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 : 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: 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: Discuss the role of the assigned community health nurse role in health promotion (two to three paragraphs) 4. Discussion of peer review article: One peer reviewed journal article discussed that clearly relates to nursing health promotion intervention. 5. Professional Nursing Organization: Describe a professional organization for this CHN role (two paragraphs) 6. Summary 7. Reference

Answer 1

Introduction

The international conference on primary health care held in ussr Inthe year 1978resulted in Alma ATA declaration which has confirmed the ideology that health is the fundamental right of every individual and society and thus the goal of countries again the global level.the slogan then was health for all by 2000ad.

Community health is defined in a broader way of community organised efforts for maintaining protecting and improving health of the people.it involves motivating individuals and families to change patterns of behaviour and to take actions including seeking medical care as would enable them to achieve optimum health

The basic purposes of community health nursing is to further community health through .the selective application of nursing and public health measures within the framework of total community health effort

Role of community health nurse

Home care

Nursing home

Mch and family planning

School health nurse

Community health nursing services.it include to provide primary health care Inthe community

To conduct antenatal and postnatal visit s and to conduct deliveries if required

To carry out immunisation

To promote the health of children by conducting under five clinic and referring cases who require medical care

To assess the social environment Al and nutritional needs of the community and to get the help of social worker s to meet the needs

Industrial nursing services

Domiciliary nursing services

Mental health nursing services

Rehabilitation centers

Geriatric nursing services

Community health settings

Each community health center covering a population of 80000 to 1.20 lakh with 30 beds and specialists in surgery, medicine,,obg, paediatrics with X ray and laboratory facilities. For strengthening preventlvp aspects of health care a new non medical post called community health officer has been created

Various professional nursing organisations involved in community health nursing services such as tnai,knmc etc.

They have been provided community health services such as prevention and control of endemic disease, prevention of illness, maternal and child health care, health education, immunisation,pproviding essential drugs, adequate nutrition promotion of mental health ensuring adequate safe water supplies,trea treat of minor illness and injuries etc...

Summary

Community health nursing is concerned not with patients as individuals only but with patients , families and the community as a whole, encompassing several aspects of life such as the environment,occup occup,sex,relig rel, culture,and society.Toimpart such a concept,a health team is essential in which nurse occupies an important role.