Essays on Community Health Nursing

A windshield or a walking survey is a way of observing the community to note its characteristics hence aiding in the assessment of the community. From such a survey, it is possible to better understand the general or specific conditions or an aspect within the community. This technique is useful when the area to be surveyed is large with limited personnel but the aspects to be observed should be seen from the road. This survey helps community health providers to identify the needs of the community especially those relating to health. This study is an observational assessment that aims ...

About myself

I am a college student finishing my nursing education at the College of New Rochelle, who is very passionate about the career as I love helping others. I am also a hardworking well-rounded person, and I believe that I have gained adequate knowledge in the field that will assist in my professional development. Choosing to be a nurse was one of the greatest decisions that I made, and I have never regretted. I plan on completing my Bachelor of Science in nursing degree this May, and I already know the great advantages as well as the incredible career opportunities ...

American Nurses Association (ANA) Scope and Standards of Practice vs. Public Health Nursing (PHN) practice Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing

American Nurses Association (ANA) Scope and Standards of Practice vs. Public Health Nursing (PHN) practice Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing Like most professional associations, nurses organize themselves into groups of practitioners to not only perform functions they cannot accomplish as separate individuals but also influence policy making in their area of expertise and adjudge one another as equally and professionally competent (American Nurses Association (ANA), 2010). In such associations, the practitioners also create, establish, and ...

Introduction

Central Intelligence Agencies are capable of making predictions about terrorist attacks in communities. However, accuracy of predictions is always the greatest challenge. The same is true of weather reports that foretell earth quakes, tornadoes, flooding, hurricanes, fires, and the list can become expansive. This is why emergency response management is so essential in disaster preparedness for communities. Therefore, the community health nurse must be equipped with appropriate skills for efficient collaboration with chain of command, understanding communication protocol, knowledgeable concerning available resources for intervening with distressed families and a confused public.

A. Role of Public Health personnel during disaster

In Franklin County there are specific guidelines for Public ...

Introduction

Quality of life and functioning relates to fulfillment of low level demands for life as outlined in Maslow’s hierarchy of basic human needs theory. It is the ability to acquire and enjoy fresh air as well as breathe efficiently. Also, it is to articulate one’s existence into self-actualization, which is the peak of successful living (Maslow, 1954 ). Therefore, in discussing this case study regarding the quality of life to be envisioned by a community health nurse for this distressed family it is imperative that strategies be designed to intervene for total well-being of all involved in Mrs. Thomas’ ...

1. Barriers to a healthy lifestyle that face various vulnerable populations in the society as addressed by Community health Nurses. A healthy lifestyle is one of the most desirable things that every country, state, community or society strives to achieve in each and every undertakings that happen within it. This is the reason why most societies across the globe emphasize on teaching related courses in school which include sustainable environmental studies and activities, health and hygiene, conservation among others, and this is based on the fact that health and hygiene go together, and their quality within a society is one ...

Theory Literature Matrix

Theory Literature Mix Public and Community Health Nursing Achieving an improved community health is one of the roles of nursing practice. It involves public health, to which the nursing professional not only works with one patient at-a-time. The public health or community health nurses aim to provide education to people when it comes to health issues (explorehealthcareers.org). Thus, part of their goals is to improve the safety and health of the community and to increase their access to healthcare. There are various challenges that could influence the over community health (Meadows, 2009). However, there are different theories ...

Maternity services require high quality where the outcomes are compared favorably in order to improve and respond to the needs brought forward by the family. Primary maternity services entail giving care and attention to the woman through antenatal, birthing and postnatal care where the risks are kept as low as possible. These services are kept safe and effective through structures given by care providers that ensure appropriate assessment, timely referral and access to secondary services. Women in this stage will be referred to secondary services and then tertiary services which provide higher level of medical care. This structure enables ...

Currently, the fate of community nursing health lies in the governments and stakeholders ability to regulate some of the health economic factors affecting the medical field. Among the challenges faced by the institutions, undertaking health of communities high cost of equipment and supplies necessary to monitor and manage diseases especially in the rural setting. For instance, it has been difficult to run the special supplementary nutrition programs for children, infants and women because the government and other stakeholders are not doing enough in terms of policy and finances to support the execution and sustainability of the program. Apart from ...

Hepatitis B is an infection caused by the hepatitis B virus that invades liver cells to replicate therein and release virions which spread the infection within the organ (Peppa & Maini, 2012). Hepatitis B is transmitted through blood and body fluids. Hence, the infection can be passed on to others through the transfusion of contaminated blood, sharing of needles among intravenous drug users, needlestick or sharps injuries, unprotected sexual intercourse, and from an infected mother to her newborn (Grieve, 2014). To a lesser extent, acupuncture and body piercing using unsterile equipment, and the sharing of toothbrushes and razors can also facilitate ...

Nursing services are key to the success of healthcare sector. The care providers offer services indiscriminately and effectively to all persons. The terms public health nursing, community health nursing, and community-based nursing are often applicable in the health centers and the nursing profession. Essentially, it is important to distinguish between the three terms because many people are not able to tell what roles the various nurses perform. Certainly, it is essential to define different nursing roles to help individuals to know the kind of nurses to approach for their problems and what problems to discuss. The community-based nursing ...

Vulnerable Populations

Vulnerability refers to exposure to stress and contingencies, and difficulty in handling with them. In reference to community health, vulnerability refers to certain individuals or people who are likely to develop a health-related problem, due to the exposure they have to multiple risks. It implies that, in a general population there are people who are more sensitive to risks factors that can affect their health. The risk factors are economic, social, biological, physical and genetic factors. The risk factors are interdependent in each other. For instance, an individual with mental illness may not get a job. Therefore, the person will not have ...

Sources of information

Community health organizations, disease reporting and resources manual for communicable diseases, the internet, government organizations such as the centers for disease prevention and control, and public health reports provide the sources of information on communicable diseases. The World Health Organization is also another major source and authority where the latest data on communicable diseases are specified. Reporting Responsible health officers are responsible for reporting the latest information on communicable diseases to the local authority or jurisdiction. The reporting system follows specific regulations and at different levels. The first stage entails collecting the basic information from the grass ...

Introduction

Men’s health varies depending on several factors such as age, employment, social class, marital status, personal health beliefs, sexuality, ethnicity, and marital status. The different life experiences and levels of education that the men go through further influence these factors. Common health issues in men include prostate cancer, heart diseases, impotence, sexually transmitted diseases, and mental health. According to Conrad and White (2007), men experience more cardiovascular problems than women do. Further, it is known that men live a much more risky lifestyle than women hence may tend to die sooner. Men tend to have behaviors such as ...

JagjotDulay

Healthy Communities Nursing Theory and Practice Debora Spartaco d) Primary Health Care‐how have the values and principles of Primary Health Care been reflected in the work you are involved with? How does it directly influence your clients? The Values of The basic principles of primary health care identified in the Alma Ata declaration are to be modified into national health policies so as to sustain the vision of primary health care as part of a comprehensive health care system which is in consonance with other sectors, these principles include Equitable distribution of health care, Community ...

I have been placed into the community renal clinic at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto. The centre provides its services with a help of a renal management clinic, 15 hemodialysis stations and offers peritoneal dialysis care. St. Joseph’s is also a teaching hospital, which commits to foster a healthy community by working with it in a close partnership. Its underlying goal is to serve, engage and raise the awareness about the disease so that the health of patients, their families and communities as a whole can be enhanced (St. Joseph’s, 2011). The community renal clinic makes a focus on a strategy, which can ...

Risky Families

For more than 25 years, homelessness has been one of the major concerns for the government of the US. The number of homeless people has been on a constant rise for the part 2 decades. The National Center on Family Homelessness estimates that close to 37% (about 77,500 families) of American population are homeless families with a population that makes up a third of the entire population of homeless people in America. The NCFH further asserts that these statistics are the highest in any given industrialized nation pointing to the fact that the US is incontestably the industrial country with the ...

Community Health Nurse

A community can be described as a group of individuals that possess a common attribute or interest and living together within a geographical boundary or territory. community health nursing was defined by WHO Expert committee on Nursing as that special field of nursing which combines the skills of nursing, public health and certain phases f social assistance and functions as part of the total public health program for the promotion of health, the improvement of conditions in the social and physical environment, rehabilitation of illness and disability. The goal of community health nursing is to raise the health standard of ...

IMPACT OF DISASTERS ON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OR APPROACH

It is true that natural as well as man made disasters impinge on human existence without warning regardless of how diligent meteorological stations are, internationally. Also, Central Intelligence Agencies are always predicting impending situations, but this can be merely speculations even when scientific evidence supports them. Predictions, do not always accurately determine time and place of attacks and it can entail ongoing tedious investigation processes. In the presence of such uncertainties social service structures concerned with disaster awareness and intervention should always be alert to such eventualities that plague the universe manifesting as earthquakes, tornadoes, flooding, hurricanes, fires, bombings, ...

Theme: Community Helpers

Curriculum Area: Creative Art Activity: Painting with Needle Plungers Ages of Children: 3 – 4 years Materials Needed: 1. Different colors of non-toxic paint for needle plunger painting 2. 5 pounds of plasticine or Play-Doh 3. Cayiezel, Giovanni & Mesturini, C. (2008). Nurse (Little People Shape Books) [Board books New York: Barron’s Educational Series, Incorporated. & Crepeau, Ingrid & Richards, Ann (2003). A Show of Hands: Using Puppets with Young Children. St. Paul: Redlead Press. 4. Terms/Words to use for finger play: - knead, form, place, and take 5. 5 child-safe needle plungers to ...

IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN VULNERABLE POPULATION

It is with much gratitude that this letter is written and addressed to the school board. To start with, the board is highly appreciated for the work done for the benefit of both the learners and the community at large. Much of the concern in this letter will address will be with reference to the community and the importance where there is increased underutilization within the community around the school. This is much of a proposal on the realization of the resources that the community has but without their knowledge results in spending much finance in trying to achieve the ...

Introduction

Quality clinical experience is a basic need of current health practices, and nursing researches have implemented various practices in the past couple of decades to ensure a target based approach which gives both qualitative and quantitative results. It is important to understand the right application of the different approaches applied to the nursing practices, as it will help to obtain the right approach depending upon the various social, economic, environmental and behavioral differences.

In order to implement a focused solution to the health needs, there are concepts like community and aggregate nursing which help to concentrate on a specific target population so that ...