Assignment: Week4 Community Health Nurse
Assignment: Week4 Community Health Nurse
Assignment: Week4 Community Health Nurse
Week 4 discussion Healthy People Objectives for Community Settings Community health nurses practice in a variety of settings. Choose one of the following CH settings and describe what you have learned about the setting and the role(s) of the nurse in that setting (see Nies & McEwen, 2015, Chapters 29–33). School nursing Occupational health nursing Faith-based or parish nursing Home health nursing Hospice nursing Forensic nursing Correctional nursing The federal government developed Healthy People as a set of national health objectives that are revised every 10 years. These objectives are very specific in order to guide and measure our nation’s progress related to public health. Please visit http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Click on a topic area that relates to a role you chose to discuss. Click on the green Objectives tab in that topic area to choose one Healthy People 2020 objective. Discuss one specific, numbered Healthy People 2020 objective (not a goal) related to this community health role. How could a community health nurse help meet this objective? Introduction to Healthy People 2020 website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. is an aid to help you navigate the HP 2020 website. Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2015). Community/Public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2016). Healthy People 2020: Topics & Objectives. Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
One of the primary functions of a community health nurse is to identify health problems in the community and to provide health care to patients who may not have access to, or be able to afford, medical services. They develop intervention plans to address the health, safety, and nutritional issues they discover, and attempt to educate their patients about healthy choices that assist with disease and illness prevention.
A public health nurse strives to promote prevention over treatment. By correcting poor health practices and maintaining a safe home or work environment, patients lower risks to their health and require fewer visits to health care facilities. The goal of a public health nursing career is to educate patients through community-based intervention programs, which identify and correct multiple health issues:
Unlike traditional nurses, community health nurses don’t worry about the health of just one person at a time, but entire communities at a time. This could include areas from small towns to entire countries – and everything in between. Although it’s a stressful job at times with massive amounts of responsibility, most community health nurses find it personally rewarding as well.
