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NUR 452 exam 1




Community-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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