The community health nurses try to control or eliminate are infectious and sexually transmitted diseases, obesity, poor nutrition, substance abuse, smoking, teen pregnancy. The community health nurse act as a nursing educator, researcher, role in health promotion, disease prevention, care giver, advocate, leader.

REFERENCES

https://nursingonline.nsuok.edu

https://apps.who.int

https://www.registerednursing.org

https://www.open.edu

https://onlinenursing.duq.edu

https://www.magonlinelibrary.com

https://nurse.org

Whitehead, D. (2000). The role of community-based nurses in health promotion. British Journal of Community Nursing, 5(12), 604–609.