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Community Health Nursing 1 W1 PDF
Community Health Nursing 1 W1 PDF
Definitions
Health: It is a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing of an individual and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (W.H.O).
Public Health: Is the science and acts of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting
mental and physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts.
Public Health: can also be defined as the science and act of preventing disease and
prolonging life by using available resources in the community and involving the community
members in efficiency.
Public Health Nursing: Is the branch of professional nursing that utilizes human and material
resources in the community for the promotion and maintenance of health, prevention and
control of communicable diseases and not merely the care and rehabilitation of the sick.
Nursing : Is to assist the individual, sick or well in the performance of those activities
contributing to health or its recovery or to a peaceful death which he would have
performed unaided if he has the necessary strength and will or knowledge and to do this in
such a way as to gain independence as rapidly as possible.
Community Health Nursing: Is defined as a field of nursing practice that blends knowledge
and skills from both the nursing and the public health sciences and applies them to the
promotion of optimal health for the total population. (Turner and Chavigny).
Community Health Nursing: Is a combination of nursing and public health practice that is,
knowledge, skills and attitudes used to:
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Comprehensive: embraces all ages, all types of persons, and all conditions.
Continuous: care is not just for a limited period as in hospital, but it embraces all ages and
aspects of care in any community ie antenatal care, maternity, under fives clinics, school
health, occupational health, care for the handicapped and elderly.
Personalized: care is adapted to the particular health needs of individuals, families and
communities according to needs.
Homes
Villages
Schools
Work places
Clinics
Maternity Homes,
Health Centers
Provide antenatal, maternity and postnatal care to ensure safe pregnancy, delivery and puerperium for the
mother and child.
Provide Under Fives’ Clinics for:
immunization
developmental assessment
advice on nutrition and child care
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Home visiting
Running child welfare clinic
Running family planning clinic or assisting
Assist in running ANC and PHN
Conducts School Health Services (Hygiene Inspection)
Carries out or assist the PHN in inspection of Day Care Centres
Collection of information or data from the community
Health Education
Record Keeping
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Disease Prevention
Health Promotion
Community Mobilization
Health Information
Advocacy
Improvement in communication for behavior change