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3 Core Functions of Public Health Nursing
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1. Assessment
2. Policy Development 3. Assurance |
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Assurance is...
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Making sure that essential community oriented health services are available, including making sure that a competent public and personal healthcare workforce is available.
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Community-Based Nursing
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Goal - manage acute & chronic conditions
*Focus in on "illness care" of individuals and families across the life span *Setting specific care (in the community where people are) *home care |
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Community-Oriented Nursing
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Goal - prevent disease and disability, promote, protect, and maintain health.
*Focus is on "health care" of individuals, families, groups in community. *Provide health care to promote quality of life *COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS, health surveillence, evaluation *school nursing, parish nursing *aka public health nursing practice |
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Community Health Nursing Practice
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Goal - preserve, protect, promote or maintain health of indiv, families, and groups in community
*Practice focus = health all above & how their health status affects the community as a whole |
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Public Health Nursing Practice
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Goal - prevent disease and disability and promote and protect the community as a whole.
*More broad focus that community health nursing practice *The effect of the community's health status (resources) on the health of indiv, fam, groups. *aka community-oriented nursing |
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To improve the health of the entire community... is the goal of?
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Public Health Nursing
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A population group is also known as...
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aggregate
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