Role and Functions of a Community health Nurse

Leader Role
-As a leader, the nurse instructs influences or persuades others to effect change
that will positively affect people’s health. They are the change agents in the
community.

Research Role
- to solve problems and enhance community health nursing practice.
Community health nurses engage in systematic investigation, collection,
and analysis of data.

Managerial Role
- they give administrative direction towards the accomplishment of specified
Advocate Role Clinician Role or Direct
goals by assessing clients’ needs to assure that the goal has met.
- A community nurse is an care provider
advocate of patients rights - the nurse is responsible
Educator Role
regarding the care they to the health care services
- doing health teaching to the community by assessing the knowledge,
receive. of the community like
attitudes, values, beliefs, behaviors, and practices of the people living in that
community. promoting health

Collaborator Role
- as a community health nurse, they work with a lot of people to attain its
goal. They collaborate with other nurses, physicians, social workers, the
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